Union Station’s Newest History Exhibit, “Connecting Kansas City – Past and Future,” Highlights One Hundred Fifty-Five Years of Kansas City Transportation, Culminating with the New Streetcar Extension
Free and open to the Public, filling more than 1,100 square feet, “Connecting Kansas City – Past and Future” is the newest installment to Union Station’s Stories History Exhibit.

Remarks and public dedication of the newest installment of Union Station Stories history exhibit, “Connecting Kansas City – Past and Future.” The exhibit is free and open to the public and highlights 155 years of Kansas City transportation history, beginning with the horse car in 1870 to today’s newest addition of the streetcar with the extension of the line to Westport, the Country Club Plaza, and UMKC.

Kansas City is experiencing a public transit renaissance. What began as a modest downtown streetcar line – from River Market to Union Station – is growing again. Extensions are underway, stretching south to Westport and the Country Club Plaza, and north beyond River Market to Berkeley Park. Once again, the streetcar is helping connect neighborhoods, people, and places across the city.

Union Station wishes to thank our sponsors, The City of Kansas City, Missouri Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund, Missouri Humanities with support from the Missouri Humanities Trust Fund and the National Endowment for Humanities, Victor E. and Caroline E. Schutte Foundation Trust E, David W. Frantze and Bank of America, N.A., Trustees.

Location: “Building a Monument” Hallway – leading to LINK and just inside East Transit Terminal doors that welcome guests from the Union Station Streetcar Stop.