Journalists got to ride the city’s second segment of the Skyline rail system on Thursday that will take passengers down a new, 5.2-mile route to some of the most important stations and major employment centers at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.

Hopes are high that the opening of Segment 2 next week will result in a needed boost in Skyline ridership given accessibility to those two major employers of thousands of workers who commute.

Daniel K. Inouye International Airport alone employs about 15,000 workers who have to park off-site and take employee shuttle buses to get to work.

The new airport Skyline station instead will drop them off between the neighbor island and international terminals.

In September, the city’s Department of Transportatio

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