Kansas City Public Service Company
The Kansas City Public Service Company was a public transit operator in Kansas City, Missouri in the 1940s.
Streetcar operations in Kansas City began as horsecar operations in 1869 and electricification after the 1880s.
Kansas City acquired 184 PCC streetcar after 1941, but streetcar operations ceased by 1957. Over the history of streetcar operations, there were 25 streetcar lines in Kansas City. Some of the PCC cars (29) were later acquired by the Toronto Transit Commission. One car, ex-TTC 4752 is now located at Western Railway Museum in Rio Vista, California.
KCPS PCC #551 has been restored and is on display at Union Station.
The company's transit routes were taken over by the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority in 1969.
One of the most famous routes, "The Country Club Line", still had rail until the 1990s when it became a hike/bike recreation trail.
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