The interurban was a light rail system in which single cars traveled powered by an overhead electric wire
From the early 1900's until 1933, the Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Railway was an electrified interurban railway
that ran between Kansas City and St. Joseph
It was the longest of the various interurbans serving Kansas City running nearly 60 miles and extended another
10 miles to Savannah, Missouri
The interurban ran hourly. Fare was $1.55 and it took nearly two hours from downtown St Joseph to downtown Kansas City
One line went from Kansas City to St. Joseph and Savannah, another line went from Kansas City to Excelsior Springs
For 20 years, the Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Railway (KCCC & STJ) also known as the Interurban
traveled between Savannah, St Joseph, Dearborn, Kansas City and Excelsior Springs until March 10, 1933
The Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Railway, once valued at over $5 million dollars, was auctioned
off on August 21, 1934 for $155,600
The St. Joseph and Savannah Interurban Railway was a 13-mile interurban electric railway that ran between St. Joseph, Missouri
and Savannah, Missouri from 1910 to 1939
It was operated by the St. Joseph Railway, Light, Heat and Power Company, which operated the streetcar system in St. Joseph
It began, on July 5, 1910 to compete with the Chicago Great Western Railroad
It consisted of three wooden cars and headed north on the streetcar line down St. Joseph Avenue and terminated four blocks west
of the square in Savannah
The line connected to the Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Railway
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