MANILA - The Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) will test extended operations at night for a month starting on Sunday, its operator said.

Operations will be extended for an hour, with the last northbound trains leaving Baclaran Terminal at 9:40 p.m., 9:50 p.m. and 10 p.m. The last southbound trains will leave Roosevelt Terminal at 10:10 p.m. and 10:15 p.m., Light Rail Manila Corp. said in a statement.

On weekends and holidays, the last northbound trains will leave Baclaran Terminal at 9:10 p.m., 9:20 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. while southbound trains will leave Roosevelt Terminal at 9:40 p.m. and 9:50 p.m., it said.

“If the test run will show an interest from the public, then we would be pleased to do a more detailed study to make it permanent,” LRMC President and Chief Executive Officer Jesus Francisco said.

The trial run will end of August 9.

The 18-kilometer long LRT-1 has 19 stations and serves an average of 400,000 commuters daily.