LRT to extend its operations starting July 10
The Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) plans to extend its operating hours with a trial run set to start next week. Adding more trips to its weekend and holiday operations.
LRT-1 Blumentritt Station
The Light Rail Manila Corp. (LRMC) together with Metro Pacific Investments Corp. and Ayala Corp. both led by Manuel V. Pangilinan, said that the extended operating hours would take effect from July 10 to Aug. 9.
Also read: Guide to LRT-1 Stations in Manila
Train Schedule. The latest train schedule of LRT-1.
If the public will show interest during the test run, the LRMC would be pleased to do a study and make it permanent as to what LRMC President and Chief Executive Officer Jesus Francisco said.
The LRT-1, the oldest of the three elevated trains in Metro Manila, currently has an average of 400,000 commuters from Baclaran in Pasay City to Roosevelt in Quezon City daily.
The LRMC took over LRT-1 in September 2015. This was in line with its P65-billion LRT-1 Cavite Extension public-private partnership project. The LRMC will also be responsible for the 11.7 kilometer extension from the present end point to the Niog area in Bacoor, Cavite.
The extended rail line is expected to help increase the capacity of LRT-1 from 500,00 to 800,000 passengers daily and benefit more than four million residents in the southern part of Metro Manila and Cavite.
Also Read: A Guide to the MRT, LRT, and the PNR in Manila
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer
Photo/s from: lrta.gov.ph (Train schedule), wikipedia.com (Blumentritt Station photo)
