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The Kansas City Streetcars Main Street Extension doesnt officially open to the public until Oct. 24, but I was part of a select group of media members invited to ride the 3.5-mile route Wednesday.

I put on an orange safety vest and boarded the streetcar at Union Station, its current southern terminus.

Director of Operations and Planning Lauren Krutty gave us a 60-second warning, and then the streetcar took off up the hill next to the World War I Museum and Memorial.

With the southern extension, the route will now terminate at 51st Street and Brookside Boulevard near the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

One of the first things I noticed on the ride was how fast the streetcar was moving. There is more distance between stops, so the

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