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Expresses hope next administration would continue improving PHL mass transport (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte opened over the weekend a railway line that will eventually connect Metro Manila and the Bicol Region. The 77-year old Philippine leader arrived in San Pablo City in Laguna on Saturday, June 25, to join other officials for the formal launching of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) Lucena-San Pablo Commuter Line, which is expected to boost people’s mobility, […]
(Eagle News) — The Light Rail Transit-2, the Metro Rail Transit-3 and the Philippine National Railways will continue to give free rides to vaccinated authorized persons outside residences. But the Department of Transportation said the free rides during the modified enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila will be during limited hours. Vaccinated APORs can ride LRT-2 and PNR trains on off-peak hours. Meanwhile, vaccinated APORs can ride MRT-3 trains during peak hours, the DOTr said. […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation is eyeing the partial operability of a segment of the Philippine National Railways project in Bicol next year. In a statement, the department said so far, on-site activities are ongoing, with a land survey, and the preparation of an Environmental Impact Assessment report also underway. “Inaasahan po natin na makapag-award po tayo ng unang contractor itong 3rd quarter ng 2021. Ongoing na rin po ang pag-aacquire natin ng […]
(Eagle News) — There are over 600 active COVID-19 cases among rail line personnel so far, recent data from the Department of Transportation showed. According to the data from the ongoing COVID-19 mass testing in the country’s rail lines, the breakdown of the 655 active cases is as follows: Light Rail Transit-1: 19 active cases Light Rail Transit-2: 215 active cases Metro Rail Transit-3: 201 active cases Philippine National Railways: 220 active cases So far, […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Railways and the Light Rail Transit-2 will resume operations on Wednesday, Aug. 19, as Metro Manila reverts to a less strict general community quarantine. Both the PNR and the LRT-2 made the announcement in separate posts on social media on Tuesday, Aug. 18. According to both the PNR and LRT-2, they will implement the mandatory wearing of face shields and face masks in trains and stations, in line with […]
(Eagle News)–Transportation Secretary Art Tugade on Wednesday, Aug. 12, ordered railway authorities under the Department of Transportation to absorb several of the around 100 employees to be laid off from the Light Rail Transit-1. In a statement, the DOTr said Tugade instructed the Philippine National Railways, the Light Rail Transit Authority and the Metro Rail Transit-3 to hire the “qualified retrenched employees.” The Light Rail Manila Corporation, which operates LRT-1, had announced the “right-sizing program” […]
(Eagle News)–Over 100 locally stranded individuals were returned to Bicol under the national government’s Hatid Probinsya program. The 117 individuals were transported to the province via a Philippine National Railways train today. The Presidential Management Staff had shortlisted 150 passengers, but 33 did not arrive at the terminal. The PNR said all passengers and 23 crew members underwent rapid antibody testing yesterday, June 19, at PNR Tutuban Terminal and tested negative. “Such testing is a […]
(Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has ordered the arrest of individuals who inflict damage on Philippine National Railways trains. Año issued the order to Philippine National Police and barangay officials, following the spate of incidents that see some people throwing rocks at the trains, destroying windows. He said the incidents were not isolated and were becoming common in Metro Manila. “There are reports that these stone-throwers are young people who are doing it for sheer […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Railways now has two more train sets. PNR General Manager Junn Magno said the two new 8100 series Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) sets, which were sent off at the Tutuban station on Thursday, Feb. 20, consist of eight new rail cars. Per set will have a four-car formation per set. According to the Department of Transportation, the new trains can carry 1,000 passengers per trip. They will be used in the […]
(Eagle News)-Another Philippine National Railways train was damaged after a stone-throwing incident on Wednesday, Jan. 1. The Department of Transportation said the incident, reported in Caloocan at 6:01 p.m., damaged the front glass windshield of a refurbished Rotem train unit. The glass windshield underwent replacement on Thursday, Jan. 2, at 12:03 p.m. The DOTr called for “heightened vigilance from the public, particularly our train-riding commuter, to help us in pinpointing the areas where these misdeeds […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation is eyeing partial operations for the Philippine National Railways Clark Phase 1 by the end of 2021. The DOTr made the statement after Transportation Secretary Art Tugade visited the site of the 38-kilometer railway project that will connect Bulacan and Manila. The project will have a total of ten stations–Tutuban, Solis, Caloocan, Valenzuela, Meycauayan, Marilao, Bocaue, Balagtas, Guiguinto and Malolos, with a depot at a 14-hectare lot […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Transportation has hailed as a success the inaugural run of the new Philippine National Railways cars from Indonesia on Monday, Dec. 16, as they start operations. In a statement, the DOTr said during the inaugural run of the six railcars, the trip from PNR Dela Rosa station to Tutuban, Manila took only almost 35 minutes. The six railcars are only a part of the 37 railcars and three locomotives that have […]
