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Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads.Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.; John B. Hungerford, Hawaiian Railroads ...
The head of the postal authority of Kahului, Thomas H. Hobron, saw the need to transport the sugar quickly to the ports and on 17 July 1879 opened a railway line from Wailuku to the harbor in Kahului under the name Kahului & Wailuku Railroad. The first passenger train ran on 29 July 1879. In September 1879, construction was completed on this ...
Hawaii Superferry was a Hawaii-based transportation company that provided passenger and vehicle transportation between Honolulu Harbor on the island of Oʻahu and Kahului Harbor on Maui. Legal issues over environmental impact statements and protests from residents of Maui and Kauaʻi temporarily delayed the implementation of service, but ...
The Hawaii Superferry operated between Oʻahu and Maui between December 2007 and March 2009, with additional routes planned for other islands. Legal issues over environmental impact statements and protests ended the service, though the company operating Superferry has expressed a wish to begin ferry service again at a future date. [6]
On 9 April 1988, the Great Seto Bridge was opened and the last train ferry operated on the previous day. Kammon Ferry; The Kammon ferry connected Shimonoseki Station and Mojikō Station crossing the Kanmon Strait connecting Honshū and Kyūshū. This was the first train ferry service in Japan starting operation on 1 October 1911.
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The OR&L train station was converted to a Honolulu Rapid Transit bus terminal after 1947 (later discontinued), and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [ 3 ] The railroad was profitable, even during the Great Depression , and was a significant mode of communications and transportation until the 1930s.