Kauai Railway
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The Kauai Railway is a former narrow gauge
railway company in Hawaii
, United States
. It was created 1906 and operated a 30 kilometres (18.6 mi) long railroad line in the track gauge of from Port Allen to Koloa and Kalaheo on the south coast of the island of Kauai
. It did not have a connection to the other common carrier railway on the island, the Ahukini Terminal and Railway
, although both were built to the same track gauge. Almost all railway trackage on Kauai was connected together due to an agreement with the U.S. Government to interconnect the common carriers and sugar plantation railways. The government imposed this as a condition before they would agree to improve the port of Nawiliwili for ocean going ships. The line was opened 1907. In 1936 the company name was changed to the Kauai Terminal Company. The last train ran 1947, with rail operations replaced by trucks. The company continues to exist as the present-day Kauai Commercial Company.
Narrow gauge
A narrow gauge railway is a railway that has a track gauge narrower than the of standard gauge railways. Most existing narrow gauge railways have gauges of between and .- Overview :...
railway company in Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
, United States
United States
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. It was created 1906 and operated a 30 kilometres (18.6 mi) long railroad line in the track gauge of from Port Allen to Koloa and Kalaheo on the south coast of the island of Kauai
Kauai
Kauai or Kauai, known as Tauai in the ancient Kaua'i dialect, is geologically the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands. With an area of , it is the fourth largest of the main islands in the Hawaiian archipelago, and the 21st largest island in the United States. Known also as the "Garden Isle",...
. It did not have a connection to the other common carrier railway on the island, the Ahukini Terminal and Railway
Ahukini Terminal and Railway
The Ahukini Terminal and Railway is a former narrow gauge railroad company in Hawaii, United States. It operated a gauge, long line from the port of Anahola to Lihue on the east coast of the island of Kauai. It did not have a connection to the other railroad on the island, the Kauai Railway,...
, although both were built to the same track gauge. Almost all railway trackage on Kauai was connected together due to an agreement with the U.S. Government to interconnect the common carriers and sugar plantation railways. The government imposed this as a condition before they would agree to improve the port of Nawiliwili for ocean going ships. The line was opened 1907. In 1936 the company name was changed to the Kauai Terminal Company. The last train ran 1947, with rail operations replaced by trucks. The company continues to exist as the present-day Kauai Commercial Company.