The head of the postal authority of Kahului, Thomas H. Hobron, saw the need to transport the sugar quickly to the ports and opened already on 17 July 1879 a railway line from Wailuku to the harbor in Kahului under the name Kahului and Wailuku Railroad.
Der Leiter der Postbehörde von Kahului, Thomas H. Hobron, sah die Notwendigkeit, den Zucker schnell zu den Häfen zu transportieren und eröffnete bereits am 17. Juli 1879 die Eisenbahn von Wailuku zum Hafen in Kahului unter dem Namen Kahului and Wailuku Railroad.