Date Fulkerson/KANSAN
A trolley stops to pick up passengers near the dancing penguins in the Country Club Plaza. The trolleys hit each stop about every twenty-five minutes when all five are running.
THE TROLLEY
The Kansas City Trolley Corporation, a not-for-profit corporation, started operation in the summer of 1983. Nancy Berst, the Executive Director of the corporation,
Ding da-ding ding, ding da-ding ding,
ding da-ding ding, hoot hoot. At each stop
and each time he passed an attractive
woman the driver would ring the bell and
hang up. He stopped to take the roller.
The women would usually wave, and the
passengers would always smile.
The trolley is actually a bus built to resemble the trolley cars that once traveled the streets of Kansas City.
Berst said the corporation had two trolleys the first year and went from downfort to the Crown Centre during the
The corporation was started by John Ready, Jeff Jones, Nat Wasserman, and Stan Field. All but Wasserman are still on the head of directors of the corporation.
Berst said that in 1984 the roulley route was expanded to include the Country Club Plaza. Westport was included as an official stop on the route in 1985.
regular 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. business day
The corporation originally leased the rollies from the manufacturer. Specially designed and manufactured by Jowney, California. But Berst said that as you tyre they purchased the five trolleys
The trolleys run for ten months out of the year, from September through December 31. From March to May the trolleys run
Eddie rings the ring the bell. Tickets for the trolley cost $2.00 per person. One ticket allows a passenger to reboard the trolley two
from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through
Thursday. They run from 10 a.m. to mid-
monday, then they run from 10 a.m.
during day during January and February.
During the summer months they run from
10 a.m. to midnight Monday through Thu-
day and from 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. on Friday
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Barney Alice Plaza in downtown Kansas City, Mo., through the Crown Center area to watch the 2016 Olympics. There are several steps at each location. Each stop is marked by a red and yellow Trolley sign. When all five trolleys are one should be at each stop every 25 minutes.
The trolley route now runs north to the
Trolleys are also available for charter
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