The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is working to integrate its new railway lines as it revealed a connection between its massive Metro Manila subway and the so-called North South Commuter Railway (NSCR) project.
Timothy John Batan, Transportation undersecretary for railways, said they were studying a possible connection between the subway project and the NSCR in Bicutan.
The subway will span more than 30 kilometers and will run from Quezon City to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Southern Metro Manila. The NSCR will run 191.4 km and will link the Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga to Los Banos, Laguna, via Bulacan and Manila.
The subway project, which has yet to begin, will also be connected to the Metro Rail Transit Line 3, MRT 7 to Bulacan and the Light Rail Transit Line 7 via the government’s common station project in Quezon City.
The DOTr is expecting to finish the subway project by 2025, however, it committed to open the first three stations in Quezon City by 2022, or when President Duterte’s term ends. The NSCR will also be opened in phases through 2022.
Both the subway and the NSCR will be mainly funded by the Japanese government.
Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade said he would be flying to Japan this week to inspect the boring equipment that would be used to drill tunnels in the ground for the subway project.
The subway’s groundbreaking date has been a moving target, however, Tugade said they were eyeing the ceremonial event on Feb. 26 this year.
On Friday, the DOTr also started “full blown construction works” for the Philippine National Railways’ Clark 1, part of the NSCR.
This phase will span 38 km and will run from Tutuban, Manila and Malolos, Bulacan— cutting travel time to just over 30 minutes. The project is expected to serve 300,000 passengers daily during its first year, eventually going up to one million passengers a day.
On Jan. 23, Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Construction was tapped to build the project.
https://business.inquirer.net/265137
Saturday, February 16, 2019
North-South commuter train project kicks off with Phase 1 works
THE North-South Commuter Railway Project is going full steam ahead, as its Tutuban to Malolos leg, known as PNR Clark Phase 1, commenced full-blast construction Friday.
PNR Clark Phase 1, a 37.6-kilometer mass railway transportation, is one of the flagship projects of the Duterte administration implemented by the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Philippine National Railways (PNR).
It will have 13 train sets, composed of 8 cars each, which will be running at a maximum speed of 120 kilometers per hour.
PNR Clark Phase 1 will have a total of ten (10) stations, namely, Tutuban, Solis, Caloocan, Valenzuela, Meycauayan, Marilao, Bocaue, Balagtas, Guiguinto, and Malolos station. It will house a depot on a 14-hectare lot in Valenzuela City.
Once completed, this project will reduce travel time between Manila and Bulacan from one hour and 45 minutes to just 35 minutes, serving approximately over 300,000 passengers daily.
PNR Clark Phase 1 will be seamlessly connected with the PNR Clark Phase 2 (Malolos-Clark) and PNR Calamba, forming one integrated commuter railway system that will serve commuters traveling to, from, and within NCR, Region III, and Region IV-A.
https://journal.com.ph/news/nation/north-south-commuter-train-project-kicks-phase-1-works
PNR Clark Phase 1, a 37.6-kilometer mass railway transportation, is one of the flagship projects of the Duterte administration implemented by the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Philippine National Railways (PNR).
It will have 13 train sets, composed of 8 cars each, which will be running at a maximum speed of 120 kilometers per hour.
PNR Clark Phase 1 will have a total of ten (10) stations, namely, Tutuban, Solis, Caloocan, Valenzuela, Meycauayan, Marilao, Bocaue, Balagtas, Guiguinto, and Malolos station. It will house a depot on a 14-hectare lot in Valenzuela City.
Once completed, this project will reduce travel time between Manila and Bulacan from one hour and 45 minutes to just 35 minutes, serving approximately over 300,000 passengers daily.
PNR Clark Phase 1 will be seamlessly connected with the PNR Clark Phase 2 (Malolos-Clark) and PNR Calamba, forming one integrated commuter railway system that will serve commuters traveling to, from, and within NCR, Region III, and Region IV-A.
https://journal.com.ph/news/nation/north-south-commuter-train-project-kicks-phase-1-works
DOTr breaks ground for PNR Clark Phase 1 rail line
By Emmie V. Abadilla
After more than 14 years of waiting, the government yesterday (Feb. 15, 2019) broke ground for the construction of the over P2-billion Philippine National Railways (PNR) Clark Phase 1 linking Tutuban, Manila with Malolos, Bulacan.
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| The groundbreaking ceremony of the PNR Clark Phase 1 of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) Extension Project marks the start of its actual construction yesterday. DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade (center) led the ceremony with Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koji Haneda, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Chief Representative Yoshio Wada, Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co. Ltd. President and CEO Hideo Arai, Undersecretary for Railways Timothy John Batan, PNR General Manager Jun Magno, Bulacan Governor Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado, and other government officials and stakeholders. |
It is part of the P777.5-billion North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) Extension Project, spanning 191.4-kilometers, with a total of 36 stations from Clark International Airport to Los Banos, Laguna.
Phase 1 of the railway will cut travel time to Bulacan from the current one and a half hours to 35 minutes and will serve more than 340,000 passengers per day when it becomes operational by 2021.
This initial phase of the PNR Clark Railway Project will eventually extend all the way to Clark, Pampanga.
It will have 10 stations: Tutuban, Solis, Caloocan, Valenzuela, Meycauayan, Malolos, Marilao, Bocaue, Balagtas and Guiguinto, with a depot in Valenzuela city.
Furthermore, Phase 1 will be seamlessly integrated with PNR Clark Phase 2 going to Clark, Pampanga and PNR South Commuter going to Los Banos, Laguna, forming one integrated commuter railway system serving commuters travelling to, from, and within NCR, Region III, and Region IV-A.
Also, the NSCR System will link with existing railway lines LRT-1, LRT-2, MRT-3, LRT-4, LRT-6, MRT-7 and the Metro Manila Subway. It is expected to serve some 500,000 passengers per day once it is fully operational.
The PNR Clark project took the place of the defunct Northrail project, which the government abandoned after reaching an out-of-court settlement with its Chinese contractor after many years of arbitration proceedings.
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) selected Sumitomo-Mitsui Construction Co. Ltd. to build the PNR Clark rail line.
“This is, again, one project that has been long delayed,” Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade acknowledged.
Construction of North-South Commuter Railway kicks off
The government and its Japanese contractor commenced yesterday with the construction of a railway system that will cut travel time to and from Manila and Bulacan to only 35 minutes upon its completion in two years’ time.
The PNR Clark Phase 1 of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) Extension Project, a 38-kilometer line spanning from Tutuban to Malolos, will include 10 stations and a depot in Valenzuela City.
The project is expected to be operational by 2021 and will have a capacity of over 340,000 passengers daily.
“Today we start realizing what has only been a dream for decades, and that is to provide Filipinos with a new way of life that would free millions from the oppression of traffic congestion and four-hour commutes, and that would regain for millions the freedom to spend more quality time with family, friends, and one’s self, and that would expand opportunities for livelihood, businesses, and personal development,” Transportation Undersecretary for railways Timothy John Batan said.
“But that’s not all because today also marks the beginning of the ambitious goal of connecting all 26 local governments from Clark International Airport in Region 3 or Central Luzon, all the way to Calamba in Region 4 or CALABARZON, with a 191.4-km., fully-elevated, dual-track, electrified, and high capacity commuter railway system with 37 stations and a fleet of 58 eight-car train sets, or a total of 464 train cars or bagons, all of which will start construction within 2019,” said Batan, referring to the entire P777.55 billion NSCR extension project.
PNR Clark Phase 1 will be seamlessly integrated with PNR Clark Phase 2 going to Clark, Pampanga and the PNR South Commuter going to Los Banos, Laguna to form one integrated commuter railway system serving commuters travelling to, from, and within NCR, Region III, and Region IV-A.
Japan’s Sumitomo-Mitsui Construction Corp. has been selected as the contractor of the PNR Clark Phase 1, while bidding for the Malolos to Clark portion is still ongoing.
“After signing the contract with our partner, Sumitomo-Mitsui Construction Corp. last Jan. 23, we are proud to say that as of today, 91 percent of the 38-km alignment from Tutuban to Malolos is already free and clear,” Batan said.
“This is a testament that when change comes to the way that government does things, no problems of the past cannot be solved, not even the much talked-about problem of right-of-way,” he said.
https://www.philstar.com/business/2019/02/16/1893982/construction-north-south-commuter-railway-kicks-off
The PNR Clark Phase 1 of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) Extension Project, a 38-kilometer line spanning from Tutuban to Malolos, will include 10 stations and a depot in Valenzuela City.
The project is expected to be operational by 2021 and will have a capacity of over 340,000 passengers daily.
“Today we start realizing what has only been a dream for decades, and that is to provide Filipinos with a new way of life that would free millions from the oppression of traffic congestion and four-hour commutes, and that would regain for millions the freedom to spend more quality time with family, friends, and one’s self, and that would expand opportunities for livelihood, businesses, and personal development,” Transportation Undersecretary for railways Timothy John Batan said.
“But that’s not all because today also marks the beginning of the ambitious goal of connecting all 26 local governments from Clark International Airport in Region 3 or Central Luzon, all the way to Calamba in Region 4 or CALABARZON, with a 191.4-km., fully-elevated, dual-track, electrified, and high capacity commuter railway system with 37 stations and a fleet of 58 eight-car train sets, or a total of 464 train cars or bagons, all of which will start construction within 2019,” said Batan, referring to the entire P777.55 billion NSCR extension project.
PNR Clark Phase 1 will be seamlessly integrated with PNR Clark Phase 2 going to Clark, Pampanga and the PNR South Commuter going to Los Banos, Laguna to form one integrated commuter railway system serving commuters travelling to, from, and within NCR, Region III, and Region IV-A.
Japan’s Sumitomo-Mitsui Construction Corp. has been selected as the contractor of the PNR Clark Phase 1, while bidding for the Malolos to Clark portion is still ongoing.
“After signing the contract with our partner, Sumitomo-Mitsui Construction Corp. last Jan. 23, we are proud to say that as of today, 91 percent of the 38-km alignment from Tutuban to Malolos is already free and clear,” Batan said.
“This is a testament that when change comes to the way that government does things, no problems of the past cannot be solved, not even the much talked-about problem of right-of-way,” he said.
https://www.philstar.com/business/2019/02/16/1893982/construction-north-south-commuter-railway-kicks-off
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