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| Above: Kansas City Union Station and Trip Aboard the FREE RideKC Streetcar - Length: 5:01 mins. | Above: Streetcars in Kansas City, Missouri, USA 2021 (4K) - Length: 5:08 mins. |
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MAP
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STREETCAR ROUTE
Operator: Kansas City Streetcar Authority
| Union Station - Main Street - River Market |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Streetcar line: 3.5 km.
HISTORY
- Horse-powered streetcars: 1 Nov. 1870 - 27 Aug. 1898.
- Cable cars: 10 June 1885 - 13 Oct. 1913.
- Electric streetcars (1st generation): 9 Sept. 1889 - 23 June 1957.
- Interurbans: 1907- 24 July 1940.
- Electric streetcars (2nd generation): 6 May 2016 - today.
GAUGE
- Traditional systems: ?
- 1435 mm. (modern streetcrs)
SOURCES
- Conrad, E.A. "Kansas City streetcars: From hayburners to streamliners". Blue Springs (MI): HeartlandRails Publishing Company, 2011
- Retallick, H. "KC Streetcar: Looking to the future", Tramways & Urban Transit, Oct. 2016 (79: 946), p.377-380.
WIKIS
- Kansas City and Olathe Electric Railway
- Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Railway
- Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway
- Kansas City, Leavenworth and Western Railway
- KC Streetcar
- Missouri and Kansas Interurban Railway
- Streetcars in Kansas City
WEB SITES
- RideKC Streetcar
Also, many thanks to Mr Russell Powers of Lone Tree, CO, USA, for kindly sending me information and documents concerning the history of the Kansas City streetcar and interurban systems.
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