Transit History
Route History
Suburban Lines
Horse Car
1870-1895 - several companies
1890-1898 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1887-1895 - operated steam dummy
1886-1913 - operated cable cars
1895-1903 - Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
1903-1914 - Kansas City Railway & Light Co.
1914-1925 - Kansas City Railway Co.
1925-1960 - Kansas City Public Service Co.
1925 - buses introduced
1957 - streetcars discontinued
1938-1959 - operated trolleybuses
1960-1969 - Kansas City Transit
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1969)
Kansas City Area Transportation Authority
Information on below web site.
NEW REGIONAL TRANSIT SYSTEM
Kansas City Regional Transit (since 2016)
HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY (MISSOURI)
Kansas City-St. Joseph/Excelsior Springs
1913-1933 - Kansas City Clay County & St. Joseph Railway Co.
Replacement interurban bus service operated most years by Overland Greyhound Lines
Historic suburban/interurban bus lines:
Crown Coach Co.
Finley-Shotwell Bus Lines (to Raytown and Holden, until 1968)
HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAYS (KANSAS)
Operated in several directions from Kansas City