Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway

Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway

The Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway was an interurban electric railway that ran between the American cities of Lawrence, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, between 1914 and 1935.

The line was opened in 1914 between Kansas City and Bonner Springs, Kansas. In 1916 the line extended to Lawrence. The line had 75 passenger station stops, and trains left Kansas City hourly between 5:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

ee also

*List of interurbans

External links

* [http://ead.diglib.ku.edu/xml/ksrl.kc.kansaskawvalley.html University of Kansas history]


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