Keoneʻae station

{{Infobox station

| style = Honolulu Rail Transit

| name = Keoneʻae
{{small|University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu}}

| image = Keoneae Station Building 2022-07-02.jpg

| image_caption = Keoneʻae station building and pedestrian overpass as seen in July 2022

| address = 91-3590 Kualakaʻi Parkway

| borough = East Kapolei, Hawaiʻi

| coordinates = {{coord |21.357980 |-158.051333 |display=inline,title |format=dms}}

| owned = Honolulu Department of Transportation Services

| platform = 2 side platforms

| tracks = 2

| connections = {{bus icon}} TheBus: {{TheBus route|C}}, {{TheBus route|40}}, {{TheBus route|46}}, {{TheBus route|95}}, {{TheBus route|99}}, {{TheBus route|461}}{{Cite web |date=June 19, 2023 |title=TheBus-Rail Network 2023 |url=https://www.honolulu.gov/rep/site/dts/Transit_Guide_TheBus_x_Skyline_compressed_1.pdf |access-date=June 30, 2023 |website=City and County of Honolulu |page=3 |language=en-US}}

| structure = Elevated

| parking = 304 spaces

| bicycle = Racks

| accessible = Yes

| opened = {{start date and age|2023|06|30}}

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Honolulu Rail Transit|line=Skyline|left=Kualakaʻi|right=Honouliuli}}

| mapframe = yes

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

}}

Keoneʻae station (also known as University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu station) is an elevated Skyline metro station in East Kapolei, Hawaiʻi, serving the nearby University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu campus. The station is located alongside Kualakaʻi Parkway above its intersection with Hoomohala Avenue. The station opened on June 30, 2023{{cite news |date=May 9, 2023 |title='A 21st century system': To fanfare, city announces official opening date of rail's first phase |work=Hawaii News Now |url=https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/05/10/city-announce-opening-date-first-phase-long-delayed-rail-project/ |accessdate=May 10, 2023}}{{cite news |last=Honore |first=Marcel |title=All Aboard 'Skyline': City Plans To Start Rail Service On 4th of July Weekend |work=Honolulu Civil Beat |url=https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/05/all-aboard-skyline-city-plans-to-start-rail-service-on-4th-of-july-weekend/ |accessdate=May 10, 2023}} and includes a 304 space park and ride lot,{{Cite web |date=June 16, 2023 |title=Skyline Park and Rides |url=https://www.honolulu.gov/cms-dts-menu/site-dts-site-articles-2/48789-interim-rail-park-and-rides.html |access-date=June 19, 2023 |website=Honolulu Department of Transportation Services |language=en-US}} with plans to offer up to 1,000 spaces at the site eventually.{{cite web |url=https://www.honolulutransit.org/52-station-information/580-keoneae-station-page |title=Keone'ae Station #2 |publisher=Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation |accessdate=December 18, 2019 |archive-date=December 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218170759/https://www.honolulutransit.org/52-station-information/580-keoneae-station-page |url-status=dead }}

In Hawaiian, "keoneʻae" means "fine, soft, powdery sand".{{Cite news |last=Gomes |first=Andrew |date=2023-06-26 |title=Skyline: 2nd station is sandwiched by UH West Oahu, Hoʻopili growth |pages=A6 |url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/06/26/hawaii-news/skyline-2nd-station-is-sandwiched-by-uh-campus-hoopili-growth/ |work=Honolulu Star-Advertiser}} 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,{{cite web |url=http://hartdocs.honolulu.gov/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-21439/20171122-hawaiian-station-naming-program.pdf |title=Hawaiian Station Naming Program |date=November 22, 2017 |publisher=Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation |accessdate=December 19, 2019}} and HART adopted the proposed names on February 22, 2018.{{cite press release |url=http://hartdocs.honolulu.gov/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-21921/HART%20New%20Release%20-%20Hawaiian%20Station%20Name%20Approval.pdf |title=HART Board of Directors unanimously approve Hawaiian names for first nine rail stations |date=February 22, 2018 |publisher=Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation |accessdate=December 19, 2019}}

Service

= Station layout =

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| rowspan="4" style="border-top:solid 1px gray" width="50" valign="top" |PL Platform level

| colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center" | {{small|Side platform, doors will open on the right}}

style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray" width="90" |Westbound

| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray" |← {{Rcb|Honolulu Rail Transit|Skyline|yes}} toward {{stn|Kualakaʻi}} {{small|(Terminus)}}

Eastbound

|{{0|→}} {{Rcb|Honolulu Rail Transit|Skyline|yes}} toward {{stn|Hālawa}} {{small|({{stn|Honouliuli}})}} →

colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;text-align:center" | {{small|Side platform, doors will open on the right}}

style="border-top:solid 1px gray" valign="top" |C

| style="border-top:solid 1px gray" valign="top" |Concourse

| style="border-top:solid 1px gray" valign="top" |Bridge over Kualakaʻi Parkway, connection between platforms

style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray" valign="top" |G

| style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray" valign="top" |Ground level

| style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray" |Entrance/Exit, fare gates, ticket machines, buses, park and ride lot, UHWO campus

= Hours and frequency =

Skyline trains run every 10 minutes. Service operates from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays and from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekends and holidays.{{Cite web |date=June 19, 2023 |title=Skyline General Information |url=https://www.honolulu.gov/transportation/divisions/mobility/rail-operations.html |access-date=June 20, 2023 |website=Honolulu Department of Transportation Services |language=en-gb}}

Station information

File:Skyline artwork at Keoneʻae - A Torch That Continues to Burn During the Day.jpg

When all 19 stations are open in 2031, Keoneʻae is projected to rank 18th in boardings at 2,440 per day.

After 2030, use is predicted to become considerably higher if long-term development plans for University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu's "university village", the nearly Ho‘opili housing development, and 168 acres of nearby vacant state land are fully realized. The station's name refers to a historic farming village that existed historically at the intersection of Kaloʻi Gulch and Farrington Highway.

A larger 1,000-stall park and ride is slated to be developed in 2025 or later, along with a second entrance to the rail station.

Public art is present at the station via the Station Art Program. Etched copper metal panels are present at the station entrance, collectively titled Kukui ʻĀ Mau I Ke Ao Mālamalama (A Torch That Continues to Burn During the Day) by local artist Satoru Abe. The abstracted kukui (candlenut) motifs and scattered flora represent the University of Hawaiʻi's mission of "mālamalama," or "light of knowledge."

Surrounding area

File:Keoneʻae (UH–West Oʻahu) station platform.jpg

Keoneʻae station is located between Ho‘opili, a 11,750-home development, and the University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu. Other existing homes near the station include a market-priced 318-unit rental apartment complex named The Element, a low-income 120-unit rental housing complex named Kulia, and for-sale mixed-use townhouses with ground-floor retail spaces.

The Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources plans to build 1,000 homes, a hotel, retail space, a warehouse, and offices in the nearby vacant land by 2029, with continuing development through 2040, which is expected to create 2,390 long-term jobs via 1 million square feet of industrial buildings on 60 acres.

References

External links

[https://www.honolulu.gov/cms-dts-menu/site-dts-site-articles-2/53577-rail-phase-1-keone%E2%80%98ae-uh-west-o%E2%80%98ahu-station.html Keoneʻae station – Honolulu Department of Transportation Services]
[https://honolulutransit.org/keoneae Keoneʻae station – Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART)]

Category:Skyline (Honolulu) stations

Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 2023

Category:Railway stations in the United States at university and college campuses

Category:2023 establishments in Hawaii