The city’s streetcar system is expanding in advance of 2026 soccer World Cup.
The Kansas City Streetcar is set to open its Main Street extension on October 24, reports Savannah Hawley-Bates for KCUR. “The long-awaited extension will stretch the streetcar from its current southern terminus at Union Station to 51st Street and Brookside Boulevard near the University of Missouri-Kansas City.”
The KC Streetcar Authority is adding new cars and adding new staff to the line to keep service frequency at 10 to 12 minutes, according to a spokesperson. “The extension will also change how drivers will be able to use Main Street. Transit-only lanes, which are meant to make public transportation more efficient, will run along Main Street from Pershing Road near Union Station to 51st Street.”
An extension from River Market to the Berkley Riverfront Park will be open in time for the World Cup games taking place in Kansas City in 2026. “Officials are also studying an extension further north over the Missouri River and into North Kansas City. That study is being done by the city of North Kansas City, the Streetcar Authority and the KCATA.”
Read the full story: Kansas City will open the streetcar's Main Street extension with a party — and some changes
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