The Ahukini Terminal and Railway was a

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railroad company in

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. It operated a

, long line from the port of Anahola to

Lihue Lihue or Līhue is an unincorporated community, census-designated place (CDP) and the county seat of Kauai County, Hawaii, United States. Lihue (pronounced ) is the second largest town on the Hawaiian island of Kauai after Kapaa. As of the 2010 ...

on the east coast of the island of Kauai. It did not connect to the other railroad on the island, the Kauai Railway, built in the same track gauge. The railroad was opened 1920 and acquired in 1932 by local customers. The last train ran in 1959.Walker, Mike. 1998 ''Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America''. Pacific Northwest.

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