Waiawa Pearl Highlands | |||||||||||
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_Skyline_station.jpg) The entrance to Waiawa station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 96-249 Kamehameha Highway Pearl City, Hawaiʻi | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 21°23′47″N 157°58′47″W / 21.396435°N 157.979594°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Honolulu Department of Transportation Services | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  TheBus: 531, 532, 533, 535[1] | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | June 30, 2023 | ||||||||||
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Waiawa station (also known as Pearl Highlands station) is a Skyline metro station in Pearl City, Hawaiʻi, serving the Pearl Highlands Center shopping mall. The station is located alongside Kamehameha Highway near its intersection with Kuala Street and is the main arterial connection for Skyline riders from Central Oʻahu and the North Shore, including Waipio, Mililani, Wahiawa and Haleʻiwa.[2] It opened on June 30, 2023.[3][4]
In Hawaiian, "waiawa" means "milkfish water" and is the name of the ahupuaʻa in which it is located, referring to the fact it housed multiple fishponds and comprises the largest watershed on Oʻahu.[2][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]
- ^ "TheBus-Rail Network 2023" (PDF). City and County of Honolulu. June 19, 2023. p. 3. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
- ^ a b Gomes, Andrew (June 28, 2023). "Skyline station link diminished for Central Oahu and North Shore". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. pp. A11. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
- ^ "'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 "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.