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Construction on LRT-1 extension to Cavite starts

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Jacque Manabat, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/05/07/lrt.jpg"/><figcaption>Commuters ride a LRT-1 train. Construction on the extension of Metro Manila&#x27;s oldest elevated railway started on May 7, 2019. <em>George Calvelo, ABS CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA -- Construction on the LRT-1 extension from Pasay City to Cavite province began on Tuesday, 5 years after it was awarded to Light Rail Manila Corp, the Department of Transportation said.</p><p>The extension, spanning nearly 21 kilometers, will add 8 stations from Baclaran: Redemptorist, MIA, Asia World, Ninoy Aquino, Dr. Santos, Las Piñas, Zapote and Niog, the agency said.</p><p>Five stations from Baclaran will be operational by the end of 2021, the DOTr said.</p><p>Once completed, the extension will nearly double the LRT&#x27;s daily ridership to 800,000 from 458,000. It will also reduce travel time from Cavite to Baclaran to 25 minutes from 1 hour and 10 minutes.</p><p>Light Rail Manila, a joint venture composed of Ayala Corp, Metro Pacific Light Rail Corp and Macquarie Infrastructure Holdings, will manage the LRT 1 for 32 years.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">After more than two decades, LRT1 Cavite Extension project starts actual construction today, May 7. Here’s a first look on what the train sets for the rail extension project will look like: <a href="https://t.co/9WIdgjVCEj">pic.twitter.com/9WIdgjVCEj</a></p>— Jacque Manabat (@jacquemanabat) <a href="https://twitter.com/jacquemanabat/status/1125624133276930049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 7, 2019</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script>

<p>Five stations from Baclaran will be operational by the end of 2021, the DOTr said.</p>

Five stations from Baclaran will be operational by the end of 2021, the DOTr said.

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Construction on LRT-1 extension to Cavite starts

Jacque Manabat,

ABS-CBN News

Published May 07, 2019 01:20 PM PHT

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