Contrary to earlier reports, a common train station located between two malls on North Avenue in Quezon City would connect, not separate, Metro Manila’s three rail systems, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said Wednesday.
“They will be connected via a common concourse, which will allow commuters to transfer from one line to another conveniently,” DOTr Assistant Secretary for communications Cherie Mercado-Santos wrote to The STAR.
She was referring to the Light Rail Transit Line 1, which runs from Roosevelt in Quezon City to Baclaran in Pasay City; Light Rail Transit Line 2, which runs from Santolan in Pasig City to Recto Avenue in Manila, Metro Rail Transit Line 3, which runs from North Avenue in Quezon City to Taft Avenue in Pasay City; and the MRT Line 7, which is under construction and would cover EDSA corner North Avenue in Quezon City to Araneta-Colinas Verdes Subdivision, City of San Jose del Monte in Bulacan.
The STAR previously reported that House Minority Leader and Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez “mentioned that he was surprised when (DOTr Secretary Arthur) Tugade told him in a recent congressional hearing that MRT-7, which will run from The Annex at SM City North Edsa to Araneta-Colinas Verdes Subdivision, City of San Jose del Monte in Bulacan, is to be detached from MRT-3 and LRT-1.”
Tugade said in August that he talked to private sector parties involved in the common station project and agreed to sign a memorandum of agreement.
The conflict over the common station started when the Department of Transportation and Communications decided to have the common station near Ayala Group’s Trinoma mall, citing savings in construction cost as well as convenience of passengers, even as the LRT Authority and SM entered into an agreement to put up a common station for the railways near the Annex at SM City North EDSA mall in 2009.
“They will be connected via a common concourse, which will allow commuters to transfer from one line to another conveniently,” DOTr Assistant Secretary for communications Cherie Mercado-Santos wrote to The STAR.
She was referring to the Light Rail Transit Line 1, which runs from Roosevelt in Quezon City to Baclaran in Pasay City; Light Rail Transit Line 2, which runs from Santolan in Pasig City to Recto Avenue in Manila, Metro Rail Transit Line 3, which runs from North Avenue in Quezon City to Taft Avenue in Pasay City; and the MRT Line 7, which is under construction and would cover EDSA corner North Avenue in Quezon City to Araneta-Colinas Verdes Subdivision, City of San Jose del Monte in Bulacan.
The STAR previously reported that House Minority Leader and Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez “mentioned that he was surprised when (DOTr Secretary Arthur) Tugade told him in a recent congressional hearing that MRT-7, which will run from The Annex at SM City North Edsa to Araneta-Colinas Verdes Subdivision, City of San Jose del Monte in Bulacan, is to be detached from MRT-3 and LRT-1.”
Tugade said in August that he talked to private sector parties involved in the common station project and agreed to sign a memorandum of agreement.
The conflict over the common station started when the Department of Transportation and Communications decided to have the common station near Ayala Group’s Trinoma mall, citing savings in construction cost as well as convenience of passengers, even as the LRT Authority and SM entered into an agreement to put up a common station for the railways near the Annex at SM City North EDSA mall in 2009.
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