Hālaulani station (also known as Leeward Community College station) is a Skyline metro station in Pearl City, Hawaiʻi, serving the Leeward Community College campus.[1] The station is located alongside Ala ʻIke Street and can be accessed from a building on the college campus, with passengers using a tunnel to travel under Ala ʻIke Street and the eastbound track. It is the only station on the system not built on elevated tracks. It opened on June 30, 2023.[2][3]
Hālaulani Leeward Community College | |||||||||||
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| Location | 96-47 Ala ʻIke Street Pearl City, Hawaiʻi | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 21°23′40″N 157°59′09″W / 21.394391°N 157.985699°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Honolulu Department of Transportation Services | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | June 30, 2023 | ||||||||||
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In Hawaiian, "hālaulani" means "heavenly hālau, chief’s house, name of a star" and is the name of the ʻili (ahupuaʻa division) in which it is located.[4][5] The Hawaiian Station Name Working Group proposed Hawaiian names for the nine rail stations on the ʻEwa end of the rail system (stations west of and including Aloha Stadium) in November 2017,[5] and HART adopted the proposed names on February 22, 2018.[6]
Service
editStation layout
edit| PL Platform level | Westbound | ← Skyline toward Kualakaʻi (Pouhala) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left or right | ||
| Eastbound | Skyline toward Hālawa (Waiawa) → | |
| G | Ground level | Entrance/Exit, fare gates, ticket machines, LCC campus |
Hours and frequency
editSkyline trains run every 10 minutes. Service operates from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays and from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekends and holidays.[7]
Station information
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When all 19 stations are open in 2031, Hālaulani is projected to see 1,450 boardings per day, reflecting its relatively physically isolated location at a community college with decreasing enrollment and sparsely-populated surroundings, along with the lack of a public-access park and ride or bus transit center. The 1,200-spot park and ride at Leeward Community College is for students, staff, and faculty only.
The station is the only at-grade component of the Skyline rail network and is the only station accessed via a tunnel.[4]
Public art is present at the station via the Station Art Program. A metalized fiberglass sculpture hangs above the entrance, titled He Kauhulu ʻAnae (A Gathering of Mullets) by artist Donald Lipski. It depicts mullets from the historical loko iʻa (fishponds) in the region, inspired by the legend of Miahea, who asked the gods Kāne and Kanaloa for prosperity; in response, standing at Hāʻupu (now known as LCC), they gave a chant: "May the fish ponds down at Waiawa be as the stars in the sky above."
The Skyline Rail Operations Center is located immediately east of the station.
Surrounding area
editCollege Gardens, a 119-unit townhome complex, is adjacent to Leeward Community College (LCC) and the station. Single-family homes also exist in the area. The City and County of Honolulu has announced tentative plans to build a "college-oriented neighborhood" of an additional 820 homes in the area.
North of the station is a Hawaiian Electric substation and a busy highway interchange, the meeting point of the Interstate H-1 and H-2, described by the Star-Advertiser in June 2023 as "a twisted mess of roads."[4]
References
edit- ^ "Hālaulani Station #6". Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation. Archived from the original on December 18, 2019. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
- ^ "'A 21st century system': To fanfare, city announces official opening date of rail's first phase". Hawaii News Now. May 9, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
- ^ Honore, Marcel. "All Aboard 'Skyline': City Plans To Start Rail Service On 4th of July Weekend". Honolulu Civil Beat. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
- ^ a b c Gomes, Andrew (June 28, 2023). "Rail station at Leeward Community College is unique and isolated". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. pp. A10. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
- ^ a b "Hawaiian Station Naming Program" (PDF). Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation. November 22, 2017. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
- ^ "HART Board of Directors unanimously approve Hawaiian names for first nine rail stations" (PDF) (Press release). Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation. February 22, 2018. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
- ^ "Skyline General Information". Honolulu Department of Transportation Services. June 19, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
External links
edit- Hālaulani station – Honolulu Department of Transportation Services
- Hālaulani station – Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART)
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