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You can’t avoid rail talk by running away. Your only choice is to escape rail by embracing it.

The new rail system needs to provide every possible convenience and creature comfort.

The job remained open as Skyline officially opened to the public Friday.

The “challenging” multibillion-dollar project is almost 60 years in the making.

Lori Kahikina was praised for cutting staff and costs last year, but urged to do more to attract and retain employees.

Some cash spent on Honolulu utility relocation work under a rail contract with Nan Inc. went to mobilization costs, or to work in areas beyond the end of the rail line.

Proposals for an elevated rail system on Oahu date back to the 1960s. Now, at least part of a modern-day rail line is finally about to open to the public.

The transfer of billions of dollars in assets clears the way for the Department of Transportation Services to open the Honolulu rail system to the public onJune 30.

HART’s Project Oversight Committee on Thursday will hear a request for an additional $21.8 million for contractor Frank V. Coluccio Co. for work in downtown and Kakaako.

The service along half of the route would see few daily riders, but officials say it’s time to let the public experience rail.