23-04-2025
KC Streetcar celebrates completion of track work for Riverfront project
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The KC Streetcar is celebrating a major milestone at its future streetcar stop near Riverfront Drive and Berkley Plaza.
One-hundred percent of the track work for the KC Streetcar Riverfront Extension is now in the ground and complete.
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Passengers can't ride quite yet, but next year it could be a game changer for KC Current fans.
Just 14 months ago, crews broke ground on the Riverfront Extension Project.
Spokesperson Tayler Ngo said the project is 73% done. She expects the Riverfront Extension will be passenger ready by early 2026.
'I actually live in Columbus Park, so I ride my bike to the Current Stadium. So for me, it's exciting because I'll be able to go a little bit further than I can now,' Ngo said. 'But also just being able to be part of a cool project that's just the start of the Riverfront development. There's going to be so many cool things around here and we'll be able to have easy transportation to it.'
Next steps include shelter and installing the overhead catenary system, which involves arms and wires that deliver power to the streetcar. She said the poles are already in place.
'Right now we're not open, so people can just use that downtown line from the 3rd to Union Station,' Ngo said, 'When streetcar opens people will be able to get on at 3rd and Grand and come down here to Berkley Riverfront Park.'
The Riverfront Extension connects the downtown Main Street starter line to Kansas City's Riverfront.
The nearly three quarter-mile extension starts at 3rd and Grand in the River Market, crosses the Grand Boulevard Bridge and ends near the midpoint of Berkley Riverfront, which is about a 5-minute walk to the KC Current Stadium.
'The streetcar coming right to the doorsteps basically of CPKC Stadium is going to make our match day experience that much more enriching for our fans,' Jocelyn Monroe, head of marketing with the KC Current, said.
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Monroe said the streetcar offers easy access to a growing area and fans score.
'It's going to be a game changer, especially for Current games, for folks to be able to get on anywhere along the line, and be able to come straight to the stadium,' Ngo said. 'It's going to really change the game, eliminate some of the parking congestion down here and ultimately just providing better transportation to the city.'
The Grand Blvd Bridge, which closed about two months ago for streetcar construction, is expected to open by the end of this week.
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