WATCH: Here's what stations of Metro Manila subway will look like

Jacque Manabat, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA - The Department of Transportation gave members of the media a tour of the Metro Manila Subway project sample train car, simulator and the tunnel boring machine.</p><p>The sample train represents what the stations of the 33-kilometer subway will look like by 2027.</p><p>The DOTr said the actual boring of the subway would start in late July or early August with the Tunnel Boring Machine currently being assembled.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">As of June 2022, the Tunnel Boring Machine being assembled. What you see here is just a part of the machine, which will create the tunnels for the subway.<br/><br/>The boring will start late July or early August, subway engineers said. <a href="https://t.co/Ea9iIKiuIm">pic.twitter.com/Ea9iIKiuIm</a></p>— Jacque Manabat (@jacquemanabat) <a href="https://twitter.com/jacquemanabat/status/1536276613289345024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The tunnel boring machine features a 74-ton cutter head, which is used to break, cut and grind rocks and soil. It has a 36-piece disc cutter.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">This red and blue 74-ton cutter head, is the the largest part of the Tunnel Boring Machine. It will be used to break, cut and grind rocks and soil by rotating its 36-piece disc cutter, composed of 15 pieces of single roller cutters and 21 pieces of twin roller cutters. <a href="https://t.co/omeb3PozJg">pic.twitter.com/omeb3PozJg</a></p>— Jacque Manabat (@jacquemanabat) <a href="https://twitter.com/jacquemanabat/status/1536278691101446145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The project originally pegged to cost around P350 billion is now estimated to reach P488 billion. </p><p>The underground railway stretches from Valenzuela to Bicutan in Taguig City and the NAIA Terminal 3 in Pasay City with 17 stations, the DOTr has said.</p><p>Once operational, the subway is expected to cut travel time from Quezon City to NAIA to 35 minutes from the current 1 hour and 10 minutes, the DOTr said. </p><div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/06/14/metro-manila-subway-1.jpg"/></div><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/06/14/metro-manila-subway-2.jpg"/></div><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/06/14/metro-manila-subway-3.jpg"/></div><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/06/14/metro-manila-subway-4.jpg"/></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><p>Illustrations of what the Metro Manila Subway platforms will look like. <cite>DOTr</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Illustrations of what the Metro Manila Subway platforms will look like. <cite>DOTr</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Illustrations of what the Metro Manila Subway platforms will look like. <cite>DOTr</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Illustrations of what the Metro Manila Subway platforms will look like. <cite>DOTr</cite></p></div></div></div><p>Like most big-ticket infrastructure projects, the COVID-19 pandemic has <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/06/13/22/tunnel-drilling-for-manilas-1st-subway-set-to-begin">pushed back</a> the start of its operations to 2025.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/03/08/22/dotr-flaunts-progress-of-p488-b-metro-manila-subway">DOTr flaunts progress of P488-billion Metro Manila Subway</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/05/30/22/metro-manila-subway-construction-to-continue-under-next-admin">Metro Manila subway construction to continue under next admin, says Tugade</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2077234" width="100%"></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>

The Department of Transportation gave members of the media a tour of the Metro Manila Subway project sample train car, simulator and the tunnel boring machine.

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WATCH: Here's what stations of Metro Manila subway will look like

WATCH: Here's what stations of Metro Manila subway will look like

Jacque Manabat,

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Published Jun 14, 2022 12:28 PM PHT

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