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Plans for a mass transit line to connect Honolulu's urban center with outlying areas began in the 1960s, [4] but funding was not approved until 2005. [5] Debate over the development of a rail system in Honolulu has been a major point of contention in local politics, especially leading into the 2008, 2012, and 2016 mayoral elections.
The railroad carried out its regular freight operations as well as handling massive amounts of military-related traffic. The OR&L became the chief transporter of civilian base workers, sailors, soldiers, airmen and marines, both from Honolulu to their bases, or from those bases back to Honolulu for coveted R&R. In 1944 and 1945 the OR&L carried ...
Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads.Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.; John B. Hungerford, Hawaiian Railroads ...
Honolulu sought to initiate a rail transit system as early as the 1960s. By the mid 2000s, studies had finally been conducted and a light metro line was planned for the city's western suburbs. Construction started in 2011 and was set back by various delays until Skyline opened to service in 2023.
The Hawaiian Railway Society is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge heritage railroad and railroad museum in Ewa, Hawaii, USA, on the island of Oahu. It uses the trackbed of the defunct Oahu Railway and Land Company. It is currently the only operating railroad museum in the U.S State of Hawaii.
The Hawaiian Station Name Working Group proposed Hawaiian names for the twelve rail stations on the eastern end of the rail system (stations in the Airport and City Center segments) in April 2019. [2] [3] The name of this station, Kaʻākaukukui, means "the north/right light" and refers to coastal lands east of Waikahalulu, bordering ...
The Hawaiian Station Name Working Group proposed Hawaiian names for the twelve rail stations on the eastern end of the rail system (stations in the Airport and City Center segments) in April 2019. [2] [3] The name of this station, Hōlau, means "many assembled" and is a modern name for a market. [4]
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