![]() ![]() Some shorter passengers complained that grab bars are too high. Some passengers complained that it was difficult for them to hear public announcements. ![]() But the girls said they’ll likely ride the rail again, specifically for the views, and Leah might also take it to meet up with friends. He said the current route doesn’t work for him. ![]() ![]() The Billingtons were the first passengers to board the first train leaving the Halawa station on the town side of the rail system after trying to find residential street parking, like others, along the rail route.įor Clinton Billington, it might have been his last trip on Skyline. He brought along his daughters, Brooke, 12, and Leah, 15, who also gushed about being able to take in mauka and makai vistas they had never before witnessed. “I saw things I’ve never seen, and I’m 47 years old,” said Aiea resident Clinton Billington. Several passengers were in awe at the sight of the mothballed Navy fleet at West Loch, along with the ability to count the number of warships berthed in Pearl Harbor. Inouye was among untold others who wanted to see for themselves whether the views from the elevated rail system were as spectacular as promised by Mayor Rick Blangiardi. “I hit my head when the train moved and I lost my balance,” he said. Passengers rushed to his aid, pulled him up and found him an open seat. At least one person vomited inside one of the four-car trains, and Larry Inouye, 83, of Waipahu, fell face first onto the train’s floor as it departed the Waipahu Transit Center, known as Pouhala. The launch of the $9.8 billion Skyline rail system was not without incident, however. For others it was a novelty to be among the first to travel the initial nine-station, 11-mile route from East Kapolei to Halawa, many with their children and grandchildren. Honolulu’s first rail passengers arrived by bus, TheHandi-Van, bicycle and on foot Friday to experience what Hawaii’s largest public works project ever has produced. ![]()
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