Kansas City Southern
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in mil. unless spec.- CEO
- Patrick Ottensmeyer
- Full Time Employees
- 6,522
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Railroads
- Address
- 427 W 12th St Kansas City MO United States of America 64105
- IPO Date
- Jul 7, 2000
- CIK
- 0000054480
- Website
- kcsouthern.com
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- Kansas City Southern (KCS), ticker KSU, operates as a transportation holding company focused on rail freight services across North America, with primary subsidiaries including The Kansas City Southern Railway Company in the United States and Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V. in Mexico; it also holds a 50% stake in the Panama Canal Railway Company. The company provides rail transportation for commodities such as automotive products, chemicals and petroleum, agriculture and minerals, energy, industrial and consumer goods, military equipment, and intermodal containers, operating a network of approximately 7,300 miles of track connecting key U.S. hubs like Kansas City, Shreveport, New Orleans, Dallas, and Houston to Mexican ports including Lázaro Cárdenas, Tampico, Veracruz, Altamira, and the Panama Canal Railway for ocean-to-ocean transshipment. Founded in 1887 by Arthur E. Stilwell and headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, KCS serves commercial and industrial markets in 10 U.S. states, 15 Mexican states, and Panama, emphasizing the shortest north-south corridor between the central U.S. and Gulf of Mexico ports. In a major strategic shift, KCS merged with Canadian Pacific Railway in April 2023, forming Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), the first single-line rail network spanning Canada, the U.S., and Mexico, following U.S. Surface Transportation Board approval and completion of a $31 billion transaction initiated in 2021 amid a bidding war with Canadian National Railway; operations integrated under the CPKC reporting mark by May 2025, enabling enhanced efficiencies and expanded continental connectivity.
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