Thursday, August 31, 2017

LRMC eyes launching LRT-1 express train in December



The Light Rail Manila Corp. (LRMC) is planning to put up express trips, supposedly to improve passenger comfort on the 30-year-old Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1).

"We are now looking at how we can do express trains, trips," LRMC president and CEO Rogelio Singson said in a press conference in Pasay City on Thursday.

The express trips will not stop at all stations, Singson noted. "Halimbawa galing ka ng Monumento gusto mo pumunta sa Edsa, hindi mo na kailangan huminto sa lahat ng stasyon," he said.

"The concept for this is customer comfort," he added.

LRMC intended to launch the express trips by December. "Kasi December ang peak season e... This is just assuming that the grantors, the government responded positively," Singson said

But LRMC has not yet submitted a formal proposal to the government. "This is now in the works and we're still doing the refinements inside," Singson said.

The rates will be the same for regular and express trips, the LRMC chief noted. "Same fare pa rin. Iikli lang ang biyahe mo at magiging mas maluwag," he said. — VDS/KVD, GMA News

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