Rail operator Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) has signed a PHP450 million deal with international engineering and industrial company Voith Digital Solutions Austria GmBH and Co KG for the rehabilitation and upgrade of second generation trains of the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1).
Voith will be repairing 24 generation 2 light rail vehicles (LRVs) for the next two years.
“The rehabilitation of the 24 LRVs will expand capacity which should result in faster travel time because of reduced train headway and queueing time. This is another step that will significantly improve our passengers’ daily commute,” LRMC president and chief executive officer Juan Alfonso said in a statement Thursday.
The project will be the first overhaul of the Generation 2 fleet’s propulsion system since the government bought the generation-2 trains from Hyundai and Adtranz Sweden in 1999.
Last December, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) has signed the procurement of 120 new LRVs for delivery in 2020.
LRMC has recently completed the PHP1-billion rehabilitation on Generation 1 LRVs increasing the railway’s fleet from 77 to 109 LRVs and the number of daily trips from 498 to 554 resulting to reduction of the interval between running trains and queueing time.
The current fleet of LRT-1 includes 51 generation-1 LRVs bought in 1984, eight generation-2 LRVs bought in 1999, and 44 generation-3 LRVs bought in 2007.
Voith will be repairing 24 generation 2 light rail vehicles (LRVs) for the next two years.
“The rehabilitation of the 24 LRVs will expand capacity which should result in faster travel time because of reduced train headway and queueing time. This is another step that will significantly improve our passengers’ daily commute,” LRMC president and chief executive officer Juan Alfonso said in a statement Thursday.
The project will be the first overhaul of the Generation 2 fleet’s propulsion system since the government bought the generation-2 trains from Hyundai and Adtranz Sweden in 1999.
Last December, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) has signed the procurement of 120 new LRVs for delivery in 2020.
LRMC has recently completed the PHP1-billion rehabilitation on Generation 1 LRVs increasing the railway’s fleet from 77 to 109 LRVs and the number of daily trips from 498 to 554 resulting to reduction of the interval between running trains and queueing time.
The current fleet of LRT-1 includes 51 generation-1 LRVs bought in 1984, eight generation-2 LRVs bought in 1999, and 44 generation-3 LRVs bought in 2007.
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