SEPTEMBER 2019 RAIL REPORT
This is a brief update on the planned interim passenger service for the Honolulu rail project:
HART and the City are working together to prepare for an initial opening of passenger service of the Honolulu rail system prior to launching full service by the end of 2025. The City’s Department of Transportation Services will be in charge of operating and maintaining the rail system along with the bus and the
Introductory Service between the Kualaka’i Station (East Kapolei) and the Halawa Station (Aloha Stadium) is targeted to start in late 2020. This would include nine stations from Kapolei near the Kroc Center, through Waipahu, Pearl City, and Aiea, and include stops serving UH West Oahu, Leeward Community College, Pearlridge Mall and the Aloha Stadium.
These nine stations along the western portion of the rail alignment are nearly completed. The West Oahu station group in Kapolei is about 88% completed, the Farrington Highway station group through Waipahu is 92% complete, and the Kamehameha Highway stations through Pearl City and Aiea are 76% completed.
The Core systems
These system components are being constructed, installed, tested and readied. HART is taking delivery of the fully automated train cars, which are being manufactured by Hitachi Rail and shipped from its final assembly plant in Pittsburg, California. The interim service might utilize four 4-car trains with two spare trains.
The introductory passenger service will give HART and DTS staff and the general public the opportunity to get to know and learn the rail system, the stations, their locations and amenities, access to the stations and boarding areas and how to ride and use the fully automated, driverless system.
An expanded opening of rail service between the Kualaka’i Station (East Kapolei) to the Middle Street Station is targeted to begin by the end of 2023. This second opening would include stops serving Pearl Harbor and the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. Full Revenue Service of the 20-mile, 21 station rail system to the Ala Moana Center station is scheduled to commence by the end of 2025.
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has approved HART’s recovery plan
The City Rate Commission is reviewing and making recommendations on the fares for bus service and rail, and considering such topics as whether fares will be flat rates or distance based rates, monthly and annual passes and which categories to offer, such as Adult, Youth, and Discounted eligible passes for Seniors, Disabled, Low Income, and what the appropriate fare would be for the interim period. The Rate Commission will make their recommendations to the Mayor and the City Council who will decide on
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For more information, please visit the HART website at www.honolulutransit.org,
During the August 2019 meeting of the Pearl City Neighborhood Board, a concern
The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation and the Hawaiian Electric
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HART continues working with HECO ahead of launching the first passenger service