MANILA — The House committee on Metro Manila development will inspect this Wednesday (Feb. 1) the proposed site of the railway common station at north Edsa in Quezon City. This could determine if lawmakers should withhold funding…
A total of 1,858 trees, including narra, molave and ipil species which are on the endangered list, will “have to go” to make way for the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) 7 project, a Department of Environment and…
The railway common station project, stuck in limbo for nearly eight years as mall titans SM North Edsa of the Sy family and Trinoma of Ayala fought for its prime location and millions in daily business foot…
The operation of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 2 was interrupted for almost an hour on Tuesday morning after a torn tarpaulin sheet got entangled with the power line between the train system’s V. Mapa and…
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is signing a more definitive deal with big conglomerates today on a “common” railway station that will link three major elevated train lines traveling through Quezon City. The DOTr said Tuesday that…
Twenty-seven brand new elevators have been installed on Metro Rail Transit Line 3 and should be fully operational by January 2017, according to the Department of Transportation (DOTr). The ongoing repair and rehabilitation of the escalators, on…
The passenger capacity of Metro Rail Transit Line 3 is expected to increase by 60 percent by the end of 2017 with the deployment of new trains, according to the train system’s maintenance provider, Busan Universal Rail…
Former Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson has returned to the private sector, now taking on the task of improving the busy Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 1 in Metro Manila. Singson confirmed in a text…
The Metro Rail Transit-3 (MRT-3) management hopes to expand the train system’s daily capacity to 800,000 passengers by the end of next year following the upgrade of its power supply and the arrival of new trains. MRT-3…
The patience of motorists and train riders alike were tested on Tuesday when Metro Rail Transit-3 (MRT-3) operations bogged down for nearly two hours while 18 road accidents were reported all over Metro Manila. The Department of…
