Honolulu’s rail will be ready to run by Oct. 20, HART chief Andrew Robbins says

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
<strong>“The first 10 miles, from East Kapolei through this area (Halaulani Rail Station) to Aloha Stadium, the target date to have it ready is 10/20.”</strong>
<strong>Andrew Robbins</strong>
<em>The executive director and CEO of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation is pictured above at Wednesday’s news conference at the Halaulani Rail Station at Leeward Community College</em>

Not only will the first 10 miles of the Honolulu rail system be completed by December 2020 as predicted, but it will be ready to run three months earlier, by Oct. 20, announced a sanguine Andrew Robbins, executive director and CEO of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation, at a Wednesday press conference overlooking the Halaulani Rail Station at Leeward Community College.