Push Admin

First batch of new train cars unveiled for LRT-1 extension

Article (news)

ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/business/01/26/20210126-lrt-1-cavite-extension-trains-md-8203-s.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>LRT-1 presents its 120 4th generation Light Railway vehicles for the LRT-1 Cavite extension project during the unveiling ceremony at the Manila Harbor Center in Manila on January 26, 2021.<em> Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA<strong> (UPDATE)</strong> - The Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Tuesday unveiled the first batch of new train cars that will be used for the LRT-1 extension to Cavite.</p><p>Four new train cars arrived, which the operator of the LRT-1 said make up the first batch of the 120 new cars ordered from Spain and Mexico.</p><p>The 120 new train cars will form 30 four-car train sets and can accommodate up to 750,000 passengers daily. Currently, LRT-1 serves around 500,000 commuters daily.</p><p>The new trains have more allotment areas for wheelchairs, a new propulsion system, and better cooling fans that will lengthen the service life of the cooling system.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mgM1kfYYzlI?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Light Rail Manila Corp (LRMC), which operates the LRT-1, said the Cavite extension project is now more than 50 percent complete. It will extend the existing LRT Line 1 from Baclaran to Bacoor, Cavite.</p><p>Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade meanwhile asked LRMC for partial opening of at least one or two stations by December.</p><p>&quot;Yang Cavite extension, yung hanggang Redemptorist [station]...gusto ko may partial operability December this year,” Tugade said.</p><p>(For the Cavite extension, I hope we can have partial operability until Redemptorist station by December this year.)</p><p>Once the delivery of the new trains is complete, there will be 192 train cars or 48 train sets from the current 34 train sets.</p><p>LRMC president Juan Alfonso said there will be an overall increase in LRT-1&#x27;s fleet but will be partially offset by the gradual retirement of the railways’ oldest train sets. </p><p>The additional train sets are expected to reduce the waiting time for commuters from around 4 minutes to less than 3 minutes by 2023.</p><p>The project was funded through a <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/10/06/13/jica-oks-p19-b-funding-lrt-extension">loan</a> extended by the Japan International Cooperation Agency or JICA.</p><p>Tugade meanwhile said he was not keen on granting the fare hike petition of LRMC, which he said will add to the burden of commuters during the pandemic.</p><p>LRMC filed a fare hike petition in March last year, citing the need to maintain the quality of its service and recoup some P8 billion in improvement costs incurred since 2014.</p><p>Alfonso said the fare hike is part of the concession agreement with the government which allows for the request of an automatic fare adjustment every two years.</p><p>&quot;I think the agreements with the DOTr are clear. We’ll talk to them about how we can best resolve those issues,&quot; Alfonso said.</p><div><strong>- Report from Jacque Manabat, ABS-CBN News</strong></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/multimedia/photo/01/26/21/working-on-lrt-1-cavite-extension-project">Working on LRT-1 Cavite extension project</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/05/07/19/konstruksiyon-ng-lrt-1-extension-pa-cavite-umarangkada-na">Konstruksiyon ng LRT-1 extension pa-Cavite umarangkada na</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/business/01/22/21/lrt-2-balik-operasyon-na-sa-santolan-anonas-at-katipunan">LRT 2, balik-operasyon na sa Santolan, Anonas at Katipunan</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mgM1kfYYzlI?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>The Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Tuesday unveiled the first batch of new train cars that will be used for the LRT-1 extension to Cavite.</p>

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Tuesday unveiled the first batch of new train cars that will be used for the LRT-1 extension to Cavite.