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Opening of common station for train lines postponed anew

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Jacque Manabat, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA -- The Department of Transportation (DOTr) confirmed Wednesday that they will again postpone the opening of the common station that would interconnect 4 train lines in Metro Manila. </p><p>Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista said there are technical issues that have yet to be resolved.</p><p>Located in North Edsa, Quezon City, the Unified Grand Central Station will feature a 13,700-square meter concourse area and will interconnect the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1), the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3), the Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7), and the Metro Manila Subway.</p><p>The common station was supposed to be opened to the public this May.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/02/13/19/dotr-eyes-completion-of-common-station-for-4-metro-manila-railways-by-2022">DOTr eyes completion of common station for 4 Metro Manila railways by 2022</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/09/29/17/govt-breaks-ground-on-common-station-for-trains-subway">Gov&#x27;t breaks ground on common station for trains, subway</a></li></ul><p>“We visited the facility two weeks ago. Marami pang dapat ayusin. Unang una yung Automated Fare Collection System. There are some things we need to settle. Also yung signalling system din,&quot; Bautista said.</p><p>Initially, it was projected to be finished by the first quarter of 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns set back the completion date.</p><p>Bautista said they now aim to open the common station before the end of the year.</p><p>“We need to work with the contractor. Hopefully within the year. Yung LRT1 naman nasa Roosevelt so ginagawa pa natin yung viaduct to connect it. So tamang tamang-tama in time for the operations of the LRT1 to connect to North Avenue before the end of the year.”</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/01/23/mrt-lrt-fare-increase-in-2014-valid-says-sc">MRT, LRT fare increase in 2014 valid, says SC</a></li></ul><p>Once operational, passengers that need to transfer to LRT-1 Roosevelt from MRT-3 North Ave station will no longer need to leave the station and ride a jeepney. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/multimedia/photo/04/12/23/rescue-operation-at-mrt-3">Rescue operation at MRT-3</a></li></ul><p>The common station can serve up to 500,000 passengers per day.</p><p>There will also be an intermodal integrated system below, allowing leaving passengers of the Common Station to depart by bus, jeepney, or taxi conveniently.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AGY0w5ZEp-0?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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Opening of common station for train lines postponed anew

Jacque Manabat,

ABS-CBN News

Published April 12, 2023 08:47 PM PHT

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