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Kansas City Southern

Kansas City Southern (KCS) was a transportation holding company that operated freight rail networks across the United States and Mexico. On April 14, 2023, KCS merged with Canadian Pacific Railway to form Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), the first single-line rail network connecting Canada, the United States, and Mexico. CPKC operates approximately 32,000 km (20,000 mi) of rail and is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, with U.S. headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri.

Kansas City Southern is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Acquired, Defunct, Freight, Rail, and Transportation.

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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AcquiredDefunctFreightRailTransportationFortune 1000

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Press 5

Recent news and press coverage referencing this provider.

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2026-05-25

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2026-05-25

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Resources

Company 2

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LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Successor Website
Successor Website

Other 2

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Successor Company
Successor Company
 Wikipedia
Wikipedia

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: kansas-city-southern
name: Kansas City Southern
description: Kansas City Southern (KCS) was a transportation holding company that operated freight rail networks across the
  United States and Mexico. On April 14, 2023, KCS merged with Canadian Pacific Railway to form Canadian Pacific Kansas City
  (CPKC), the first single-line rail network connecting Canada, the United States, and Mexico. CPKC operates approximately
  32,000 km (20,000 mi) of rail and is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, with U.S. headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/kansas-city-southern.png
tags:
- Acquired
- Defunct
- Freight
- Rail
- Transportation
- Fortune 1000
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kansas-city-southern/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis: []
common:
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kansas-city-southern
- type: Successor Website
  url: https://www.cpkcr.com
- type: Successor Company
  url: https://www.cpkcr.com/en
- type: Wikipedia
  url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Kansas_City
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com