Take a look back at Honolulu’s rail construction
Construction of Honolulu's rail system began in 2012 after groundbreaking in 2011. View the progress over the years in building the rail route from East Kapolei to Halawa.
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Rail construction on Kamehameha Highway near Puu Poni Street in Pearl City on June 1, 2017.CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
TheBus heading to Ala Moana Center passes through rail construction near Middle Street along Kamehameha Highway on Oct. 21, 2021.STAR-ADVERTISER
The initial shipment of approximately 3,000 tons of steel track for the Honolulu rail transit system is seen at Kalaeloa Barbers Point Harbor on Nov. 13, 2012.STAR-ADVERTISER
A view of rail construction looking east from Waipahu on Jan. 22, 2015.STAR-ADVERTISER
Construction of the rail transit line near the interchange of the H-1 and H-2 freeways on March 27, 2015.STAR-ADVERTISER
Construction of the rail line along Farrington Highway near Pupukahi Street in Waipahu on Sept. 10, 2015.STAR-ADVERTISER
HART provided a preview of the Rail Operations Center next to Leeward Community College in Pearl City on Oct. 1, 2015.STAR-ADVERTISER
Crews work on raising a huge column of rebar and placing it so that it will eventually help support a portion of the rail along Farrington Highway in Waipahu on Nov. 12, 2015.STAR-ADVERTISER
A view of the rail construction on Farrington Highway near Waipahu on Jan. 22, 2015.STAR-ADVERTISER
A view of the rail construction in Waimalu along Kamehameha Highway on May 13, 2016.STAR-ADVERTISER FILE
The rail is being built in Halawa along Kamehameha Highway on May 18, 2016.STAR-ADVERTISER FILE
A view of the rail line along Kualakai Parkway in Kapolei on May 24, 2016.STAR-ADVERTISER FILE
Construction of the rail line along Kamehameha Highway in Aiea on Nov. 2, 2016.STAR-ADVERTISER FILE
Construction of the rail line along Kamehameha Highway in Aiea on Nov. 4, 2016.STAR-ADVERTISER FILE
Construction of the rail line in East Kapolei along Kualakai Parkway on Dec. 31, 2016.STAR-ADVERTISER FILE
The rail line as seen from the Rail Operations Center in Pearl City on Sept. 20, 2017.STAR-ADVERTISER
Construction of the rail line station along Farrington Highway in Waipahu near Leoole Street on Dec. 12, 2017.STAR-ADVERTISER FILE
A rail car runs along Farrington Highway in Waipahu on Dec. 15, 2017.STAR-ADVERTISER
The first guideway support column is being built along Kamehameha Highway on Feb. 2, 2018.STAR-ADVERTISER
Construction of the line as seen along Kamehameha Highway near the Arizona Memorial entrance on Nov. 8, 2018.STAR-ADVERTISER
Construction of the rail line at the Daniel K. Inouye Airport on May 25, 2019.STAR-ADVERTISER
Rail construction is seen mauka of Terminal 1 at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on Aug. 6, 2019.STAR-ADVERTISER
This is the progress of construction of the HART mass transit work on the rail station next to Aloha Stadium is seen on Oct. 23, 2019.STAR-ADVERTISER
Work continues on the rail line at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on Jan. 2, 2020.STAR-ADVERTISER
The rail line is seen going into the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on April 13, 2020.CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
Local leaders mark the groundbreaking of the Kamehameha Station Group in Pearl City on Oct. 20, 2016. From left are state Rep. Gregg Takayama, state Sen. Lorraine Inouye, Mayor Kirk Caldwell, state Rep. Henry Aquino, and Frank Okimoto, Nan, Inc. vice president.CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
Cars traverse along rail construction on Kamehameha Highway between Middle and Laumaka Streets on Oct, 27.CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
HART construction continues near the Honolulu Airport next to Nimitz Highway on Sept, 25, 2018.CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
Rail construction is seen in the Honouliuli area on Aug. 12, 2021.STAR-ADVERTISER
Rails are seen near the West Loch Station in Waipahu on May 30, 2017.CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
A rail platform is seen near Waipahu High School on June 4, 2015.JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
A heavy equipment drill was used to bore out the ground for about 50 concrete pillar supports to be used for the rail system on April 23, 2012, in Kapolei.CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
Kiewit Construction worked at the median of Farrington Highway near Leoku Street in Waipahu on Sept. 2, 2011.JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Workers with STG lower the first drilled shaft load test in the airport section of the rail project on June 9, 2017, at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Soul Chicken employee Cheryl Morris looks out at HART construction from the restaurant along Dillingham Boulevard on Feb. 20.CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
Pre-fabricated steel “canopy arms” are seen in Kapolei on June 6, 2019.STAR-ADVERTISER
The rail guideway overpass is seen near the H-1/H-2 interchange on July 13, 2015.CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
A train was parked at the Halaulani station at Leeward Community College on Jan. 8, 2020.STAR-ADVERTISER
Dan Howell stands inside one of the concrete guideway segments awaiting sound barriers in Kapolei on Feb. 27, 2020.STAR-ADVERTISER FILE
The rail transit guideway towers along Kamehameha Highway in the vicinity of Center Drive on Sept. 18, 2018.CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
Vehicles drive along Dillingham Boulevard, past the current rail construction near Middle Street on Oct. 6, 2021.CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
HART construction continues on Ualena Street on Aug. 8, 2021.CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
Rail construction continues on June 2, 2015, in Waipahu as the span over the H-1 is almost complete.CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
A train car heads towards Pearl City on April 12, 2022.CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
Rail construction near the Makakilo Quarry on March 8, 2017.STAR-ADVERTISER
HART CEO and executive director Dan Grabauskas and Mayor Peter Carlisle visit the site of the first support column for the rail transit system in East Kapolei on June 9, 2012.