Waiawa station
Waiawa Pearl Highlands | |||||||||||
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The entrance to Waiawa station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 96-249 Kamehameha Highway Pearl City, Hawaiʻi | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 21°23′47″N 157°58′47″W / 21.396435°N 157.979594°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Honolulu Department of Transportation Services | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | TheBus: 531, 532, 533, 535 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | June 30, 2023 | ||||||||||
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Waiawa station (also known as Pearl Highlands station) is a Skyline metro station in Pearl City, Hawaiʻi, serving the Pearl Highlands Center shopping mall. The station is located alongside Kamehameha Highway near its intersection with Kuala Street and is the main arterial connection for Skyline riders from Central Oʻahu and the North Shore, including Waipio, Mililani, Wahiawa and Haleʻiwa. It opened on June 30, 2023.
In Hawaiian, "waiawa" means "milkfish water" and is the name of the ahupuaʻa in which it is located, referring to the fact it housed multiple fishponds and comprises the largest watershed on Oʻahu. 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, and HART adopted the proposed names on February 22, 2018.