Plan to add seats on rail trains gets tentative OK

By Kevin Dayton

POSTED: 02:19 a.m. HST, Aug 10, 2012

~~<p>Adding 10 seats to each train car for the Honolulu rail system would cost an extra $1.5 million to $1.9 million total but would make travel on the 20-mile rail route more comfortable, officials with the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation were told Thursday.</p>
<p>Daniel Grabauskas, executive director of HART, said contractor Ansaldo Honolulu JV can adjust the design of the 80 Honolulu rail cars to add seats and still have room for surfboards and luggage without reducing the passenger capacity of the system.</p>
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Adding 10 seats to each train car for the Honolulu rail system would cost an extra $1.5 million to $1.9 million total but would make travel on the 20-mile rail route more comfortable, officials with the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation were told Thursday.

Daniel Grabauskas, executive director of HART, said contractor Ansaldo Honolulu JV can adjust the design of the 80 Honolulu rail cars to add seats and still have room for surfboards and luggage without reducing the passenger capacity of the system. Login for more...