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<div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/10/13/lrt11.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/10/13/lrt22.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/10/13/lrt33.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/10/13/lrt44.jpg"/></div></div><div class="slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><p>Stations in Tutuban, Divisoria, and Pier 4 will be built under the LRT-2 West Extension Project.<cite> Handout</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Stations in Tutuban, Divisoria, and Pier 4 will be built under the LRT-2 West Extension Project.<cite> Handout</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Stations in Tutuban, Divisoria, and Pier 4 will be built under the LRT-2 West Extension Project.<cite> Handout</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Stations in Tutuban, Divisoria, and Pier 4 will be built under the LRT-2 West Extension Project.<cite> Handout</cite></p></div></div></div><p>MANILA -- The LRT-2 will soon have 3 more stations as it extends westward towards Manila&#x27;s shopping district, the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) said Sunday.</p><p>This amid the train line&#x27;s current partial operations servicing passengers between Cubao and Recto stations. The LRT-2 was shut down earlier after a fire damaged a section of the train system between the Anonas and Katipunan stations.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/12/19/free-morning-rides-for-students-on-lrt-2-to-resume-monday">Free morning rides for students on LRT-2 to resume Monday</a></li></ul><p>Stations in Tutuban, Divisoria, and Pier 4 will be built under the P10.1-billion LRT-2 West Extension Project that is aimed to be completed by 2023, the LRTA said in a statement.</p><p>It will take commuters only 5 minutes to travel from Recto Station to Pier 4, the LRTA said, while the travel time between Masinag and Pier 4 will not exceed an hour.</p><p>The project will add 16,000 more LRT-2 passengers to the current 240,000 passengers daily, according to the LRTA.</p><p>“The increase in commuters who will benefit from the extension project translates to the reduction of commuters not using Metro Manila’s congested streets,&quot; LRTA administrator Reynaldo Berroya said.</p><p>The LRTA said it tapped WESTRAX Joint Venture to assist in the bidding process for contractors. Project procurement is expected to start by January next year.</p>

<p>Stations in Tutuban, Divisoria, and Pier 4 will be built under the P10.1-billion LRT-2 West Extension Project that is aimed to be completed by 2023, the LRTA said in a statement.<br /> </p>

Stations in Tutuban, Divisoria, and Pier 4 will be built under the P10.1-billion LRT-2 West Extension Project that is aimed to be completed by 2023, the LRTA said in a statement.