Kahauiki station

{{Short description|Future Honolulu Skyline station}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}}

{{Infobox station

| style = Honolulu Rail Transit

| name = Kahauiki
{{small|Middle Street–Kalihi Transit Center}}

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| address = Kamehameha Highway & Middle Street

| borough = Honolulu, Hawaiʻi

| coordinates = {{coord |21.332849 |-157.888254 |display=inline,title |format=dms}}

| owned = Honolulu Department of Transportation Services

| platform = 2 side platforms

| tracks = 2

| bus_stands = 8

| connections =

| structure = Elevated

| parking =

| bicycle =

| accessible = Yes

| opening = {{start date and age|2025}}

| services =

| other_services_header = Future services

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Honolulu Rail Transit

|line1=Skyline|left1=Āhua|to-right1=Kahauiki|note-mid1=(Phase 2)

|line2=Skyline|left2=Āhua|right2=Mokauea|to-right2=Ka‘ākaukukui|note-mid2=(Phase 3)

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| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-metro |marker-color=#{{rcr|Honolulu Rail Transit|Skyline}} |zoom=15 }}

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Kahauiki station (also known as the Middle Street–Kalihi Transit Center) is an under construction Skyline station in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. It is being built as part of the second phase of the Skyline route, scheduled to open in October 2025.

The Hawaiian Station Name Working Group proposed Hawaiian names for the twelve rail stations on the eastern end of the rail system (stations in the Airport and City Center segments) in April 2019.{{cite web |url=http://hartdocs.honolulu.gov/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-22716/20190415-na-inoa-hawaiian-station-names.pdf |title=Nā Inoa |date=April 15, 2019 |publisher=honolulu.gov |accessdate=December 3, 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/04/18/hawaii-news/newswatch/honolulu-rail-transit-authority-seeks-feedback-on-hawaiian-names-for-train-stations/ |title=Honolulu rail transit authority seeks feedback on Hawaiian names for train stations |author=Wu, Nina |date=April 18, 2019 |newspaper=Honolulu Star-Advertiser |accessdate=May 29, 2019}} The Hawaiian name for this station, "Kahauiki" (or "Hauiki), means "the little hau/hibiscus tree" and refers to an ahupuaʻa bounded by the Kalihi ahupuaʻa (to the east) and the Moanalua ahupuaʻa (to the west).{{cite web |url=http://hartdocs.honolulu.gov/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-22717/HSN-Program-Overview-2019.pdf |title=Hawaiian Station Naming Program |date=March 2019 |publisher=Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation |accessdate=19 December 2019}}

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