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Recurring platform screen-door malfunctions trigger repeated Skyline station outages

S3 · ~Nov 2025 · HART (Honolulu) · Honolulu, HI, USA

Record

CompanyHART (Honolulu)
IndustryOther
Type(s)malfunction
Date~Nov 2025 (month precision)
Time of daynot documented
LocationHonolulu, HI, USA · Waipahu Transit Center
Severity (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault)
Scalesystemwide, 100+ station outages over 6 months, ~27 min each
Confidencemedium
Verified flagCited source on file; not independently re-verified

Summary

Honolulu's driverless Skyline automated train system experienced recurring malfunctions of its platform screen doors (the automatic barriers preventing riders from falling onto the tracks) between November 2025 and May 2026, causing station service outages more than 100 times, including a roughly 27-minute outage at Waipahu Transit Center on November 8, 2025 caused by a malfunctioning platform door.

Primary source

Honolulu Civil Beat

Publisher: Honolulu Civil Beat · Retrieved: 2026-09-16

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DateSupporting source rowPublisherLink
~Nov 2025 Recurring platform screen-door malfunctions trigger repeated Skyline station outages Honolulu Civil Beat Honolulu Civil Beat

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