go echiverri!

If caloocan city government will refuse to issue a construction permit even if LRTA have all the necessary requirement, they may be subjected to legal administrative implication.

Grabe sobrang kitid pala talaga ng utak nitong si Echiverri. Lakas pala mang black mail nito. Bagong Barrio residents lang ang iniisip nya, he dont think of what s best for all. :ohno:

dba nga may issue yan si echiveri na nagchchansing daw..narinig ko sa dzmm.. grabe pla yan si Mayor bigote..

Dadaan naman sa gitna ng EDSA ang LRT ah, walang maapektohang business sa caloocan meaning wala silang reason para i-deny or patagalin pag approve sa permits.

Bakit ba nang-gagala iti etong mayor na eto na magkaron ng lrt station dyan sa mahirap na syudad ng Caloocan?:ohno: I've never seen a mayor that passionate in working for the public. There has got to some b-sides to this story.

METRO
Caloocan to LRTA: No Bagong Barrio station, no permit
By Jerry Botial Updated January 18, 2009 12:00 AM

So bagong bago pala ang balitang eto.

So sabi ng LRT, no to bagong barrio station, sabi ni Gloria, yes sa station. anu ba talaga :lol:


As far as I know, 100 million pesos ang isang station ng LRT.

dba nga may issue yan si echiveri na nagchchansing daw..narinig ko sa dzmm.. grabe pla yan si Mayor bigote..

The National Government have the power to overturn any Local Government Unit Decision in cases were public interest is at stake. I don't think a mere mayor have the power to deny the activity of the NG. NG can even recall all private area for infrastructure project so long they will be comensated properly.

Buhayin si Marcos! Para sipain si Echiverri

Dadaan naman sa gitna ng EDSA ang LRT ah, walang maapektohang business sa caloocan meaning wala silang reason para i-deny or patagalin pag approve sa permits.

Bakit ba nang-gagala iti etong mayor na eto na magkaron ng lrt station dyan sa mahirap na syudad ng Caloocan?:ohno: I've never seen a mayor that passionate in working for the public. There has got to some b-sides to this story.



So bagong bago pala ang balitang eto.

So sabi ng LRT, no to bagong barrio station, sabi ni Gloria, yes sa station. anu ba talaga :lol:


As far as I know, 100 million pesos ang isang station ng LRT.

naka design na kasi ung project.. kung mgdadagdag pa sila bka back to drawing board ulit tpos matatagalan yan.. bka 2012 pa matapos yan instead of 2010..

tpos dagdag maintenance and operation cost pa daw un sbi ng lrta tpos di naman pala sapat ang revenue ng station na un pag natayo..

lampas 100million pa ata ang aabutin pag tinayo ang isang station e.. grabe noh? ang mahal

ngaun na sana nila i-accomplish lahat ng major projects..now is the time... kasi mura ang bakal/kilo (steel bars) ngaun.. bka nga next month baba pa to..

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ayan ang Gen. Malvar Street

ilang station ba meron sa caloocan and LRT1? kasi siguro kaya nagkakaganyan si Mayor Echiverri is dahil unfair nga naman kung hindi magkakaroon ng station sa caloocan ganung yung track nun riles is dadaan sa Caloocan......i dont know if this is the same pero take a look at J.Ruiz station ng Purple Line, since dumaan yung track sa San Juan kaya ginawan nila ng station kahit konti lang load factor nung station which i noticed also everytime na sumasakay ako...ika nga pakunsweldo sa San Juan.....

Just my observation kaya siguro naghihimutok si Mayor...hehehehe

from the look of it, hindi ba squatter colony ung bagong barrio? haven for pulitikong trapos kung gayon!!!

from the look of it, hindi ba squatter colony ung bagong barrio? haven for pulitikong trapos kung gayon!!!

Hindi buong Bagong Barrio ay squatter kuya.

Normally kasi yung part lang ng Bagong Barrio ang papalitan sa construction plans. Other than that, wala nang iba pang babaguhin. Mahirap kasi ang magdagdag ng station kapag tapos na.

@quannar:

Caloocan has only 2 stations in LRT1. All located in Rizal Avenue, 5th Avenue and Monumento stations.

snA MAy makuha silang investor sa extension ng LRT 2... sana kuha din sila ulit ng ODA... or sana mag invest ang Robinsons o sta lucia sa isang station.. kung wala man kumuha sa 300B stimulus fund this year... wag na masyado iasa sa budget ng DOTC>.. liit nman ng allocation bnbwasan pa...

nadaan ako sa EDSA sunday early morning 2 am may mga nagtratrabaho pa talaga... 24/7 ata tlga paggawa nito.. nakaktuwa naman... andaming part na rin ang naitayo sa areang balintawak at lagpas lang ng sm north... sa gitna nun puro fences... im quite a happy pero sana noon pa nila ginawa ito...

Just being consistent, ever since Gen. Malvar wants to be considered at the very last minute. :lol: :lol:

nadaan ako sa EDSA sunday early morning 2 am may mga nagtratrabaho pa talaga... 24/7 ata tlga paggawa nito.. nakaktuwa naman... andaming part na rin ang naitayo sa areang balintawak at lagpas lang ng sm north... sa gitna nun puro fences... im quite a happy pero sana noon pa nila ginawa ito...

hehe.. nagpapakitang gilas ang mga taga DMCI construction..hehe.. sana ganun din kapulido katulad ng mga projects nla sa DMCI homes..

kung matutuloy ung Gen. Malvar station sa bagong barrio , e di ung Balintawak station nasa may tapat na ng Cloverleaf Market sa Balintawak.. then ung Munoz station bago mag commonwealth then ung SM North tapat ng annex..

nadaan ako sa EDSA sunday early morning 2 am may mga nagtratrabaho pa talaga... 24/7 ata tlga paggawa nito.. nakaktuwa naman... andaming part na rin ang naitayo sa areang balintawak at lagpas lang ng sm north... sa gitna nun puro fences... im quite a happy pero sana noon pa nila ginawa ito...

Ikakabit kaya directly to SM North Annex yung LRT station kasi nag-back out na pala yung SM sa pag-finance ng LRT north station eh?

Ikakabit kaya directly to SM North Annex yung LRT station kasi nag-back out na pala yung SM sa pag-finance ng LRT north station eh?

kung hndi man sa sm annex.. baka sa sky garden ng sm north nla ikakabit...

kung hndi man sa sm annex.. baka sa sky garden ng sm north nla ikakabit...

Meron construction activites dun sa center island ng EDSA mismo sa tapat ng Sky garden

dba nga may issue yan si echiveri na nagchchansing daw..narinig ko sa dzmm.. grabe pla yan si Mayor bigote..

Mister swabe pala talaga yang si Echiverri:naughty:

Dito umiiral ang kasabihang "Take and give." It will cost Caloocan land but if the project won't be any use of them, better keep them off ika nga. Ang reason kasi ng mga taga-Bagong Barrio rito iisa, lugi sila. They are tired of being subjected in the jeepneys and to find out that Monumento station is already very crowded to accomodate them (not to mention time constrains). Wala akong pinapanigan dito pero nararamdaman ko rin ang inconvinience nila minsan kaya nga minsan naiisip ko rin itong mga katagang ito: "Nothing will change in Caloocan even if they build the loop here unless they build a station here."

Blackmail man ang tawag doon, may rason siya. He is just thinking about the welfare of the citizens of his city. Sana ganoon lahat ng mayor (at maging politicians) at hindi pangungurakot lang ang iniisip. Hanga ako kay Echiverri in this case, but that is not enough to change my standing from neutral to their side.

Tagal ng nakikinabang ang Caloocan sa LRT1 sa Monumento at 5th Ave stations.

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ayan ang Gen. Malvar Street

Sa totoo lang pinaka hihigit na makikinabang lang talaga dyan sa station sa Bagong Barrio eh iyong mga bahay sa bukana. Eh iyong mga asa looban ng bagong barrio wala masyadong pinagbago kasi mapa Monumento, Bagong Barrio, or Balintawak station sila puro tigisang sakay lang sila ng Tricycle.

Kaya nga my official statement na ang LRTA na sinabi nila na di "praktikal" iyong additional station. Makakadagdag pa sa travel time ng LRT iyong pag hinto sa station na yan at additional operational cost para sa not so relative amount of passenger sa area na iyon.

walang kwenta ang station dyan sa bagong barrio. :ohno:

walang kwenta ang station dyan sa bagong barrio. :ohno:

oo nga magagaya lang yan dun sa ortigas stn. and shaw pansin nio sobrang ikli ng pagitan unlike other stn. balita ko ha may kinalaman si SM dun balita ko lang naman

Yung Gen. malavar ba yung area ng mga Motel? :lol:

Ikakabit kaya directly to SM North Annex yung LRT station kasi nag-back out na pala yung SM sa pag-finance ng LRT north station eh?

So sad naman nagbackout ang SM. kakatamad pumunta sa Annex. Ang layo. iba talaga kapag may station like nung sa trinoma

mabuhay si mayor marjorie echeverri!

Kung madali lang sana maglipat!!! Ang pangit na LRT central station. Siguro kaya nandoon ay dahil sa dating government office malapit dun. DSWD ata yun. Sana hindi dun inilagay. Layo sa cityhall at s SM Manila. kakatamad maglakad. dapat ang station ay sa pagitan ng SM at Cityhall.


Yung sa LRT 2 naman alanganin din yung dulong station sa SM Marikina. Ang layo ng lalakarin bago ka makapunta ng SM. Dpat hanggang ROb at Sta Lucia naman ang ginawa nila. Tapos dapat ang LRT 2 hanggang DIvisoria para hindi ka na kailangang magdyip at bumaba sa Recto kung pupunta ka ng Divisoria.


Yung sa Cavite LRT 1extention as of September 2008 ay april daw magsisimula. SANA!!!! Grabeng traffic yan kapag ginawa pero at least pag natapos ok naman at bibilis ang byahe. kapag nagawa LRT na yan I'm sure magiging highly urbanized cities in the future ang Bacoor at pati rin siguro ang Imus at dasma

Sila ba gumagawa at nagaayos ng widening sa Cavite? nakita ko kasi contractor ay LRT Builders?

Yung Gen. malavar ba yung area ng mga Motel? :lol:

victoria court? apple something? :lol::lol::lol:

Quick question: I purchased a Stored Value Ticket early December and so far haven't used it. Doesn't it have an expiry ?


LRT stored value ay 6 months validity. pwede sya sa LRT 1 at LRT 2. di sya pwede sa MRT

MRT stored value ay 3 monts lang validity

oo nga magagaya lang yan dun sa ortigas stn. and shaw pansin nio sobrang ikli ng pagitan unlike other stn. balita ko ha may kinalaman si SM dun balita ko lang naman

But both Ortigas and Shaw stations are earning. I think.

But both Ortigas and Shaw stations are earning. I think.

tama pero yung place where the station stand are not convinient for the people maxado malayo sa ortigas avenue corner edsa katwiran daw nila dahil malambot lupa dun how come eh ang daming flyover nakatayo dun...opinion lang po :ohno:

Tagal ng nakikinabang ang Caloocan sa LRT1 sa Monumento at 5th Ave stations.



Sa totoo lang pinaka hihigit na makikinabang lang talaga dyan sa station sa Bagong Barrio eh iyong mga bahay sa bukana. Eh iyong mga asa looban ng bagong barrio wala masyadong pinagbago kasi mapa Monumento, Bagong Barrio, or Balintawak station sila puro tigisang sakay lang sila ng Tricycle.

Kaya nga my official statement na ang LRTA na sinabi nila na di "praktikal" iyong additional station. Makakadagdag pa sa travel time ng LRT iyong pag hinto sa station na yan at additional operational cost para sa not so relative amount of passenger sa area na iyon.

Yeah that's true pero sa araw-araw na ginawa ng Diyos e punung-puno na sa Monumento station. It means that both stations are already in its limits.

oo nga magagaya lang yan dun sa ortigas stn. and shaw pansin nio sobrang ikli ng pagitan unlike other stn. balita ko ha may kinalaman si SM dun balita ko lang naman

not to mention santolan! as in super lugue ng station n un

tama pero yung place where the station stand are not convinient for the people maxado malayo sa ortigas avenue corner edsa katwiran daw nila dahil malambot lupa dun how come eh ang daming flyover nakatayo dun...opinion lang po :ohno:

True. I suffer from it. I had to walk like 5-10 minutes from the station going to Galleria.

Atleast walking is good for your health. :)

not to mention santolan! as in super lugue ng station n un

ui hndi naman...jan ako sumasakay.. madami din sumasakay sa gabi.. un nga lang ksi nsa paligid e mga mayayaman na residential at konti lang mga commercial offices..pero pag gusto mo mg punta sa greenhills dito ka baba.. den annapolis street na.. ok na rin yung station na ito..

ung ortigas station ang masyado malayo.. sana man lang kahit bago mag Edsa flyover.. dun sa bandang Poveda.. para hndi mahirapan ung mga tao na papunta ng CAinta,Antipolo,Taytay,Pasig via Ortigas Ave.

Govt to fund Grand Central Terminal

By Darwin G. Amojelar, Reporter

THE Department of Transportation and Communications is asking the Department of Budget and Management to release hundred millions of pesos to finance the common stations for three rail systems.

The Transport official, who requested anonymity, said the budget of P777 million will be used to fund the “Grand Central Terminal,” the common station for Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT 3) and Line 7 (MRT 7), as well as the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT 1) North Extension Project.

The new terminal would be constructed near the SM North Annex in Quezon City and will connect the MRT 3 and 7 and LRT 1 North Extension.

The LRT 1 North Extension project, which is expected to complete in May next year, will cost around P6.32 billion.

Of the total, civil and architectural work would cost P3.3 billion; electromechanical works, P1.9 billion; consultancy services, P317.4 million; contingency, P318 million; and inflation adjustment, P342.35 million.

The joint venture of D.M. Consunji and First Balfour last year won the contract to construct the LRT 1 North Extension Project.

The project involves the extension of LRT 1 to the North Avenue station of MRT 3, the construction of two new intermediate stations (Balintawak and Roosevelt) and a terminal station (LRT 1 North Avenue station).

The Balintawak station will provide modal interchange with bus and jeepney services entering Metro Manila from the north via the North Luzon Expressway.

Once running, the LRT 1 North Extension is expected to serve about 800,000 to 1 million passengers.

The LRT 1 North Extension Project, which aims to close the EDSA Loop, will need three additional stations from the existing Monumento Station of and ending at the North Avenue Station of MRT 3.

^^ Do you have the link, date or news provider of the article above?

Edit: Never mind...found it. Its just in today... ;)

http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/jan/21/yehey/business/20090121bus3.html

Gov’t looking to limit cost of MRT takeover

source (http://www.bworldonline.com/BW012109/content.php?id=003)

THE GOVERNMENT is no longer looking to completely buy out the owners of EDSA’s Metro Rail Transit (MRT) system and is now favoring a less expensive deal that will still let the state take control of the line.

MRT Authority General Manager Robert T. Lastimoso said the system’s builder, MRT Corp. (MRTC), wants $1.4 billion, almost double the $800 million the government is willing to pay.

Instead of a complete buyout, he said the government would now be working on acquiring a majority stake.

"[A]s long as [the government] can take control of the board, that will be fine," Mr. Lastimoso said on Tuesday.

MRTC is the Sobrepeña-led consortium that built the MRT-3 line, which runs 17 kilometers from North Ave. in Quezon City to Taft Ave. in Pasay City. It operates under a build-lease-transfer agreement with the government that expires in 2025.

The original MRT Corp. consortium had for its members Ayala Land, Inc., Anglo-Philippine Holdings Corp., Sobrepeña family subsidiary Fil-Estate Management, Ramcar, Inc., and Greenfield Development Corp., which infused $190 million in equity in 1997.

When the government — the lessee — became remiss on payments to MRTC, some members of the consortium decided to cash in by packaging the future compensation as zero-coupon bonds. These bonds will have to be secured under the takeover tack, adopted by the state on reasoning that doing so would allow it to cut its costs.

Mr. Lastimoso said some of the bonds were now in the hands of investment firms Elliott Associates and Goldman Sachs, which he claimed "are really squeezing out everything they can from us."

Representatives of both firms were not immediately available for comment.

Mr. Lastimoso said the government did not push through with the full buyout as it meant spending more money than they would have saved. — P. L. G. Montecillo

And now.... which project seems to cost more.. MRT3 or Northrail?

Govt to fund Grand Central Terminal

By Darwin G. Amojelar, Reporter

THE Department of Transportation and Communications is asking the Department of Budget and Management to release hundred millions of pesos to finance the common stations for three rail systems.

The Transport official, who requested anonymity, said the budget of P777 million will be used to fund the “Grand Central Terminal,” the common station for Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT 3) and Line 7 (MRT 7), as well as the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT 1) North Extension Project.

The new terminal would be constructed near the SM North Annex in Quezon City and will connect the MRT 3 and 7 and LRT 1 North Extension.

The LRT 1 North Extension project, which is expected to complete in May next year, will cost around P6.32 billion.

Of the total, civil and architectural work would cost P3.3 billion; electromechanical works, P1.9 billion; consultancy services, P317.4 million; contingency, P318 million; and inflation adjustment, P342.35 million.

The joint venture of D.M. Consunji and First Balfour last year won the contract to construct the LRT 1 North Extension Project.

The project involves the extension of LRT 1 to the North Avenue station of MRT 3, the construction of two new intermediate stations (Balintawak and Roosevelt) and a terminal station (LRT 1 North Avenue station).

The Balintawak station will provide modal interchange with bus and jeepney services entering Metro Manila from the north via the North Luzon Expressway.

Once running, the LRT 1 North Extension is expected to serve about 800,000 to 1 million passengers.

The LRT 1 North Extension Project, which aims to close the EDSA Loop, will need three additional stations from the existing Monumento Station of and ending at the North Avenue Station of MRT 3.

^^ Do you have the link, date or news provider of the article above?

Edit: Never mind...found it. Its just in today... ;)

http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/jan/21/yehey/business/20090121bus3.html

Grand Central Terminal is now becoming a reality... that would be huge - MRT 3, MRT 7 and LRT 1

And now.... which project seems to cost more.. MRT3 or Northrail?

Nobody from the camp of Harry Roque is investigating this :lol:

Atleast walking is good for your health. :)

Yeah. Exercise. Except the fact that the heat is burning my skin. :) Hahaha.

Nobody from the camp of Harry Roque is investigating this :lol:

They don't want to investigate because they are single sided bitches and fockers! Because this is a sureball legacy of madame president.

They don't want to investigate because they are single sided bitches and fockers! Because this is a sureball legacy of madame president.

yeah, inspite of the countless scandals hounding La Gloria, for me, the rehabilitation of the Northrail and Southrail lines will be her legacy...aba, eh sha lang at si Noli boy nakapagpalayas sa mga squatter jan...

yeah, inspite of the countless scandals hounding La Gloria, for me, the rehabilitation of the Northrail and Southrail lines will be her legacy...aba, eh sha lang at si Noli boy nakapagpalayas sa mga squatter jan...

tama kaya kahit ayaw ng tao kay gloria mararmdaman pa din yung mga ginawa nia mabuti man o masama

Gov’t looking to limit cost of MRT takeover

source (http://www.bworldonline.com/BW012109/content.php?id=003)


Mr. Lastimoso said some of the bonds were now in the hands of investment firms Elliott Associates and Goldman Sachs, which he claimed "are really squeezing out everything they can from us."
Representatives of both firms were not immediately available for comment.

Mr. Lastimoso said the government did not push through with the full buyout as it meant spending more money than they would have saved. — P. L. G. Montecillo


are the major stakeholders of mrt3 not Filipino nationals??? There is absolutely no sense of civic duty on their part, only an unabashed desire to profit.

nagkaron ng re-shuffle sa cabinet.. sino na ang DOTC Secretary?!

honestly ah kung talagang vigilant lang tayo, all talk ang mga taga MRT at DOTC about MRT... since last year alin dito sa listahan ang mga nagawa nila lastimoso at mendoza?

1. MRT buyout> mas nagiging mahal pa... wala pang funds
2. New Trains > asan na? sabi bibili daw?
3. "Borrowed" trains > puro daldal din...
4. MRT North Extension > nwala ang nangyari LRT extension north

iba pang kapangitan

1. sobrang crowded... di mahulugang karayom ang MRT ngayon (tren, station, pila)
2. wala pa ding silbi ang karamihang automatic ticket vending machines (kaya super haba pa din)
3. problem vs abalos sa Mandaluyong stations

ayan po maam GMA... sana po makita ninyo ang mga ginawa ng mga tauhan nyo from PNP before or military ... nakakasawa lang po kasi... puro sila dada eh walang nagawa na mabuti sa MRT the past 3 years... mas umusad pa ang PNR at LRT... ayan I think effective lang sila sa pagbubukas ng bibig nila about sa MRT... :nuts::nuts: :ohno:

P6.4-B MRT-LRT loop project along EDSA to be completed in May 2010 (http://positivenewsmedia.net/am2/publish/Main_News_1/P6_4-B_MRT-LRT_loop_project_along_EDSA_to_be_completed_in_May_2010.shtml)
Positive News Media (http://positivenewsmedia.net/am2/publish/Main_News_1/P6_4-B_MRT-LRT_loop_project_along_EDSA_to_be_completed_in_May_2010.shtml)
By C. Lloyd T. Caliwan

MANILA, Jan. 22 (PNA) -- The P6.4 billion project that would connect the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) and the Light Rail Transit (LRT) loop is expected to be completed and operational by May 2010 and would cover at least five stations and span 5.71 kilometers.

The rail link project would connect the LRT Line 1’s Monumento station in Caloocan City with the MRT North Avenue station in Quezon City in a bid to ease Metro Manila’s traffic problem, according to Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Secretary Leandro Mendoza.

Mendoza said that there is no problem in funding these projects because the national government has several private partners to finance the administration's infrastructure priority projects.

He also said that the completion of the 5.4-kilometer route linking LRT 1 and MRT 3 will definitely help ease the traffic congestion, particularly along EDSA from Monumento in Caloocan up to Taft Avenue in Pasay City.

“The closed loop train system will run entirely on electricity, making it fast, efficient, safe, and environment friendly," Mendoza added.

The project aims to put up new stations in Balintawak, Roosevelt/Muñoz while the North Avenue Station of the MRT and the Monumento Grand Central station of the LRT 1 would be improved.

The Metro Rail Transit system, popularly known as the MRT, is part of Metro Manila’s metropolitan rail system. It has a single line, MRT-3 or the Blue Line.

Although it has characteristics of a light rail, such as the type of rolling stock used, it is more akin to a rapid transit system. It is not related to the Manila Light Rail Transit System, a separate but linked system.

One of its original purposes was to decongest Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA), one of Metro Manila’s main thoroughfares and home to the MRT.

The MRT is operated by the Metro Rail Transit Corp. (MRTC), a private company operating in partnership with the DOTC under a build-operate-transfer agreement.

The Light Rail Transit system, popularly known as the LRT, has two lines: LRT-1, called the Yellow Line, and MRT-2, called the Purple Line.

The LRT, operated by the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA), a government-owned and controlled corporation, is the first metro system in Southeast Asia, built earlier than Singapore’s MRT by three years. (PNA)

^^ the end of that article started sounding like wikipedia.

P6.4-B MRT-LRT loop project along EDSA to be completed in May 2010 (http://positivenewsmedia.net/am2/publish/Main_News_1/P6_4-B_MRT-LRT_loop_project_along_EDSA_to_be_completed_in_May_2010.shtml)
Positive News Media (http://positivenewsmedia.net/am2/publish/Main_News_1/P6_4-B_MRT-LRT_loop_project_along_EDSA_to_be_completed_in_May_2010.shtml)
By C. Lloyd T. Caliwan

MANILA, Jan. 22 (PNA) -- The P6.4 billion project that would connect the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) and the Light Rail Transit (LRT) loop is expected to be completed and operational by May 2010 and would cover at least five stations and span 5.71 kilometers.

The rail link project would connect the LRT Line 1’s Monumento station in Caloocan City with the MRT North Avenue station in Quezon City in a bid to ease Metro Manila’s traffic problem, according to Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Secretary Leandro Mendoza.

Mendoza said that there is no problem in funding these projects because the national government has several private partners to finance the administration's infrastructure priority projects.

He also said that the completion of the 5.4-kilometer route linking LRT 1 and MRT 3 will definitely help ease the traffic congestion, particularly along EDSA from Monumento in Caloocan up to Taft Avenue in Pasay City.

“The closed loop train system will run entirely on electricity, making it fast, efficient, safe, and environment friendly," Mendoza added.

The project aims to put up new stations in Balintawak, Roosevelt/Muñoz while the North Avenue Station of the MRT and the Monumento Grand Central station of the LRT 1 would be improved.

The Metro Rail Transit system, popularly known as the MRT, is part of Metro Manila’s metropolitan rail system. It has a single line, MRT-3 or the Blue Line.

Although it has characteristics of a light rail, such as the type of rolling stock used, it is more akin to a rapid transit system. It is not related to the Manila Light Rail Transit System, a separate but linked system.

One of its original purposes was to decongest Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA), one of Metro Manila’s main thoroughfares and home to the MRT.

The MRT is operated by the Metro Rail Transit Corp. (MRTC), a private company operating in partnership with the DOTC under a build-operate-transfer agreement.

The Light Rail Transit system, popularly known as the LRT, has two lines: LRT-1, called the Yellow Line, and MRT-2, called the Purple Line.

The LRT, operated by the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA), a government-owned and controlled corporation, is the first metro system in Southeast Asia, built earlier than Singapore’s MRT by three years. (PNA)

That is really a big legacy of President Arroyo if completed. Malaking convenience na talaga mag MRT/LRT matapos nitong loop

Meron construction activites dun sa center island ng EDSA mismo sa tapat ng Sky garden

mapuntahan nga yan...pwedeng MMDA lang o kaya pwede ring Grand Central Terminal connection to SM North SkyGarden

Yeah that's true pero sa araw-araw na ginawa ng Diyos e punung-puno na sa Monumento station. It means that both stations are already in its limits.

I agree currently Monumento Station is quite dense. But once Balintawak, Munoz, and North EDSA station get built there will be a "very significant" reduction of passengers using Monumento station. Passenger coming from A.Bonifacio, NLEX, Novaliches/Baesa, Bagong Barrio, and other parts of Quezon city will be surely diverted to the 3 new stations. That will leave Monumento station serving primarily the passenger coming from CAMANAVA and Bulacan area. Plus part of the LRT1 North extension project is the improvement of Monumento station, thus will make the station "increase" its passenger capacity and at the same time "decrease" its passenger usage. So why shed another Php200 Million, Extra cost of operation, and sacrifice travel time/fare for the majority of LRT1 passengers because of an additional station stop that will just cater a few. Mayor Echiverri should stop black mailing LRTA, he dont know what he is saying. He should think what is for the common good.:ohno:

honestly ah kung talagang vigilant lang tayo, all talk ang mga taga MRT at DOTC about MRT... since last year alin dito sa listahan ang mga nagawa nila lastimoso at mendoza?

1. MRT buyout> mas nagiging mahal pa... wala pang funds
2. New Trains > asan na? sabi bibili daw?
3. "Borrowed" trains > puro daldal din...
4. MRT North Extension > nwala ang nangyari LRT extension north

iba pang kapangitan

1. sobrang crowded... di mahulugang karayom ang MRT ngayon (tren, station, pila)
2. wala pa ding silbi ang karamihang automatic ticket vending machines (kaya super haba pa din)
3. problem vs abalos sa Mandaluyong stations

ayan po maam GMA... sana po makita ninyo ang mga ginawa ng mga tauhan nyo from PNP before or military ... nakakasawa lang po kasi... puro sila dada eh walang nagawa na mabuti sa MRT the past 3 years... mas umusad pa ang PNR at LRT... ayan I think effective lang sila sa pagbubukas ng bibig nila about sa MRT... :nuts::nuts: :ohno:

Puro dada lang kasi sila.....automatic ticket vending machines, ba't di gumagana? Di ba meron nang stored value ticket and scan based tickets? How come pipila pa rin?

there was an article yesterday or something about the GOP saying they would only buy a portion of mrtC and not the whole thing anymore as it's too expensive now. Not sure what the repurcussions of this with the whole integrated line thing.

With the world financial crisis. I think Line 7 will have a very hard time getting it's financing to close at this point. Effectively we may see the end of this project at least it's aspirations to get started in this administration.

Puro dada lang kasi sila.....automatic ticket vending machines, ba't di gumagana? Di ba meron nang stored value ticket and scan based tickets? How come pipila pa rin?

bakit nga hindi nagana yang mga automati vending machines??? walang sinabi sa MRT 2 eh..pati escalators sira nadin....anu ba yan

barat kasi iyong consotorium ayaw maglabas ng pera para sa matinong vending machine ng MRT :ohno:

nasira ang mga vending machines dahil narin sa kagagawan ng mga pasahero... okay na okay naman ang mga vending machines dati e.. kung mga mejo malutong na perang papel sana ang inipapasok dun malamang okay pa ang machine kaso halos mga laspag na perang papel ang pinapasok dun e. yun e kung perang papel ang kailangan.. kung barya naman ang hinuhulog...nagmamadali naman tayo.. pasak tayo ng pasak ng coin hindi natin antayin na i-accept ang unang coin na hinulog..

or ang management na rin siguro dahil hindi siguro chinicheck-up or nililinisan after ng operation...

barat kasi iyong consotorium ayaw maglabas ng pera para sa matinong vending machine ng MRT :ohno:

malayo talaga dun sa lrt 2 yung mrt sa edsa kakatakot nga sumakay pag mabilis yung tren gumegewang tas ang tagal mag stop sa stn kesyo may tren pa sa unahan ano yun? tapos sobrang init talo pa impyerno sa loob ng tren...ONLI IN D PILIPINS:nuts:

try to ride lrt1... gumegewang gewang din siya.. hindi pwedeng stiff ang coaches... at hindi rin naman madidiskaril kung gumegewang dahil yung gulong nun naka-angkla sa riles... ang kinatatakot ko lang is yung station ng mrt between boni ang guadalupe.. what if bumigay yung steel bridge dun.. kawawa mga kotse sa ilalaim..

malayo talaga dun sa lrt 2 yung mrt sa edsa kakatakot nga sumakay pag mabilis yung tren gumegewang tas ang tagal mag stop sa stn kesyo may tren pa sa unahan ano yun? tapos sobrang init talo pa impyerno sa loob ng tren...ONLI IN D PILIPINS:nuts:

try to ride lrt1... gumegewang gewang din siya.. hindi pwedeng stiff ang coaches... at hindi rin naman madidiskaril kung gumegewang dahil yung gulong nun naka-angkla sa riles... ang kinatatakot ko lang is yung station ng mrt between boni ang guadalupe.. what if bumigay yung steel bridge dun.. kawawa mga kotse sa ilalaim..

Laspag na kasi masyado iyong mga trains ng MRT at 1G/2G trains ng LRT1 kaya ganon gumegewang, mukhang may maluwag na sa mga wheel mechanism nila. Try to obeserve iyong mga new 3G trains ng LRT1 relatively stable siya pag tumatakbo compared sa 1G/2G trains ng LRT1 at sa MRT couches.

Laspag na kasi masyado iyong mga trains ng MRT at 1G/2G trains ng LRT1 kaya ganon gumegewang, mukhang may maluwag na sa mga wheel mechanism nila. Try to obeserve iyong mga new 3G trains ng LRT1 relatively stable siya pag tumatakbo compared sa 1G/2G trains ng LRT1 at sa MRT couches.

sabagay nasubukan ko na din yun mas mukhang heavy duty...kaso yung mga gilid ng riles na suppose to be an emergeny way pag tumugil tren eh sira sira na puro butas pano pa makakadaan dun..teka anong tawag dun :ohno: kailangan na din siguro i modernize yung lrt 1

I agree currently Monumento Station is quite dense. But once Balintawak, Munoz, and North EDSA station get built there will be a "very significant" reduction of passengers using Monumento station. Passenger coming from A.Bonifacio, NLEX, Novaliches/Baesa, Bagong Barrio, and other parts of Quezon city will be surely diverted to the 3 new stations. That will leave Monumento station serving primarily the passenger coming from CAMANAVA and Bulacan area. Plus part of the LRT1 North extension project is the improvement of Monumento station, thus will make the station "increase" its passenger capacity and at the same time "decrease" its passenger usage. So why shed another Php200 Million, Extra cost of operation, and sacrifice travel time/fare for the majority of LRT1 passengers because of an additional station stop that will just cater a few. Mayor Echiverri should stop black mailing LRTA, he dont know what he is saying. He should think what is for the common good.:ohno:

pag naghihimutok pa yan si Bigote ng No station no permit, aba eh di hndi matatapos sa target date yan.. naku po.. wla nanaman matatapos na project yan si madam president..

if ever matapos ang extension ng lrt 1 magkano na kaya ang dulo sa dulo.. 15php pa rin kaya?

bakit nga hindi nagana yang mga automati vending machines??? walang sinabi sa MRT 2 eh..pati escalators sira nadin....anu ba yan

mahirap ksi magmaintain ng mga vending machines..napaka sensitive ng mga yan..nkita ko one time ngooverheat nga e.. may motherboard din yan sa loob tska malaking fan..

nakakainis lang pag wala ka stored value.. ppila ka talaga.. i hope ung mga passengers na sumasakay ng lrt tska mrt mag stored value nlng para less pila.. ksi kahit hndi naman sila madalas sumakay,eh 2 months naman ang expiration... tsaka pwede din naman nla ibenta sa iba..

malayo talaga dun sa lrt 2 yung mrt sa edsa kakatakot nga sumakay pag mabilis yung tren gumegewang tas ang tagal mag stop sa stn kesyo may tren pa sa unahan ano yun? tapos sobrang init talo pa impyerno sa loob ng tren...ONLI IN D PILIPINS:nuts:

ganun talga .. onli in d pilipines.. san ka nakakita ng mga pasahero na tumatakbo paakyat o pababa sa escalator?.. dba ang escalator ginawa iyan para sa mga ayaw ng mglakad at mga disabled.. may katabi naman na stairs ayaw gamitin..

tpos nakita ko pa sa lrt2 cubao.. mga group of 5 na naka wheelchair sa escalator sila umaakyat.. i mean, delikado yun ah.. pero di sinisita ng security guard.. ang mga elevator natutulog..tsk tsk.. sa kaka tipid nla mas nasisira ..diba pag ang isang gamit lalo na pag na-stock lalo madaling masira?hehe

about sa escalator.. merong tamang manner diyan e.. napanuod ko sa tv yun.. once you ride the escalator you should stay right.. well kahit saan naman dapat talagang nasa right side ka diba.. so yun pag nasa escalator ka dapat asa right ka.. kasi yung left side e para yun sa mga taong nagmamadali.. kaya hindi ka dapat pumwesto sa kaliwa..

about sa escalator.. merong tamang manner diyan e.. napanuod ko sa tv yun.. once you ride the escalator you should stay right.. well kahit saan naman dapat talagang nasa right side ka diba.. so yun pag nasa escalator ka dapat asa right ka.. kasi yung left side e para yun sa mga taong nagmamadali.. kaya hindi ka dapat pumwesto sa kaliwa..

tama saka san ka nakakita escalator laging patay..hehehe madlas sa lrt 2

P6.4-B MRT-LRT loop construction project along EDSA in full swing

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The government rushes the completion of the P6.4 billion construction of the 5.4-kilometer stretch of the Metro Rail Transit loop starting from North Edsa in Quezon City to the Light Rail Transit Line 1 station at Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan City. The project, once completed and operational in May, 2010, is expected to decongest traffic along EDSA, Rizal and Taft Avenues. (PNA photos by Boy Antonio)

Source: PNA (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=21)

Grabe ang traffic!

;31159076']P6.4-B MRT-LRT loop construction project along EDSA in full swing

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/7325/mrtlrtlooppx9.jpg

The government rushes the completion of the P6.4 billion construction of the 5.4-kilometer stretch of the Metro Rail Transit loop starting from North Edsa in Quezon City to the Light Rail Transit Line 1 station at Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan City. The project, once completed and operational in May, 2010, is expected to decongest traffic along EDSA, Rizal and Taft Avenues. (PNA photos by Boy Antonio)

Source: PNA (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=21)

this is what i like to see....:banana:

;31159076']P6.4-B MRT-LRT loop construction project along EDSA in full swing

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/7325/mrtlrtlooppx9.jpg

The government rushes the completion of the P6.4 billion construction of the 5.4-kilometer stretch of the Metro Rail Transit loop starting from North Edsa in Quezon City to the Light Rail Transit Line 1 station at Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan City. The project, once completed and operational in May, 2010, is expected to decongest traffic along EDSA, Rizal and Taft Avenues. (PNA photos by Boy Antonio)

Source: PNA (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=21)

Wow, commendable! thanks for posting.

Heavy traffic nga lang.

yay better looking pillars! finally!

also, progress is amazingly fast.!

wow, that's amazing. I was impressed with the construction I saw, when i was there last month, but i didn't expect they would take it to the next level. Very fast progress.

The same thing happens to Northrail. I think with the progress of work today, they can easily built more faster.

yay better looking pillars! finally!

also, progress is amazingly fast.!

yes trafic jan.. lalo na sa may palapit sa sm annex, dahil sa mga nag-u-turn..

by the way..papaano nga pla mgkakasya ang mrt 7 sa may north ave eh 6 way traffic lang un both.. pag tinayo ang mrt 7 eh di mgging 4 way lane nlng ,tpos heavy flow pa ang trafic dun pag hapon up to evening.. much better kaya kung subway naren ang mrt 7 hanggang makalampas ng q.c. circle... para sa ganon mabawasan man lang ung mkakablock sa view ng sm city at trinoma..

yes trafic jan.. lalo na sa may palapit sa sm annex, dahil sa mga nag-u-turn..

by the way..papaano nga pla mgkakasya ang mrt 7 sa may north ave eh 6 way traffic lang un both.. pag tinayo ang mrt 7 eh di mgging 4 way lane nlng ,tpos heavy flow pa ang trafic dun pag hapon up to evening.. much better kaya kung subway naren ang mrt 7 hanggang makalampas ng q.c. circle... para sa ganon mabawasan man lang ung mkakablock sa view ng sm city at trinoma..

Isang mahabang girder lang yan.. tag 30 meters ang distance ng columns...

good to see that the columns for the extension are newer in design and not these massive ugly , tipid , old designs in mrt3.

maganda yung design ng mga columns sana nga lang underground na lahat para d matkpan ung mga malls saka madilim dun sa edsa tiyak.... like shaw crossing edsa sobrang dilim na kahit tanghaling tapat

maganda yung design ng mga columns sana nga lang underground na lahat para d matkpan ung mga malls saka madilim dun sa edsa tiyak.... like shaw crossing edsa sobrang dilim na kahit tanghaling tapat

well in due time pag marami nang moolah..ang gov natin.....darating din tayo dyan...ngayon tunnels lang muna...na maiksi...

maganda yung design ng mga columns sana nga lang underground na lahat para d matkpan ung mga malls saka madilim dun sa edsa tiyak.... like shaw crossing edsa sobrang dilim na kahit tanghaling tapat

yeah..once napabalita sa tv na ung ilalim ng station dun tumatambay ung mga rugby boys

;31159076']P6.4-B MRT-LRT loop construction project along EDSA in full swing

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/7325/mrtlrtlooppx9.jpg

The government rushes the completion of the P6.4 billion construction of the 5.4-kilometer stretch of the Metro Rail Transit loop starting from North Edsa in Quezon City to the Light Rail Transit Line 1 station at Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan City. The project, once completed and operational in May, 2010, is expected to decongest traffic along EDSA, Rizal and Taft Avenues. (PNA photos by Boy Antonio)

Source: PNA (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=21)

Wow ang taas parang LRT2! Nice! :cheers:

I agree currently Monumento Station is quite dense. But once Balintawak, Munoz, and North EDSA station get built there will be a "very significant" reduction of passengers using Monumento station. Passenger coming from A.Bonifacio, NLEX, Novaliches/Baesa, Bagong Barrio, and other parts of Quezon city will be surely diverted to the 3 new stations. That will leave Monumento station serving primarily the passenger coming from CAMANAVA and Bulacan area. Plus part of the LRT1 North extension project is the improvement of Monumento station, thus will make the station "increase" its passenger capacity and at the same time "decrease" its passenger usage. So why shed another Php200 Million, Extra cost of operation, and sacrifice travel time/fare for the majority of LRT1 passengers because of an additional station stop that will just cater a few. Mayor Echiverri should stop black mailing LRTA, he dont know what he is saying. He should think what is for the common good.:ohno:

this is an obvious black propaganda, tumira ako sa project 7 ng almost 1 year at every morning ang majority ng pasahero sa MRT EDSA ay mga taga Malabon/Velenzuela/Bulacan/Pampanga/Caloocan...every morning, di ako makasakay ng kahit anong mode of transportation dahil ang lugar na yan ay may 20M inhabitants or probabaly more na nagko-commute araw-araw, tapos nun g nagpanggabi ako sa Makati, talaga na-prove ko na totoo..dahil majority din ng empleyado dun na almost 2000 emloyees eh galing dyan...so yung estimate ni Engr aka Presidente FVR(sana letirate sya at di illeterate) na magpatayo ng masikip at untidy na LRT eh magiging solusyon sa problema...papano nya nagayang ipagawa yang ganyang MRT? Nagtataka talaga ako? At nakaka-insulto, talagang harap-harapang katiwalian ang kanyang ginawa...dapat sa mga tao na ganyan...bitayin eh...ah, sige so hindi sya dahil hindi saklaw ng kanyang karunungan yan...pero it is obvious, dapat i-declare sya na ex-license civil engr, dahil tinggal ang kanyang lisensya...I am also an engg grad, kaya alam ko from the start kahit isang ordinaryong tao, maiitinindihan nya na ang masikip and maduming mrt ay hindi solusyon...buti mababait ang mga tao sa pinas...kung hindi ewan ko lang...nanggigigil talaga ako...everything is politics...at hindi ginagawa yung tama...ang importante lang sa mga yan eh sila majority kaya sila masusunod at gagawin nila gusto nila...wala talaga sa katinuan ang magpagawa ng mga ganyang mga bagay...bakit andyan pa sa pwesto ang mga kaalyado nila? talagang fgrose...nakakasuka!!!!!

btw, i do not mean to spoil your black propaganda...pero araw -araw ako na nagdarasal na sana umayos ang mga tao sa lipunan...ang daming basura

Project Updates

The LRT Line 1 North Extension Project

Brief Description of the Project
This Project involves the construction of a 5.71-km. elevated line seamlessly from Monumento of Line 1 to North Avenue Station of Line 3. The scope of works include:
Civil and Architectural Works, including construction of the three new stations (Balintawak, Roosevelt and North) as well as improvements in Monumento Station, modification of pedestrian overpasses and the provision and installation of all the required elevators and escalators thereat.
Electromechanical Works (except rolling stock) which will have same parameters as that of LRT Line 1 Capacity Expansion Project Phase - II (Package A)

Construction Packages (in Philippine Pesos)
Package A: Construction of Viaduct and Pedestrian Overpasses

Package A1 (km 15.133 to km 17.870) (Caloocan to Balintwak Area)...... P 1.398B

Package A2 (km 17.870 to km 20.614) (Balintawak to Trinoma Area)....... P 1.402B

Package B: Construction of Stations and Station Modifications .. P 0.83B

Package C: Electro-Mechanical Works .................................... P 2.04B


Project Status (as of January 20, 2009)

source (http://www.lrta.gov.ph/projects/proj_l1northext.htm)

1. Package A1, A2 & B - DMFB Joint Venture
Seventy Four (74) Bored Piles have already been completed; Twenty Seven (27) for Package A1 and Forty Seven for Package A2

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2. Package C (Revised)
Invitation to bid was published last November 22, 2008 at Malaya, Tribune and Inquirer newspapers
Submission of Technical and Financial Proposals on January 26, 2009

3. EMS-1: Signaling.
Resubmission of Technical Proposal

4. EMS-2: Telecommunications - ALCATEL - Lucent Philippines
Awarded to ALCATEL - Lucent Philippines

5. EMS-3: AFC
Awarded with Notice to Proceed dated January 20, 2009 to AP Trans.

6. EMS-4: Track Works
Awarded with Notice to Proceed dated January 20, 2009 to DAXI - FDP JV

Issues/Concerns
Immediate release of Budget for the Common station amounting to 777 Million. c/o DOTC
NEDA-ICC review & Board approval of the Change in Scope of Work. c/o DOTC
Request by the Office of the President to accelerate completion date to January 2010.

yehey!! in a year in and a half matatapos na ito!

;31159076']P6.4-B MRT-LRT loop construction project along EDSA in full swing

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/7325/mrtlrtlooppx9.jpg

The government rushes the completion of the P6.4 billion construction of the 5.4-kilometer stretch of the Metro Rail Transit loop starting from North Edsa in Quezon City to the Light Rail Transit Line 1 station at Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan City. The project, once completed and operational in May, 2010, is expected to decongest traffic along EDSA, Rizal and Taft Avenues. (PNA photos by Boy Antonio)

Source: PNA (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=21)

Kailangan talagang gayahin ang disenyo ng LRT1 ano? Parang 1983 lang! Wag nga lang nila sanang gayahin yung mali nila sa LRT1, yung tune-tuneladang concrete walls na nagpapabigat sa LRT1 ngayon.

Anyway, good news and bad news:

Good news: Full swing na sa monumento, nilalagyan na nila ng semento at bakal ang mga hulmahan ng poste, maybe next month may pillars na, yung bahagi ng monumento circle, may mga bakod na.

Bad news: Paglampas ng MCU, mukhang nag-stop ang construction, yung construction area nasa MCU at full swing, after that, puro hukay ulit. Dito kasi malalaman kung matutuloy ba ang Bagong Barrio station.

this is an obvious black propaganda, tumira ako sa project 7 ng almost 1 year at every morning ang majority ng pasahero sa MRT EDSA ay mga taga Malabon/Velenzuela/Bulacan/Pampanga/Caloocan...every morning, di ako makasakay ng kahit anong mode of transportation dahil ang lugar na yan ay may 20M inhabitants or probabaly more na nagko-commute araw-araw, tapos nun g nagpanggabi ako sa Makati, talaga na-prove ko na totoo..dahil majority din ng empleyado dun na almost 2000 emloyees eh galing dyan...so yung estimate ni Engr aka Presidente FVR(sana letirate sya at di illeterate) na magpatayo ng masikip at untidy na LRT eh magiging solusyon sa problema...papano nya nagayang ipagawa yang ganyang MRT? Nagtataka talaga ako? At nakaka-insulto, talagang harap-harapang katiwalian ang kanyang ginawa...dapat sa mga tao na ganyan...bitayin eh...ah, sige so hindi sya dahil hindi saklaw ng kanyang karunungan yan...pero it is obvious, dapat i-declare sya na ex-license civil engr, dahil tinggal ang kanyang lisensya...I am also an engg grad, kaya alam ko from the start kahit isang ordinaryong tao, maiitinindihan nya na ang masikip and maduming mrt ay hindi solusyon...buti mababait ang mga tao sa pinas...kung hindi ewan ko lang...nanggigigil talaga ako...everything is politics...at hindi ginagawa yung tama...ang importante lang sa mga yan eh sila majority kaya sila masusunod at gagawin nila gusto nila...wala talaga sa katinuan ang magpagawa ng mga ganyang mga bagay...bakit andyan pa sa pwesto ang mga kaalyado nila? talagang fgrose...nakakasuka!!!!!

btw, i do not mean to spoil your black propaganda...pero araw -araw ako na nagdarasal na sana umayos ang mga tao sa lipunan...ang daming basura

nagdarasal ba talaga???? :nuts: what is your point here?

maganda yung design ng mga columns sana nga lang underground na lahat para d matkpan ung mga malls saka madilim dun sa edsa tiyak.... like shaw crossing edsa sobrang dilim na kahit tanghaling tapat

These MRT/LRT stations can't block much of SM North EDSA (Country's Largest Mall) nor TriNoma dahil napakalaki at lawak ng mga gusali ng mga ito. Siguro mabloblock lang nito yung selected view kung nasa street level yung tao. I think people riding MRT/LRT will have a better view of the two malls & its surroundings dahil sa elevated view nila kaya mas maganda nga mag sight seeing kung nakasakay sa monorail/LRT.

the grand station would have activity of same degree as shinjuku station if finished. two gigantic malls, and a plan for being the terminal for four light rail lines, siguradong palengke ang concourse niyan pag hindi naplan ng maayos lahat ng transfer, entrance at exit points.

nakakaiyak naman yung mga pics. sa wakas. sa wakas.

parang mataas nga yung lrt 1 extesion unlike sa luma napaka baba... sana nga matuly na din yung mrt 7 and 8.. parang d project ng gobyerno ang bilis ehh tama si richard nakakaiyak talaga at nakaka gulat ang bilis eh

These MRT/LRT stations can't block much of SM North EDSA (Country's Largest Mall) nor TriNoma dahil napakalaki at lawak ng mga gusali ng mga ito. Siguro mabloblock lang nito yung selected view kung nasa street level yung tao. I think people riding MRT/LRT will have a better view of the two malls & its surroundings dahil sa elevated view nila kaya mas maganda nga mag sight seeing kung nakasakay sa monorail/LRT.

oo nga kaya kanya sila bridgeway papunta dun sa station ang panget talga pag ganun nangyari

the grand station would have activity of same degree as shinjuku station if finished. two gigantic malls, and a plan for being the terminal for four light rail lines, siguradong palengke ang concourse niyan pag hindi naplan ng maayos lahat ng transfer, entrance at exit points.

kaya gingawa by phase yang Grand Central Terminal para maobserbahan nila yung changes...

parang mataas nga yung lrt 1 extesion unlike sa luma napaka baba... sana nga matuly na din yung mrt 7 and 8.. parang d project ng gobyerno ang bilis ehh tama si richard nakakaiyak talaga at nakaka gulat ang bilis eh

mabilis yung construction kasi "crucial requirement" yung LRT 1 north estension...at matagal na yang plinano kaya marapat lang madaliin yung completion

tanong ko lang, wala bang data about kung ilan ang gumagamit ng specific stations ng mrt at lrt on a average day? o walang paraan para malaman? o hindi pedeng i-publicize? bakit sa japan lahat ng lines, companies, stations, may data?

nakakaiyak makita
yung update photos

:cry:

tears of joy

:lol:

^^tama nakakaiyak kasi sa wakas ipagsasanib na ang LRT at MRT sa isang loop...mas convenient na ang byahe para sa milyon-milyong commuters

TEARS OF JOY!

Sabi nga ni Tita Glow, "Ang saya saya, noh?" :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

buti lahat tau masaya...kaya sana yung mananalong presidente mahal si ate glow para ituly yung mga projects nia gaya nun mrt 7 at 8 at lahat pa ng mga proposed nia na infra

buti lahat tau masaya...kaya sana yung mananalong presidente mahal si ate glow para ituly yung mga projects nia gaya nun mrt 7 at 8 at lahat pa ng mga proposed nia na infra

ano yung mrt 8> may balita ba dito> nabasa ko kasi parang bago ba ito? hahaha... hirap ng may mbgal na internet connection di makapagreply agad :lol:

nakakaiyak naman yung mga pics. sa wakas. sa wakas.

sa halos 3 weeks na napapadaan ako papunta baguio at nakikita yung mga columns na napapatayo parang 2 per week ang nagagawa... pero pansin ko din bakante mula balintawak market hanggang sa waltermart sa munoz... anyway... sana mahabol ito for 2010... pati northrail (OT)

sa halos 3 weeks na napapadaan ako papunta baguio at nakikita yung mga columns na napapatayo parang 2 per week ang nagagawa... pero pansin ko din bakante mula balintawak market hanggang sa waltermart sa munoz... anyway... sana mahabol ito for 2010... pati northrail (OT)


not really much... halos lagi kasi ako dumadaan dun... may tinatayo na dun... in fact, marami nang naitatayo sa balintawak part... sa may part na malapit sa monumento may construction na rin...

ang bilis,i was there last christmas at reinforcing bars pa lang ang ginagawa ngayon nakatayo na.ganyan palagi sana.

tanong ko lang, wala bang data about kung ilan ang gumagamit ng specific stations ng mrt at lrt on a average day? o walang paraan para malaman? o hindi pedeng i-publicize? bakit sa japan lahat ng lines, companies, stations, may data?

ang alam ko pwede yan..kasi since maddetect naman nla kung ilan ang pumasok at lumabas sa bawat stations by the automatic barriers.. pero cguro nga private tlaga..hehe.. baka kasi madetect ng bir na mas malaki pa kinikita nla kaya para less buwis..hehe

^^tama nakakaiyak kasi sa wakas ipagsasanib na ang LRT at MRT sa isang loop...mas convenient na ang byahe para sa milyon-milyong commuters

ipagsasanib lang pero hndi magging isang line.. llipat ka pa ren ng tren at station.. still a hassle.

kung pagddikitin man at tuloy tuloy na ang byahe from baclaran-taft.. it means magging 1 nlng ang line.. mrt 3 will be extinct ksi tatawagin na un buong line na un as Line 1


OT:
sayang mas maganda sana kung Mrt 3 nlng ang niextend from north ave to monumento, tpos ung taft station to Moa..para hndi na sana llipat pa ng tren going to LRT 1.. sakim kasi ung consortium ng MRT3..

not really much... halos lagi kasi ako dumadaan dun... may tinatayo na dun... in fact, marami nang naitatayo sa balintawak part... sa may part na malapit sa monumento may construction na rin...

ung sa bagong barrio area wla pa. . . still may issue pa din

OT:
sayang mas maganda sana kung Mrt 3 nlng ang niextend from north ave to monumento, tpos ung taft station to Moa..para hndi na sana llipat pa ng tren going to LRT 1.. sakim kasi ung consortium ng MRT3..

IMO, mas magandang ang LRT1 ang ieextend. mas bago at mas maganda ang trains nila. at hingi kasing congested ng MRT.

nice! ganda ng poste...

pero tanong ko lang.. kasi di hamak na mataas ito kesa line 1. ano ba ang vertical clearance ng line1 at yung dito sa extension? kasi parang mataas nga siya.

tapos talaga bang connected ito sa monumento station? as in dugtong na dugtong? hindi na sasabihin na "monumento station, this is the last station."?

tanong ko lang, wala bang data about kung ilan ang gumagamit ng specific stations ng mrt at lrt on a average day? o walang paraan para malaman? o hindi pedeng i-publicize? bakit sa japan lahat ng lines, companies, stations, may data?


may data naman na nilalabas e. pero hindi naman on a daily basis, sino naman magkaka-interes dun? hehe. nilalabas lang nila kapag na na-beat yung record. try back reading.:)

Wooooow Impresive so fast!!!! hindi kaya nag hahabol si GMA para sa 2010...

Wooooow Impresive so fast!!!! hindi kaya nag hahabol si GMA para sa 2010...

yun na nga po yun gusto nia pag baba nia madami sia bubuksan na mga infra gaya nung lrt ext. yung airport sa mindanao at madami pang iba..:lol:

^^well then, i can't wait for her to step down! :D

ung sa bagong barrio area wla pa. . . still may issue pa din

uu nga... wla pa din dun gumagawa... kasi gusto nung mga residente dun magtayo ng station sa mismong area nila... ndi pa yta nasesettle...

http://www.mb.com.ph/db_images/headlines/mrt11232838256.jpg
Workers rush the construction of the elevated light train system that will connect the Light Rail Transit (LRT) to the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) from Monumento along Epifanio de los Santos Ave. to North Ave. in Quezon City. The project is to be completed in 2011. (Noel Celis)

from www.mb.com.ph

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http://www.mb.com.ph/db_images/headlines/mrt11232838256.jpg
Workers rush the construction of the elevated light train system that will connect the Light Rail Transit (LRT) to the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) from Monumento along Epifanio de los Santos Ave. to North Ave. in Quezon City. The project is to be completed in 2011. (Noel Celis)

from www.mb.com.ph

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Nagkaroon kasi ng delays sa may bandang NLEx e, hindi pa malaman ng mga engineers ang gagawin doon. They will either put a hole in Cloverleaf to let the support beam go in the bridge or they will do the same thing like in Guadalupe.

If you are asking kung saan iyan, malamang sa Monumento iyan kasi nung Friday, may mga bakal na naka-rolyo na nakakalat sa may construction site at may dumarating pa by trucks at may mga hulmahan na mga pabilog doon.

this is an obvious black propaganda, tumira ako sa project 7 ng almost 1 year at every morning ang majority ng pasahero sa MRT EDSA ay mga taga Malabon/Velenzuela/Bulacan/Pampanga/Caloocan...every morning, di ako makasakay ng kahit anong mode of transportation dahil ang lugar na yan ay may 20M inhabitants or probabaly more na nagko-commute araw-araw, tapos nun g nagpanggabi ako sa Makati, talaga na-prove ko na totoo..dahil majority din ng empleyado dun na almost 2000 emloyees eh galing dyan...so yung estimate ni Engr aka Presidente FVR(sana letirate sya at di illeterate) na magpatayo ng masikip at untidy na LRT eh magiging solusyon sa problema...papano nya nagayang ipagawa yang ganyang MRT? Nagtataka talaga ako? At nakaka-insulto, talagang harap-harapang katiwalian ang kanyang ginawa...dapat sa mga tao na ganyan...bitayin eh...ah, sige so hindi sya dahil hindi saklaw ng kanyang karunungan yan...pero it is obvious, dapat i-declare sya na ex-license civil engr, dahil tinggal ang kanyang lisensya...I am also an engg grad, kaya alam ko from the start kahit isang ordinaryong tao, maiitinindihan nya na ang masikip and maduming mrt ay hindi solusyon...buti mababait ang mga tao sa pinas...kung hindi ewan ko lang...nanggigigil talaga ako...everything is politics...at hindi ginagawa yung tama...ang importante lang sa mga yan eh sila majority kaya sila masusunod at gagawin nila gusto nila...wala talaga sa katinuan ang magpagawa ng mga ganyang mga bagay...bakit andyan pa sa pwesto ang mga kaalyado nila? talagang fgrose...nakakasuka!!!!!

btw, i do not mean to spoil your black propaganda...pero araw -araw ako na nagdarasal na sana umayos ang mga tao sa lipunan...ang daming basura

:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

When are the added trains for MRT due? Because that is what MRT needs, more trains for peak times. Obviously, the management did not anticipate the growth of ridership. That's why the morning/evening sardines ritual.:)

World Bank to fund LRT 1 extension (http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/jan/26/yehey/business/20090126bus2.html)
Manila Times (http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/jan/26/yehey/business/20090126bus2.html)
By Darwin G. Amojelar, Reporter

THE World Bank may fund the huge financial requirements of the planned extension of the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT 1) South Extension Project if the tight global credit condition continues, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).

In a document, the agency said the $1.1 billion project, which includes purchasing rolling stocks, consulting services for design and construction supervision among others, would be implemented under a build-operate-transfer scheme, adding the Washington-based lender may fund this if the credit crunch persists.

The current global financial crisis may prevent private companies from raising money to finance the extension of the LRT 1 to Cavite.

“However, once financial markets stabilize and credit eases, the World Bank plans to privatize its participation,” the NEDA said.

The agency said the Millennium Challenge Corp. (MCC) may finance the government’s counterpart amounting to about $675 million, which will basically fund a portion of the civil works.

The MCC Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) is the foreign-assistance program that former US President George W. Bush announced at the 2002 Financing for Development Conference in Monterrey, Mexico.

From the original $683 million, the cost of the LRT 1 South Extension Project has climbed to $1.8 billion.

The Light Rail Transit Authority will resubmit the proposed project for approval, a NEDA official earlier said.

The extension is a priority project of the Arroyo administration and will pass through the southern cities of Parañaque and Las Piñas and neighboring municipalities of Bacoor, Imus and Dasmariñas in Cavite.

The bidding of the project was cancelled early last year because of the absence of counterpart government funds.

Companies that had expressed interest in the project were Isolux Corban of Spain, Rites Ltd. of India, Infrastructure Leasing and Network Services Ltd. of India, DM Consunji Inc., Sumitomo Corp., China State Construction Engineering Corp., China Railway South Group Co. Ltd. and Overseas Engineering Co. of China.

The winning bidder was supposed to fund the design, construction, installation and integration of the extension with the existing lines. It would also be in charge of the integrated operation and maintenance of the entire line and provision of enhancement works on the integrated system.

The project will have a 40-year concession period inclusive of four years of construction.

It will include eight new passenger stations with provision for two additional future stations. It is expected to serve 800,000 passengers a day and cut travel time from

Bacoor, Cavite, to Monumento, Caloocan City, to less than an hour.

Earlier, the NEDA approved six projects worth $935.4 million to be funded by the MCA, and forwarded to MCC for its peer review by second week of December this year.

The government is also asking MCC to fund the Household Electrification of Remote Areas in Luzon, the Tabuk Hydropwer Project, the Feasibility Study for Missionary Electrification in 29 Selected Islands within Luzon, The Water Supply Development for Non-Operational/Non-Creditworthy Water Districts Project and the Rural Water Supply, the Sanitation Sector Project for Visayas and Mindanao, and Enhancement of Integrity Platforms in Government.

World Bank to fund LRT 1 extension (http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/jan/26/yehey/business/20090126bus2.html)
Manila Times (http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/jan/26/yehey/business/20090126bus2.html)
By Darwin G. Amojelar, Reporter

THE World Bank may fund the huge financial requirements of the planned extension of the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT 1) South Extension Project if the tight global credit condition continues, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).

In a document, the agency said the $1.1 billion project, which includes purchasing rolling stocks, consulting services for design and construction supervision among others, would be implemented under a build-operate-transfer scheme, adding the Washington-based lender may fund this if the credit crunch persists.

The current global financial crisis may prevent private companies from raising money to finance the extension of the LRT 1 to Cavite.

“However, once financial markets stabilize and credit eases, the World Bank plans to privatize its participation,” the NEDA said.

The agency said the Millennium Challenge Corp. (MCC) may finance the government’s counterpart amounting to about $675 million, which will basically fund a portion of the civil works.

The MCC Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) is the foreign-assistance program that former US President George W. Bush announced at the 2002 Financing for Development Conference in Monterrey, Mexico.

From the original $683 million, the cost of the LRT 1 South Extension Project has climbed to $1.8 billion.

The Light Rail Transit Authority will resubmit the proposed project for approval, a NEDA official earlier said.

The extension is a priority project of the Arroyo administration and will pass through the southern cities of Parañaque and Las Piñas and neighboring municipalities of Bacoor, Imus and Dasmariñas in Cavite.

The bidding of the project was cancelled early last year because of the absence of counterpart government funds.

Companies that had expressed interest in the project were Isolux Corban of Spain, Rites Ltd. of India, Infrastructure Leasing and Network Services Ltd. of India, DM Consunji Inc., Sumitomo Corp., China State Construction Engineering Corp., China Railway South Group Co. Ltd. and Overseas Engineering Co. of China.

The winning bidder was supposed to fund the design, construction, installation and integration of the extension with the existing lines. It would also be in charge of the integrated operation and maintenance of the entire line and provision of enhancement works on the integrated system.

The project will have a 40-year concession period inclusive of four years of construction.

It will include eight new passenger stations with provision for two additional future stations. It is expected to serve 800,000 passengers a day and cut travel time from

Bacoor, Cavite, to Monumento, Caloocan City, to less than an hour.

Earlier, the NEDA approved six projects worth $935.4 million to be funded by the MCA, and forwarded to MCC for its peer review by second week of December this year.

The government is also asking MCC to fund the Household Electrification of Remote Areas in Luzon, the Tabuk Hydropwer Project, the Feasibility Study for Missionary Electrification in 29 Selected Islands within Luzon, The Water Supply Development for Non-Operational/Non-Creditworthy Water Districts Project and the Rural Water Supply, the Sanitation Sector Project for Visayas and Mindanao, and Enhancement of Integrity Platforms in Government.

Ahhhh.... Wow!!!! This is so much... Great News.... :banana:

The 800,000 pax/day doesn't mean 4 car train formation. In Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia and other countries in Asia, a line with this pax count usually has trains with 8 to 10 cars formation.

http://www.mb.com.ph/db_images/headlines/mrt11232838256.jpg
Workers rush the construction of the elevated light train system that will connect the Light Rail Transit (LRT) to the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) from Monumento along Epifanio de los Santos Ave. to North Ave. in Quezon City. The project is to be completed in 2011. (Noel Celis)

from www.mb.com.ph

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I checked the online article of Manila Bulletin, I can't find it. In what section?

^^ I'm pretty sure that the Manila Bulletin article is wrong. Every indication seems to show that the LRT1 North Extension will be finished way before 2011. Even with the Bagong Barrio situation, once that is finalized, then it should be quick to start and build the station.

The one thing to really look out for is the LRT1 south extension. Lets cross our fingers that construction would start for that one this year...

san yung lrt 2 din going to masinag gawin na din nila

2011? I thought it's 2010?

Main News

P6.4-B MRT-LRT loop project along EDSA to be completed in May 2010

By C. Lloyd T. Caliwan

MANILA, Jan. 22 (PNA) -- The P6.4 billion project that would connect the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) and the Light Rail Transit (LRT) loop is expected to be completed and operational by May 2010 and would cover at least five stations and span 5.71 kilometers.

The rail link project would connect the LRT Line 1’s Monumento station in Caloocan City with the MRT North Avenue station in Quezon City in a bid to ease Metro Manila’s traffic problem, according to Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Secretary Leandro Mendoza.

Mendoza said that there is no problem in funding these projects because the national government has several private partners to finance the administration's infrastructure priority projects.

He also said that the completion of the 5.4-kilometer route linking LRT 1 and MRT 3 will definitely help ease the traffic congestion, particularly along EDSA from Monumento in Caloocan up to Taft Avenue in Pasay City.

“The closed loop train system will run entirely on electricity, making it fast, efficient, safe, and environment friendly," Mendoza added.

The project aims to put up new stations in Balintawak, Roosevelt/Muñoz while the North Avenue Station of the MRT and the Monumento Grand Central station of the LRT 1 would be improved.

The Metro Rail Transit system, popularly known as the MRT, is part of Metro Manila’s metropolitan rail system. It has a single line, MRT-3 or the Blue Line.

Although it has characteristics of a light rail, such as the type of rolling stock used, it is more akin to a rapid transit system. It is not related to the Manila Light Rail Transit System, a separate but linked system.

One of its original purposes was to decongest Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA), one of Metro Manila’s main thoroughfares and home to the MRT.

The MRT is operated by the Metro Rail Transit Corp. (MRTC), a private company operating in partnership with the DOTC under a build-operate-transfer agreement.

The Light Rail Transit system, popularly known as the LRT, has two lines: LRT-1, called the Yellow Line, and MRT-2, called the Purple Line.

The LRT, operated by the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA), a government-owned and controlled corporation, is the first metro system in Southeast Asia, built earlier than Singapore’s MRT by three years. (PNA)

It is Northrail that is sceduled to be finished by 2011 (Malolos Clark Section)

Northrail (Caloocan to Malolos), PNR (Caloocan to Calamba) and LRT1 North Connection are all scheduled to be finished before GMA steps down.

It is Northrail that is sceduled to be finished by 2011 (Malolos Clark Section)

Northrail (Caloocan to Malolos), PNR (Caloocan to Calamba) and LRT1 North Connection are all scheduled to be finished before GMA steps down.

^^ That's practically just a year and a half from now. Good enough for GMA's legacy to have those projects finished even without the Malolos-Clark section of the Northrail. Commuters will already feel the big difference with the completion of these projects.

^^ I'm pretty sure that the Manila Bulletin article is wrong. Every indication seems to show that the LRT1 North Extension will be finished way before 2011. Even with the Bagong Barrio situation, once that is finalized, then it should be quick to start and build the station.

The one thing to really look out for is the LRT1 south extension. Lets cross our fingers that construction would start for that one this year...


agree ako sau... sa nkikita ko, tlagang by 2010 tapos na yang LRT-MRT Loop na yan... sa halos araw-araw na nagcocommute ako from SM North to Monumento, kitang-kita ko tlaga na mabilis ang paggawa... kya mtatapos agad yan...

How they will close the loop of this two lane while the proposed grand central terminal is not decided?

^^ They can build the station is stages. The blue color is LRT1 & MRT3, while the orange color is when MRT 7 is ready.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3221/3157047540_d265c89b81_o.jpg

The 800,000 pax/day doesn't mean 4 car train formation. In Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia and other countries in Asia, a line with this pax count usually has trains with 8 to 10 cars formation.

the only quick solution they can make is to have more trains than lengthen the number of cars. the mrt and lrt stations' pavement have only space for exactly 5 cars/set i think, but the average headway is 3-4 minutes. (7-10 minutes is also expected even in ordinary days).

Govt prepares three-year infra program (http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/jan/27/yehey/business/20090127bus1.html)
Manila Times (http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/jan/27/yehey/business/20090127bus1.html)
By Darwin G. Amojelar, Reporter

THE Philippines plans to spend hundred billions of pesos a year for the next three years to fund infrastructure projects, in a bid to stimulate growth and create jobs amid the global economic downturn, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said.

Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and NEDA Director General Ralph Recto told reporters that the government is looking at spending P300 billion until 2011 to fund priority infrastructure projects.

Recto said the government plans to tap the World Bank, International Finance Corp., other multilateral institutions and the private sector to fund the P300-billion infrastructure budget for the next three years.

“The crisis will last longer, possibly two to three years. The government should plan not only 2009 but beyond,” Recto said.

For this year, the government has programmed a P300-billion Economic Resiliency Plan which aims to pump prime the economy in response to the global economic crisis.

Of the total, P100 billion is allotted for infrastructure projects and the remaining amount for social protection programs, packages for overseas Filipino workers (OFW), among others.

“The P100-billion package should be medium term. It may not create jobs immediately but we should look beyond 2009,” he said.

Recto said priority projects include the Light Rail Transit South Extension Project, Metro Rail Transit Line 2, MRT Line 7, Mindanao Railway Project, Tarlac-La Union Toll Expressway (TLUTE) Project, Laiban Dam Project, and roads for roll-on, roll-off projects, among others.

The NEDA chief said some of these projects would be included in the 2009 Investment Priorities Plan (IPP).

The Board of Investments plans to come up with this year’s IPP earlier than the March 31 deadline.

The incentive-giving agency also plans to provide incentives to firms that would generate or save jobs amid the economic difficulties.

The Economic Resiliency Plan aims to save and create jobs, protect the poorest of the poor, returning OFW and workers in export industries, ensure low and stable prices to support consumer spending, and enhance competitiveness in preparation for the global rebound.

Recto said that one of the components of the plan involves spending 60 percent to 80 percent of the productive portion of the 2009 budget of implementing agencies during the first semester, with particular focus on the infrastructure.

He said that in the first semester of 2008, the government, which accounts for 20 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, spent only 30 percent of its budget. The planned front loading and spending for the first half of 2009 is expected to boost private sector confidence in the economy.

^^ They can build the station is stages. The blue color is LRT1 & MRT3, while the orange color is when MRT 7 is ready.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3221/3157047540_d265c89b81_o.jpg


I like the new curved design of the canopy/roof better than the old ones...

MRT 3

Shaw Blvd station

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q128/shyaman_king/HOLIDAY%2009%20-%20JAN%2014/DSC_0032a.jpg


Approaching Ortigas station

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q128/shyaman_king/HOLIDAY%2009%20-%20JAN%2014/DSC_0037a.jpg

^^does almost every train car have advertisements on them?..lol

I checked the online article of Manila Bulletin, I can't find it. In what section?

It was shown on the main page for that day.

^^ They can build the station is stages. The blue color is LRT1 & MRT3, while the orange color is when MRT 7 is ready.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3221/3157047540_d265c89b81_o.jpg

I do understand that this grand station will gonna close the loop. but this grand station has no dates of implementation and no budget alloted.

if the loop will be done on 2010. do you think so that this station also will be built on 2010?

most probably yes..

^^does almost every train car have advertisements on them?..lol

Iilan lang ang meron, pero kadalasan buong tren na ang nilalagyan ng advertisements. Siguro it is a way na rin to generate income.

agree ako sau... sa nkikita ko, tlagang by 2010 tapos na yang LRT-MRT Loop na yan... sa halos araw-araw na nagcocommute ako from SM North to Monumento, kitang-kita ko tlaga na mabilis ang paggawa... kya mtatapos agad yan...

sarap tlga makakita ng mga infrastructures kahit hndi train lines kahit ibang modes or projects basta tuloy tuloy at hndi naaantala dba?..mararamdaman mo tlga na we are progreso kapag maayos na ang mga infrastructures. may Pera naman ang pilipinas eh.. Politika at Corruption lang nman ang salot eh..

kung sana ganyan ginawa ni arroyo last 2001 up to this day e di sana tpos na lahat ng train lines ng Metro Manila at the rest of the country.. every year may bagong lines..haha ..sarap..

Iilan lang ang meron, pero kadalasan buong tren na ang nilalagyan ng advertisements. Siguro it is a way na rin to generate income.

Advertisements do generate a substantial amount of income, pero hindi fully utilized yung ad space sa loob ng mga cars and also ang liit lang ng ad space compared to that of most transit systems I've seen. That is at least from what I saw in my recent vist back home.

Ito yung interior ng Skytrain dito, notice the ads of on either side of the car and on the end walls.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/30/37901881_e940296141.jpg

pa'no ba magpost ng picture dito? may mga latest pics pa naman ako ng LRT extension,

Advertisements do generate a substantial amount of income, pero hindi fully utilized yung ad space sa loob ng mga cars and also ang liit lang ng ad space compared to that of most transit systems I've seen. That is at least from what I saw in my recent vist back home.

Ito yung interior ng Skytrain dito, notice the ads of on either side of the car and on the end walls.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/30/37901881_e940296141.jpg

Vancouver Skytrain?..

actually yes thats pretty much the standard way of advertising inside trains (even here in Toronto) but what i noticed about Manila's trains from the pics and from @Stanleymalls said is that they wrap almost every car with ads...not like here..only one or rarely even two cars per train...

The Vancouver SkyTrain is the 3nd best train system I've ever ridden after MAX and BART!

sa LRT 2 napaka OA ng ads sa loob ng train. lalo na ung PCSO and Kotex. wala nang tinira. :lol:

pa'no ba magpost ng picture dito? may mga latest pics pa naman ako ng LRT extension,


How to post photos (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=458527) link. Just follow the instructions. :)

The Vancouver SkyTrain is the 3nd best train system I've ever ridden after MAX and BART!

really?...why? oh i know why...because this can happen...

lm-LjnkBm2s
:lol:

...and what is MAX

sa LRT 2 napaka OA ng ads sa loob ng train. lalo na ung PCSO and Kotex. wala nang tinira. :lol:

hahaha tama ka richard:lol: lalo na yung lotto pag naupo ka may naka post sa wall na kuwari ng iisip ka na kaw yung lotto winner

meron pa naman natira yung sahig wala pa....kakainis nga yung mga yun parang dumumi yung tren

really?...why? oh i know why...because this can happen...

lm-LjnkBm2s
:lol:

...and what is MAX

Bukas ba pinto? Sa MRT for sure di pwedi yan.

really?...why? oh i know why...because this can happen...

lm-LjnkBm2s
:lol:

...and what is MAX

ehehe, it's called teenage delinquents, with enough force you can pry open doors on any commuter train system. And also the trains are driverless so they can only address the situation at next immediate stop.

^^i thought it happened because of computer malfunction.

Looks like Toronto's subway cars

The future is in the NORTH


Grand Central Terminal (MRT-LRT loop - phase 1 by 2010)
SM City North Edsa (relaunch of World's 2nd Biggest Mall in 2009)
**Essential components of the upcoming Triangle Business Park, QC(World Bank Conceptualized "Economic Center of Gravity for Metro Manila")

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r238/avidtraveler/MRT_LRTgrandcentralstation1.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r238/avidtraveler/MRT_LRTgrandcentralstation2.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r238/avidtraveler/MRT_LRTgrandcentralstation3.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r238/avidtraveler/MRT.jpg

sana lang maganda mga exits nyan d yung kanya kanyang bridgeway papunta sa ibatibang building makinabang lang sila para daanan ng tao....panget kasi eh parang walang ka design design yung infra project na yan

The render of the Grand Central Terminal looks too simple.

The future is in the NORTH


Grand Central Terminal (MRT-LRT loop - phase 1 by 2010)
SM City North Edsa (relaunch of World's 2nd Biggest Mall in 2009)
**Essential components of the upcoming Triangle Business Park, QC(World Bank Conceptualized "Economic Center of Gravity for Metro Manila")

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r238/avidtraveler/MRT_LRTgrandcentralstation1.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r238/avidtraveler/MRT_LRTgrandcentralstation2.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r238/avidtraveler/MRT_LRTgrandcentralstation3.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r238/avidtraveler/MRT.jpg

wow! this one's a great idea! magiging mas modern na ang rail transport sa Pilipinas... kelan ba due yang project na yan?

thanx for the info, ruralvillage

really?...why? oh i know why...because this can happen...

lm-LjnkBm2s
:lol:

...and what is MAX

i think i saw the MAX system used in the TRIMET rail lines in Portland, Oregon, as said in my copy of TRAINS magazine. It looks like more of a street car, but covers longer distances.

update lang po, last sunday pics, 26 Jan 2009
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/8895/img0261ss6.th.jpg (http://img525.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0261ss6.jpg) http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/4016/img0263lh7.th.jpg (http://img520.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0263lh7.jpg)

naku, maliit pla pagkasave ko dito, di bale next time malaki na,

STATUS (as of 30 September 2008)

Ongoing project appraisal by the World Bank project preparation team.
MOA between DPWH and LRTA for the ROW was signed last June 04, 2007.
MOA between PRA and LRTA was signed on September 27, 2007.
Parcellary Survey of 110 affected properties completed.
Negotiation with the private property owners for the acquisition of the ROW is now in full swing to show GOP's commitment in the immediate implementation and completion of the Project. Purchased 7 lots and filed 23 expropriation cases out of 112 private lots.
Consultant for the conduct of Social Preparation, Community Relations and other Pre-relocations Activities started last July 16, 2008.

SARO in the amount of Php 1.5 Billion and NCA amounting to Php 980,627,198.00 for the ROW was issued last December 27, 2007.
Sec. Mendoza creates the DOTC Project Review and Evaluation Team for the LRT Line 1 Cavite Extension Project.
DOTC endorsed to DBM the issuance of MYOA.
An Inter-Agency meeting was held on April 21, 2008 at the DBM regarding the issuance of the Multi-Year Obligational Authority (MYOA). The DBM committed to issue the MYOA as soon as the NEDA-ICC approval is secured for any project cost adjustment.
IFC presented to the LRTA Board last August 1, 2008 an overview of the updated/revised Feasibility Study. LRTA Board instructed the LRTA management to evaluate the updated Feasibility Study.
PNR inform us (LRTA) that theu prefer MOA rather than a donation of the affected properties. LRTA is now drafting the MOA for approval of the parties.



TARGETS (as of September 2008)

Activities Target Date
Issuance of MYOA Immediate
Launch of Competitive Tender November 2008
Loan Approval January 2009
Contract Effectivity April 2009
Start of Construction May 2009
Start Of Operation (Phase I)
(Baclaran to Ninoy Aquino Station) May 2010
Start Of Operation (Phase II)
(Ninoy Aquino Station to Niyog, Bacoor, Cavite) May 2013

HALOS FEBRUARY NA WALA PA RIN UPDATE DITO ANG WEBSITE NG LRT. MAGUGULAT NA LANG TAYO IBA NA NAMAN TARGET NILA BAKA 2020 NA

NOONG UNA HANGGANG DASMA ANG NAKALAGAY SA WEBSITE NGAYON BACOOR NA LANG DI PA UMABOT KAHIT SM BACOOR MAN LANG.


SOurce: http://www.lrta.gov.ph/projects/proj_l1southex.htm

Confused lawmakers ask: Who is in charge of LRT-MRT loop project?
By Delon Porcalla

source (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=435597&publicationSubCategoryId=65)

President Arroyo’s promise to decongest traffic in Metro Manila by interconnecting the Light Rail Transit (LRT) and the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) before her term ends in 2010 may not be fulfilled: congressmen found there are four “authorities” that seem to be in charge of the project.

Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez, chairman of the House oversight committee, said the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), the Light Rail Transit Authority, the Philippine National Railways and the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) are apparently all leading the P6.3-billion LRT-MRT loop project.

Suarez said he and other senior lawmakers are in a quandary as to how the BCDA came into the picture, considering the project involves railways.

“The BCDA’s function does not involve trains,” he said, adding that they learned their lesson regarding the BCDA’s construction of the 92-kilometer Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway, which reached P7 billion. The project cuts travel time from Manila by almost two hours.

Suarez asked the DOTC in a hearing yesterday about the status of the mass transit project, and the BCDA’s role in it. He said he only learned of the BCDA’s involvement Monday.

“There are four authorities manning the show. This is very confusing. Who will be the paramount guarantor to Congress? This is very confusing to the oversight committee. This is very discouraging,” he asked.

DOTC Undersecretary for railways Guiling Mamondiong apologized, saying “the DOTC can’t explain this.” Suarez reminded him that as far as Congress is concerned, the lead agency should be DOTC, since the annual budget is allocated to them.

Another senior House member, Bacolod City Rep. Monico Puentevella, chairman of the House committee on transportation, shared Suarez’s observations. “It is true that there is confusion. I have to confess I know the plan but I’m not aware of the details, (the) nitty-gritty,” he said.

Puentevella said it is important for the lawmakers to “see the big picture. Congress itself should be enlightened. I myself am confused that there are many lines that are now added. The President is already trying to hasten the implementation of this, hopefully before Christmas.”

Deputy Minority Leader Roilo Golez and Puentevella also scored the DOTC for labeling the LRT-MRT projects by numbers, such as LRT 1 to 3 and MRT 3 to 7, which only “adds confusion” because no one really knows where these projects are located.

Golez suggested that LRT-1 be renamed Baclaran-Monumento, LRT-2 Santolan-Divisoria and MRT-3 as EDSA, where these trains are specifically located and operating. He said the DOTC should follow the naming of trains in Hong Kong or in Japan.

“The names of these trains are very important. If Filipinos are lost, what more the foreigners?” said Puentevella, who urged the DOTC to “come up with the proper naming” for the projects on the next scheduled House hearing.

MRT-3 will link SM North to Monumento, MRT-4 is in España, Line 5 will run along Roxas Boulevard, Line 6 extends all the way from Baclaran to Bacoor, Cavite and Line 7 starts from Commonwealth Avenue to Tala in San Jose, Del Monte, which spans 23 kilometers.

MRT-4 in España is practically dead as it overlaps, or runs almost parallel with LRT 3 (Marikina-Divisoria), according to Suarez.

The render of the Grand Central Terminal looks too simple.

Schematic rendering yan yan kaya naka sketch lang...expect that to be designed based on the latest Architectural trends when constructed.

Confused lawmakers ask: Who is in charge of LRT-MRT loop project?
By Delon Porcalla

source (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=435597&publicationSubCategoryId=65)

President Arroyo’s promise to decongest traffic in Metro Manila by interconnecting the Light Rail Transit (LRT) and the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) before her term ends in 2010 may not be fulfilled: congressmen found there are four “authorities” that seem to be in charge of the project.

Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez, chairman of the House oversight committee, said the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), the Light Rail Transit Authority, the Philippine National Railways and the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) are apparently all leading the P6.3-billion LRT-MRT loop project.

Suarez said he and other senior lawmakers are in a quandary as to how the BCDA came into the picture, considering the project involves railways.

“The BCDA’s function does not involve trains,” he said, adding that they learned their lesson regarding the BCDA’s construction of the 92-kilometer Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway, which reached P7 billion. The project cuts travel time from Manila by almost two hours.

Suarez asked the DOTC in a hearing yesterday about the status of the mass transit project, and the BCDA’s role in it. He said he only learned of the BCDA’s involvement Monday.

“There are four authorities manning the show. This is very confusing. Who will be the paramount guarantor to Congress? This is very confusing to the oversight committee. This is very discouraging,” he asked.

DOTC Undersecretary for railways Guiling Mamondiong apologized, saying “the DOTC can’t explain this.” Suarez reminded him that as far as Congress is concerned, the lead agency should be DOTC, since the annual budget is allocated to them.

Another senior House member, Bacolod City Rep. Monico Puentevella, chairman of the House committee on transportation, shared Suarez’s observations. “It is true that there is confusion. I have to confess I know the plan but I’m not aware of the details, (the) nitty-gritty,” he said.

Puentevella said it is important for the lawmakers to “see the big picture. Congress itself should be enlightened. I myself am confused that there are many lines that are now added. The President is already trying to hasten the implementation of this, hopefully before Christmas.”

Deputy Minority Leader Roilo Golez and Puentevella also scored the DOTC for labeling the LRT-MRT projects by numbers, such as LRT 1 to 3 and MRT 3 to 7, which only “adds confusion” because no one really knows where these projects are located.

Golez suggested that LRT-1 be renamed Baclaran-Monumento, LRT-2 Santolan-Divisoria and MRT-3 as EDSA, where these trains are specifically located and operating. He said the DOTC should follow the naming of trains in Hong Kong or in Japan.

“The names of these trains are very important. If Filipinos are lost, what more the foreigners?” said Puentevella, who urged the DOTC to “come up with the proper naming” for the projects on the next scheduled House hearing.

MRT-3 will link SM North to Monumento, MRT-4 is in España, Line 5 will run along Roxas Boulevard, Line 6 extends all the way from Baclaran to Bacoor, Cavite and Line 7 starts from Commonwealth Avenue to Tala in San Jose, Del Monte, which spans 23 kilometers.

MRT-4 in España is practically dead as it overlaps, or runs almost parallel with LRT 3 (Marikina-Divisoria), according to Suarez.

Who cares???!!!! This has got to be the silliest article I've read in this series of threads....though not as adaucious as the ENT articles a few threads back. Why is it that forumers who have been following this thread for years knows exactly what is going on and whose in charge and these overpaid morons (or underpaid but they somehow manage to strike it rich if you know what I mean) cannot understand things that they should be dedicating their professional careers at! The naming conventions are fine, we all know that the LRTA is the one in charge of the LRT1 and the DOTC is the one in charge of all the overall development with all things transportation! PNR and BCDA are probably involved somehow since they fit into the overall scheme of expanding railways in the metropolis since part of North Rail/South Rail is to be integrated by the MRT/LRT lines, which has BGC as one of the stops I believe! But we all know they aren't the ones building the LRT1 extensions. Sheesh! Kulang talaga sa pansin ang mga lawmakers na ito... :nuts:

Confused lawmakers ask: Who is in charge of LRT-MRT loop project?
By Delon Porcalla

“The BCDA’s function does not involve trains,” he said, adding that they learned their lesson regarding the BCDA’s construction of the 92-kilometer Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway, which reached P7 billion. The project cuts travel time from Manila by almost two hours.

What are they implying here that they have learned their lesson??? Na overpriced ang SCTEx??? Sagasaan ng tren tong mga to, o banggain ng mga sasakyan sa SCTEx...nakakabwisit...ok na yung construction ng MRT-LRT loop project didiskarilin pa nila...:bash:

Lawmakers should have the time to go to Skyscrapercity Philippines...gumawa ng House Resolution!:nuts::lol:

kayo naman di na kayo nasanay sa mga lawmakers nayan.. baka makkishare din sla sa budget kaya naghahanap ng butas..

ano naman alam nila sa Urban planning at designs, wla db?...kasi hndi naman sila sa technical.. mga pol sci,abogado, at enterpreneurs ang tinapos ng mga iyan.. wla sila pakealam sa pag uurban planning.. dapat ang ilagay sa commitee on transportation eh ung congressman na marunong sa urban designs..porket mgganda sasakyan nla tinitira nanaman nla ung ngpapatrapik siguro sa kanila ..haha:bash::bash:

The future is in the NORTH


Grand Central Terminal (MRT-LRT loop - phase 1 by 2010)
SM City North Edsa (relaunch of World's 2nd Biggest Mall in 2009)
**Essential components of the upcoming Triangle Business Park, QC(World Bank Conceptualized "Economic Center of Gravity for Metro Manila")

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r238/avidtraveler/MRT_LRTgrandcentralstation1.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r238/avidtraveler/MRT_LRTgrandcentralstation2.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r238/avidtraveler/MRT_LRTgrandcentralstation3.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r238/avidtraveler/MRT.jpg


Thanks for this info and pictures, mas madaling ma visualize yung pagkakadugtong ng mga trains. Is this the final design? Kaya pala malayo ang mrt north avenue station sa north avenue kasi may isa pang station na ilalagay in front of SM North. :banana::banana::banana:

Clarifications lang... the line going from monumento to north edsa is the LRT 1 extension... meaning it will be a complete loop of LRT 1 and MRT. Continuous ba ito, yung hindi ka na kelangang bumaba sa station? Tapos, yung line from LRT1 sa may taft continous din papuntang north avenue?

Confused lawmakers ask: Who is in charge of LRT-MRT loop project?
MRT-3 will link SM North to Monumento, MRT-4 is in España, Line 5 will run along Roxas Boulevard, Line 6 extends all the way from Baclaran to Bacoor, Cavite and Line 7 starts from Commonwealth Avenue to Tala in San Jose, Del Monte, which spans 23 kilometers.

MRT-4 in España is practically dead as it overlaps, or runs almost parallel with LRT 3 (Marikina-Divisoria), according to Suarez.

So in conclusion, train projects are as follows:

Light Rail Transit Line 1
Baclaran to Monumento (then ultimately, North Avenue)
How bout calling this Rizal-Taft Line since it follows the alignment of the two radial roads

Light Rail Transit Line 2
Recto to Santolan (Which will be extended to Masinag, Antipolo)
Aurora Line?

Metro Rail Transit Line 3
Taft Avenue to North Avenue
EDSA Line

Metro Rail Transit Line 4
Espana to West Avenue
Espana - West Line

Line 5
Roxas Boulevard
Roxas Line

Line 6
LRT South Extension to Bacoor then ultimately Dasmarinas.
Cavite Line

Line 7
Commonwealth to Tala, San Jose Del Monte
Commonwealth Line

Is this right?

Confused lawmakers ask: Who is in charge of LRT-MRT loop project?
By Delon Porcalla

source (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=435597&publicationSubCategoryId=65)

"Deputy Minority Leader Roilo Golez and Puentevella also scored the DOTC for labeling the LRT-MRT projects by numbers, such as LRT 1 to 3 and MRT 3 to 7, which only “adds confusion” because no one really knows where these projects are located.

Golez suggested that LRT-1 be renamed Baclaran-Monumento, LRT-2 Santolan-Divisoria and MRT-3 as EDSA, where these trains are specifically located and operating. He said the DOTC should follow the naming of trains in Hong Kong or in Japan.

“The names of these trains are very important. If Filipinos are lost, what more the foreigners?” said Puentevella, who urged the DOTC to “come up with the proper naming” for the projects on the next scheduled House hearing.

Ibig bang sabihin nito ay dapat din hindi number 8 ang nakalagay sa car plates ng mga lawmakers natin kundi "CONGRESSMAN" para "properly labeled" sila, bakit kaya hindi nila mas pagtuunan ng pansin ang pagsasagawa ng batas para maibsan ang kahirapan at kawalan ng trabaho dala ng krisis pang ekonomiya sa ating bansa, i think current names are just fine just like Project 7, Project 8, etc.

Confused lawmakers ask: Who is in charge of LRT-MRT loop project?
By Delon Porcalla

source (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=435597&publicationSubCategoryId=65)

President Arroyo’s promise to decongest traffic in Metro Manila by interconnecting the Light Rail Transit (LRT) and the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) before her term ends in 2010 may not be fulfilled: congressmen found there are four “authorities” that seem to be in charge of the project.

Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez, chairman of the House oversight committee, said the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), the Light Rail Transit Authority, the Philippine National Railways and the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) are apparently all leading the P6.3-billion LRT-MRT loop project.

Suarez said he and other senior lawmakers are in a quandary as to how the BCDA came into the picture, considering the project involves railways.

“The BCDA’s function does not involve trains,” he said, adding that they learned their lesson regarding the BCDA’s construction of the 92-kilometer Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway, which reached P7 billion. The project cuts travel time from Manila by almost two hours.

Suarez asked the DOTC in a hearing yesterday about the status of the mass transit project, and the BCDA’s role in it. He said he only learned of the BCDA’s involvement Monday.

“There are four authorities manning the show. This is very confusing. Who will be the paramount guarantor to Congress? This is very confusing to the oversight committee. This is very discouraging,” he asked.

DOTC Undersecretary for railways Guiling Mamondiong apologized, saying “the DOTC can’t explain this.” Suarez reminded him that as far as Congress is concerned, the lead agency should be DOTC, since the annual budget is allocated to them.

Another senior House member, Bacolod City Rep. Monico Puentevella, chairman of the House committee on transportation, shared Suarez’s observations. “It is true that there is confusion. I have to confess I know the plan but I’m not aware of the details, (the) nitty-gritty,” he said.

Puentevella said it is important for the lawmakers to “see the big picture. Congress itself should be enlightened. I myself am confused that there are many lines that are now added. The President is already trying to hasten the implementation of this, hopefully before Christmas.”

Deputy Minority Leader Roilo Golez and Puentevella also scored the DOTC for labeling the LRT-MRT projects by numbers, such as LRT 1 to 3 and MRT 3 to 7, which only “adds confusion” because no one really knows where these projects are located.

Golez suggested that LRT-1 be renamed Baclaran-Monumento, LRT-2 Santolan-Divisoria and MRT-3 as EDSA, where these trains are specifically located and operating. He said the DOTC should follow the naming of trains in Hong Kong or in Japan.

“The names of these trains are very important. If Filipinos are lost, what more the foreigners?” said Puentevella, who urged the DOTC to “come up with the proper naming” for the projects on the next scheduled House hearing.

MRT-3 will link SM North to Monumento, MRT-4 is in España, Line 5 will run along Roxas Boulevard, Line 6 extends all the way from Baclaran to Bacoor, Cavite and Line 7 starts from Commonwealth Avenue to Tala in San Jose, Del Monte, which spans 23 kilometers.

MRT-4 in España is practically dead as it overlaps, or runs almost parallel with LRT 3 (Marikina-Divisoria), according to Suarez.

Stupidity.....I don't know how to describe them....I ran out of words to describe the article.. the journalist, the congressmen as well. How could this be published????

Thanks for this info and pictures, mas madaling ma visualize yung pagkakadugtong ng mga trains. Is this the final design? Kaya pala malayo ang mrt north avenue station sa north avenue kasi may isa pang station na ilalagay in front of SM North. :banana::banana::banana:

Clarifications lang... the line going from monumento to north edsa is the LRT 1 extension... meaning it will be a complete loop of LRT 1 and MRT. Continuous ba ito, yung hindi ka na kelangang bumaba sa station? Tapos, yung line from LRT1 sa may taft continous din papuntang north avenue?

I think ung LRT-1 station sa Monumento ay magiging continuous na LRT-1 North Extension sa Balintawak (or Gen. Malvar-Bagong Barrio), dahil wala silang binabanggit na Monumento station na idadagdag kundi Balintawak, Muñoz, at North Avenue lang, in fact kanina ay nadaanan ko at nakita kong binubutas na ung sa tapat ng Mercury Drug at Glory Lumber sa Monumento para sa tapat nun ililiko ang riles ng LRT-1, hindi na kailangan pang gibain ang Monumento ni Andres Bonifacio.

this picture was taken from Monumento overpass, 29 Jan 2009
http://images6.theimagehosting.com/IMG_0355.82e.th.JPG (http://server6.theimagehosting.com/image.php?img=IMG_0355.82e.JPG) http://images6.theimagehosting.com/IMG_0356.7d0.th.JPG (http://server6.theimagehosting.com/image.php?img=IMG_0356.7d0.JPG)
>the picture on the left shows the Bonifacio Monument with the ongoing construction of LRT-1 North Extension Project
>the picture on the right shows the ongoing construction of the same (EDSA going to Balintawak), on the left is the MCU Hospital

sorry if i cannot show the large picture here, only web hosts, i still didn't get it, :nuts:
but if you click these pics you will see larger images, courtesy of webhosts,

Thanks for this info and pictures, mas madaling ma visualize yung pagkakadugtong ng mga trains. Is this the final design? Kaya pala malayo ang mrt north avenue station sa north avenue kasi may isa pang station na ilalagay in front of SM North. :banana::banana::banana:

Clarifications lang... the line going from monumento to north edsa is the LRT 1 extension... meaning it will be a complete loop of LRT 1 and MRT. Continuous ba ito, yung hindi ka na kelangang bumaba sa station? Tapos, yung line from LRT1 sa may taft continous din papuntang north avenue?

Based sa diagram, yung MRT galing Taft bababa sa Grand Central Station at yung LRT galing Monumento bababa din sa parehong Grand Central terminal. Iba kasi rail track design ng MRT compared sa LRT kaya di pwedeng mag-interchange ng trains. Maganda parin ito kasi may common point kung saan bababa at sasakay ang mga tao. This will also serve the majority of commuters to/from the future QC CBD - The Triangle Park

http://images6.theimagehosting.com/IMG_0355.82e.JPG

han 742: Thanks for posting the Monumento construction. Here is the bigger picture

Based on the picture, LRT will go up kasi parang ang taas nung kinoconstruct na support panels.

oo nga kasi ang taas ng poste e so malamang it will go up talaga... so continuous rail siya talaga from monumento up to north station?

^^hindi. Loop sya pero hindi interchangable loop. Gagawan lang ng common meeting point ang station ng MRT at LRT para pwedeng maglipat ang pasahero from MRT to LRT & vise versa.

Stupidity.....I don't know how to describe them....I ran out of words to describe the article.. the journalist, the congressmen as well. How could this be published????

galing yan sa Philippine Star na article.. sbi pa nga nung isang congressman dead na daw ung MRT 4... sa totoo lang pwede pa rin naman magkaroon ng lrt 4 eh.. y not dotc try this path.. Espana-Roosevelt- Munoz-Congressional-then Visayan avenue..

Advertisements do generate a substantial amount of income, pero hindi fully utilized yung ad space sa loob ng mga cars and also ang liit lang ng ad space compared to that of most transit systems I've seen. That is at least from what I saw in my recent vist back home.

Ito yung interior ng Skytrain dito, notice the ads of on either side of the car and on the end walls.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/30/37901881_e940296141.jpg

grabe ang sikip ng train na yan... di pwede sa Pinas yan.. kahit sa Fort Bonifacio pa ilagay yan,parang ang sikip paren para sa masa

galing yan sa Philippine Star na article.. sbi pa nga nung isang congressman dead na daw ung MRT 4... sa totoo lang pwede pa rin naman magkaroon ng lrt 4 eh.. y not dotc try this path.. Espana-Roosevelt- Munoz-Congressional-then Visayas avenue..

That congressman does not know.... obviously. :) Yeah, that route needs one....in addition, pati Shaw boulevard, ortigas avenue all the way to cainta...

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff335/suroycccp/mrtmanila2015.jpg

ganito na ang Maynila sa 2015 hehe

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff335/suroycccp/mrtmanila2015.jpg

ganito na ang Maynila sa 2015 hehe

is this true? the green line does not look good. where did you get this info?

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff335/suroycccp/mrtmanila2015.jpg

ganito na ang Maynila sa 2015 hehe

naku! nawawala po ata ung Balintawak Station ha,:ohno:

Based on the picture, LRT will go up kasi parang ang taas nung kinoconstruct na support panels.

I think may mga level na bumababa din kagaya ng sa bandang EDSA-Kaingin Road (Royal), medyo mataas kasi ang lugar na ito kaya inadjust ata nila ang taas,

Isa lang napansin ko dito mukhang kalakalahati ang pagbuhos ng semento dito sa mga metal frames.

grabe ang sikip ng train na yan... di pwede sa Pinas yan.. kahit sa Fort Bonifacio pa ilagay yan,parang ang sikip paren para sa masa

these are the Mark I cars put into service nung 80's the MarkII cars are much wider and same with the new Rotem cars made for the Canada Line.

Mark II:
http://www.bearspage.info/h/tra/ca/bc/va/i/b/b.jpg

Rotem:
http://www.seataf.com/blogs/canadaline/2007-12-14/images/KICX4271.jpg
http://www.seataf.com/blogs/canadaline/2007-12-14/images/KICX4244.jpg
http://www.seataf.com/blogs/canadaline/2007-12-14/images/KICX4245.jpg

these are just as wide as that of the newest line there, pero emphasis lang is on seating, and come rush hour there are higher frequencies than there is there.

As I've said before, these congressmen that we have today don't know anything about mass transpo because they don't need it.These guys have 4 x 4's gas guzzling cars w/ drivers.So, do they care about our everyday transport needs? From the sound of that report, no!! Let's put an end to this by not voting for these clowns in barong!!:ohno:

Based sa diagram, yung MRT galing Taft bababa sa Grand Central Station at yung LRT galing Monumento bababa din sa parehong Grand Central terminal. Iba kasi rail track design ng MRT compared sa LRT kaya di pwedeng mag-interchange ng trains. Maganda parin ito kasi may common point kung saan bababa at sasakay ang mga tao. This will also serve the majority of commuters to/from the future QC CBD - The Triangle Park

Its not the rail track design of MRT and LRT that are different. The rolling stock of both lines are compatible and again, the MRT is even trying to acquire some of LRT's old trains to supplement its fleet. Its really the ownership of the lines that is the issue here, if one entity owns both LRT and MRT, they can be physically linked and have a seamless system.

I think the government intends to do this, that's why its trying to get control of the MRT3 as much as it can, even if it means just having a majority stake. Then they can link the rail line, but until that happens, they have to assume that both lines are operated independently.

The diagram clearly shows that the tracks can be physically linked. Here it is again.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r238/avidtraveler/MRT.jpg

Rotem:
http://www.seataf.com/blogs/canadaline/2007-12-14/images/KICX4271.jpg
http://www.seataf.com/blogs/canadaline/2007-12-14/images/KICX4244.jpg
http://www.seataf.com/blogs/canadaline/2007-12-14/images/KICX4245.jpg

these are just as wide as that of the newest line there, pero emphasis lang is on seating, and come rush hour there are higher frequencies than there is there.

Translink / InTransitBC are just a bunch of morons. The train set of the Canada line is pretty much the same as LRT2, the one in Vancouver is simply newer since the line is built later, but the seating configuration is just plain wrong as it will never carry as much passengers as LRT2. But then again, the whole Canada Line fiasco is one big sham, not really meant to shuttle as many people but rather just to cater to the 2010 Winter Olympics. That line should have never been a subway, it should have been elevated like the rest of the Skytrain system...truly a train high up in the sky, with the cost savings to be used for rapid transit expansion elsewhere in the region. And note that because of that one action to appease the Vancouver creme de la creme, much of the region will never see any improvement in their gridlock. And 2 billion dollars for a crappy system that could never carry as much passengers than any of the existing lines in Metro Manila right now.

Transit expansion in the Greater Vancouver area is the worse that I know off. Its so political, parochial, driven by interest groups like the West side creme de la creme and shady government officials. If only they have built the (N)Evergreen Line first, assuming it can be built before we have colonies in Mars, as it would serve the region with the most growth potential, (as the physical density and commute patterns of the region is east - west, suburb to suburb, as oppose to north - south, as what Canada Line is meant to cater too), things in the Greater Vancouver area would have been much much better and it would truly be the best city on earth for EVERYBODY living there, not just those west of Main Street.

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff335/suroycccp/mrtmanila2015.jpg

ganito na ang Maynila sa 2015 hehe

Whoa! Galing lang ba sayo ito or plan talaga ito ng LRTA? Iyong Green Line ganyan iyong naiisip ko pa dati na magiging "CBD Loop" ng LRT. It will connect City of Manila, Makati CBD, BGC, and Ortigas. :cheers:

^^hindi. Loop sya pero hindi interchangable loop. Gagawan lang ng common meeting point ang station ng MRT at LRT para pwedeng maglipat ang pasahero from MRT to LRT & vise versa.


nope. yung tinatanong ko is kung yung monumento station is physically link sa following station. balintawak ba yun o roosevelt station.. physically link siya dun?

TANONG: yung green line ba, yan ba yung proposed subway under ayala ave? eh extend pa ba from santolan, to masinag yung purple?

may proposed line 5?

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff335/suroycccp/mrtmanila2015.jpg

ganito na ang Maynila sa 2015 hehe

Metro Manila in 2015? I think it's possible. What about LRT 8? that would traverse Shaw Boulevard, all the way to Cainta junction.

Its not the rail track design of MRT and LRT that are different. The rolling stock of both lines are compatible and again, the MRT is even trying to acquire some of LRT's old trains to supplement its fleet. Its really the ownership of the lines that is the issue here, if one entity owns both LRT and MRT, they can be physically linked and have a seamless system.

I think the government intends to do this, that's why its trying to get control of the MRT3 as much as it can, even if it means just having a majority stake. Then they can link the rail line, but until that happens, they have to assume that both lines are operated independently.



pagnangyari ang connection and tuloy tuloy na... wat would they call the whole line (from Taft-Northave-monumento-Niyog) alangan mrt3 paren if naging isa na sila...

That congressman does not know.... obviously. :) Yeah, that route needs one....in addition, pati Shaw boulevard, ortigas avenue all the way to cainta...

diba ito yung line 8 o east line connecting from lrt 2 v mapa station all the way to angono then to laguna? la po ba balita dito. nbangit nyo kasi sa isang post nyo

^^ yes, line 8 nga.

Medyo off topic ito

Binabasa ko yung isang thread sa OZ Skyscrapers section. The title of the thread is
"Sydney to get European Metro line"

A poster named historyworks posted:

"It's all to do with marketing the idea. It's the same bloody cattle trains but they couldn't call it an "Asian style metro" because that has connotations of trains packed like sardine cans with millions of short people speaking an unintelligible language . A "European style metro" on the other hand (according to the pictures on the government's former spin website) has a few cool metrosexual-types casually lolling around having deep meaningful conversations about Barack Obama (in French) whilst sipping cappucino and savouring a croissant. Easier to pass off the political con job that way."

Racist? Offensive?
What do you think?

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff335/suroycccp/mrtmanila2015.jpg

ganito na ang Maynila sa 2015 hehe

parang mali ung ruta ng lrt4. alam ko derederecho yun sa españa hanggang sa d.jose.

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff335/suroycccp/mrtmanila2015.jpg



so, tuloy na tlaga ung Bagong Barrio Station?

ska, bkit prang kakaiba ung route nung LRT 5? ndi p yta nakakabit sa Ortigas station... anu un, my bridgeway?

eto kya, what do you think 'bout this one? nkita ko lng sa wiki...

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/8347/metromanilacompleteqx4.jpg

Medyo off topic ito

Binabasa ko yung isang thread sa OZ Skyscrapers section. The title of the thread is
"Sydney to get European Metro line"

A poster named historyworks posted:

"It's all to do with marketing the idea. It's the same bloody cattle trains but they couldn't call it an "Asian style metro" because that has connotations of trains packed like sardine cans with millions of short people speaking an unintelligible language . A "European style metro" on the other hand (according to the pictures on the government's former spin website) has a few cool metrosexual-types casually lolling around having deep meaningful conversations about Barack Obama (in French) whilst sipping cappucino and savouring a croissant. Easier to pass off the political con job that way."

Racist? Offensive?
What do you think?

Yes it is but Filipinos also are guilty of being racists..pare pareho lang. maririninig mo ang mga comments sa tv, movies, newspapers toward other race and to fellow filipinos....esp. against those from the provinces....so who's not guilty? :)

Wala bang balak gumawa ng Tren from NAIA Terminals 1, 2 & 3 ? :)

Sana elevated na un MRT/LRT extention. The ground level tracks ng MRT3 was horrible for EDSA...

Medyo off topic ito

Binabasa ko yung isang thread sa OZ Skyscrapers section. The title of the thread is
"Sydney to get European Metro line"

A poster named historyworks posted:

"It's all to do with marketing the idea. It's the same bloody cattle trains but they couldn't call it an "Asian style metro" because that has connotations of trains packed like sardine cans with millions of short people speaking an unintelligible language . A "European style metro" on the other hand (according to the pictures on the government's former spin website) has a few cool metrosexual-types casually lolling around having deep meaningful conversations about Barack Obama (in French) whilst sipping cappucino and savouring a croissant. Easier to pass off the political con job that way."

Racist? Offensive?
What do you think?

^^ offensive and sarcastic yet hilarious... and if you've read it, he meant to criticize his government.

back to topic, isn't the whole lrt/mrt loop elevated?

i just saw on batingaw kanina, april 2009 expected matapos ang lrt line 1 extension.

O? Nice one! So progress is fast! :okay:

Dapat by May 2010, functional and aesthetically beautiful naman ang Grand Central Terminal. :D

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff335/suroycccp/mrtmanila2015.jpg

ganito na ang Maynila sa 2015 hehe

Wag na yung MRT 4. Magkakaroon na nga ng MRT-LRT loop e.

Pero the rest of the lines, GO GO GO! :banana: :banana: :banana:

so, tuloy na tlaga ung Bagong Barrio Station?

ska, bkit prang kakaiba ung route nung LRT 5? ndi p yta nakakabit sa Ortigas station... anu un, my bridgeway?

eto kya, what do you think 'bout this one? nkita ko lng sa wiki...

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/8347/metromanilacompleteqx4.jpg

Ang gulo ng diagram! Lemai! :lol: :nuts: :ohno: :rant: :bleep:

nope. yung tinatanong ko is kung yung monumento station is physically link sa following station. balintawak ba yun o roosevelt station.. physically link siya dun?

Yes, I would say na continuous na xa, from Balintawak (or Bagong Barrio) to Monumento, di ba nga palagi nilang binabanggit na ang idadagdag lang na station sa LRT-1 North Extension Project ay Balintawak, Muñoz at North Avenue lang, never have they mentioned na Monumento, in fact nagbubutas na sila para sa support panels ng train sa tapat ng Mercury Drug Monumento at Tropical Hut. Doon yata nila ililiko at hindi na kailangan pang gibain ang Monumento ni Andres Bonifacio. Wala na rin naman kasing terminal na mapaglalagyan ng mga train sa Extension na ito eh :banana:

i just saw on batingaw kanina, april 2009 expected matapos ang lrt line 1 extension.

Kakayanin kaya ito sa April 2009? Siguro kaya medyo mabilis ang paggawa ng mga contractors dahil ito ang hinahabol nila,

so, tuloy na tlaga ung Bagong Barrio Station?

ska, bkit prang kakaiba ung route nung LRT 5? ndi p yta nakakabit sa Ortigas station... anu un, my bridgeway?

eto kya, what do you think 'bout this one? nkita ko lng sa wiki...

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/8347/metromanilacompleteqx4.jpg

hindi na updated ito, MRT3 ang nakaconnect sa Monumento hindi LRT-1 at wala pang Balintawak Station, at ung MRT-4 proposal ay patay na raw, instead MRT7 from North Avenue to Bulacan na raw,

hindi na updated ito, MRT3 ang nakaconnect sa Monumento hindi LRT-1 at wala pang Balintawak Station, at ung MRT-4 proposal ay patay na raw, instead MRT7 from North Avenue to Bulacan na raw,

uu nga eh... pero kasi yan yung plano nila dati... saka itutuloy pa rin yung iba dyan...

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff335/suroycccp/mrtmanila2015.jpg

ganito na ang Maynila sa 2015 hehe

Hopefully that's true so there will be lesser traffic. can't wait for the Grand Central Terminal too

saan dadaan ang LRT4?

Whoa! Galing lang ba sayo ito or plan talaga ito ng LRTA? Iyong Green Line ganyan iyong naiisip ko pa dati na magiging "CBD Loop" ng LRT. It will connect City of Manila, Makati CBD, BGC, and Ortigas. :cheers:

Yeah. I also imagined that. Connecting our Central Business Districts. However, I wish Muntinlupa's CBD (Alabang) and the soon to be QC-CBD will be connected in that CBD Loop. :D

saan dadaan ang LRT4?

I think that's the going from Old Bilibid Prison to SM North EDSA.

Yes, I would say na continuous na xa, from Balintawak (or Bagong Barrio) to Monumento, di ba nga palagi nilang binabanggit na ang idadagdag lang na station sa LRT-1 North Extension Project ay Balintawak, Muñoz at North Avenue lang, never have they mentioned na Monumento, in fact nagbubutas na sila para sa support panels ng train sa tapat ng Mercury Drug Monumento at Tropical Hut. Doon yata nila ililiko at hindi na kailangan pang gibain ang Monumento ni Andres Bonifacio. Wala na rin naman kasing terminal na mapaglalagyan ng mga train sa Extension na ito eh :banana:

Anyway, tuloy na tuloy na ang Bagong Barrio station, nakausap ko ang isang engineer ng LRT 1 North Extension Project dito malapit sa amin. They are really fast, at may plano na sila sa Bagong Barrio station and it means that the project has already the construction permit from Caloocan. Kaya nga naghuhukay at naglalagay na sila ng mga support beams dito.

grabe ang lrt2 cubao station kanina
anhaba ng pila sa ticket booths...

tapos natulala nalang ako kay kua habang
iniinspect bag ko... kinikilatis talaga bawat sulok ng bag...
:lol::lol::lol:

buti ganun sila... unlike sa mrt... ehem ehem,,,
(siguro dahil na rin sa dami ng pumapasok
kinakailangan nilang madaliin)

update lng for MRT7 Stations,

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/6741/mrt7stationsma3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

nakuha ko yan dito,
http://www.ulc.com.ph/

update lng for MRT7 Stations,

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/6741/mrt7stationsma3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

nakuha ko yan dito,
http://www.ulc.com.ph/

Parang kulang ang sa istasyon between Regalado and SM Fairview, kasi sa laki nang mga lote doon sa may North Fairview ay malamang na mixed-used buildings na ang ilalagay doon, mayroon na ngang schools doon like Fatima. Meron ding bubuksan ang Q.C. sa mga main route between this area like the Accountant Road from Bag-bag.

how about this one, kagaya din ito ng mga naunang posts,
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/7008/stn1seccw1.jpg (http://img162.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stn1seccw1.jpg)


pasensya na po at madaming windows ang bumubukas para lang makita ang malaking picture, hehe,:banana::)

^^ Fixed it. :colgate:

thanx kiretocei,

heto pala sked ng MRT7 hindi ko lang alam kung nagmamaterialize na ito,

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/516/mrt7skedmh5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/mrt7skedmh5.jpg/1/w489.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img136/mrt7skedmh5.jpg/1/)

thanx kiretocei,

heto pala sked ng MRT7 hindi ko lang alam kung nagmamaterialize na ito,

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/516/mrt7skedmh5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/mrt7skedmh5.jpg/1/w489.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img136/mrt7skedmh5.jpg/1/)
Ang tagal pa pala bago ma sakyan pero malapit na pala sya simulan.
So line 7 starts off first, before lines 4,5 and 6, interesting numbers.

Kakayanin kaya ito sa April 2009? Siguro kaya medyo mabilis ang paggawa ng mga contractors dahil ito ang hinahabol nila,

sana wag mg ka defects mga yan dahil sa kakamadali baka mamaya pangit ang pagkakagawa.. wag naman sana..slowly but surely..

Yeah. I also imagined that. Connecting our Central Business Districts. However, I wish Muntinlupa's CBD (Alabang) and the soon to be QC-CBD will be connected in that CBD Loop. :D

The Grand Central Terminal (the largest & most accessible MRT/LRT terminal) is located at the Quezon City CBD. If there were a Top Priority for a CBD loop, it would be to the QC CBD.

I just hope the future Metro networks in Metro Manila would be like LRT-2 or better using heavy rail cars instead of lightrail.

Ang tagal pa pala bago ma sakyan pero malapit na pala sya simulan.
So line 7 starts off first, before lines 4,5 and 6, interesting numbers.


siguro graduate na ako ng college bago ko magamit ang lrt7
:ohno::ohno::ohno:

tagal pa pala...all the while i was thinking na mag start na ngayon 2009 yun pala wala pa....

^^ inaykupo December 2009 pa financial closing....

siguro graduate na ako ng college bago ko magamit ang lrt7
:ohno::ohno::ohno:

ganyan talaga kung nasa 3rd world country ka...

ganyan talaga kung nasa 3rd world country ka...

On the positive side maganda na rin ito kasi may schedule na at hindi pa lang plano o proposal gaya ng MRT-4 na namatay na raw, :):lol::)

ganyan talaga kung nasa 3rd world country ka...

huh...whats that supposed to mean?...at least there ARE new rail lines being built not like here in Canada, a "first world country".

tagal pa pala...all the while i was thinking na mag start na ngayon 2009 yun pala wala pa....

same here... akala ko rin this year na..

update pics LRT-1 North Extension project

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/5610/img0388at1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2618/img0393uq2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
taken from Oliveros overpass, sa backgound kita ang Kaingin overpass (going Muñoz)


http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/213/img0390nm1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
taken from Oliveros overpass, vehicles here going Monumento


http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/7696/img0389ye9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
taken from Oliveros overpass, tanaw dito ang Balintawak overpass sa kalayuan, vehicles here from Monumento


http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/355/img0392yw3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
taken from Oliveros overpass, vehicles here bound for Monumento


http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/1274/img0395ys1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/2484/img0396ef5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
in front of Destileria Limtuaco (notice the low beam)


http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/6917/img0397eo4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/7387/img0399ec1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
taken from Kaingin (Royal) overpass in the direction of northbound (Monumento)


http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/9902/img0400da0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
zoomed image of the constructions near Roosevelt ave. (Congressional overpass can be seen here)
if you will notice here, kala kalahati muna ang buhos ng cement dito, ewan ko lang kung may implikasyon ito sa tibay ng poste na magagawa,

nice pics eto talaga mga updates kainis lang yung mga wires ng meralco kepp sending pa bro

wow! tnx poh sa pics... syang nga kc wla akong camera... dpat napipiktyuran ko yun eh... lalo madalas akong dumaan jan...

nahilo ako sa mga wires :lol:

This is going quick, I last passed there sept and didn't see this and looks like it's going along well.

Hopefully they can get their act together and link it up with MRT3 and takeover the operations of MRT3 so it can be improved.

The last important link is LRT1 South extension, they need to get moving on this ASAP. Much higher priority than the other lines.

I want the connection to the airport now!

ganyan talaga kung nasa 3rd world country ka...

ows? ipapaalala ko lang sau kaibigan: China, India, Thailand, and Malysia are also third world like Philippines... you mean mabagal din sa kanila?

anyway, tingin ko nman mabilis itong ginagawa nilang ito eh... nung dumaan ako jan kanina, may isang post sa balintawak area na parang nilalagyan na ng platform sa tuktok... baka yun na yung para sa rails nya...

ows? ipapaalala ko lang sau kaibigan: China, India, Thailand, and Malysia are also third world like Philippines... you mean mabagal din sa kanila?

anyway, tingin ko nman mabilis itong ginagawa nilang ito eh... nung dumaan ako jan kanina, may isang post sa balintawak area na parang nilalagyan na ng platform sa tuktok... baka yun na yung para sa rails nya...

yes, yun na nga yung para sa riles nya yung nakita mo sa post 75 dito sa balintawak, kagaya rin ng nandito sa tapat ng destileria limtuaco, may nakalagay na rin na mga bakal para sa paglalagyan ng riles ng tren, :cheers::)

^^ano kayang viaduct design gagamitin nila? I-beam girder na katulad ng LRT1/MRT3 o yun box girder na katulad sa LRT2. IMHO, I prefer yun LRT2 mas maganda siyang tignan.

wow naman... ambilis nga ng construction ah... sana laging ganyan... para bumilis pa pag-unlad ng Pilipinas...

nice naman... parang few weeks ago wala pa akong nakitang
posts along EDSA Caloocan... but now... WOW...

kaya dream ko maging transpo engr eh, hehehe...
nakakatuwa gumawa ng mass transits...
(xenxa na, walang connection sa previous statement :lol::lol::lol:)

ako nga gusto ko industrial enginner to build road briges buildings..kaso malabo na yun..hehehe sa anak ko na lang..pilitin ko ba?

^^^
Cibil engineering po yan.

bakit ung mga poste, ilan tabingi? hehe

wow naman... ambilis nga ng construction ah... sana laging ganyan... para bumilis pa pag-unlad ng Pilipinas...

ganyan tlga pag may budget at walang politika

^^Weird yan...kasi malapit na eleksyon. Politics can also speed up projects you know

^^^
Cibil engineering po yan.

civil ba kala ko kasama yun dun...anyways kahit ano man sya malayo na para maging ganun..hehe oo nga pansin ko parang tabingi ung isang poste :bash:

civil ba kala ko kasama yun dun...anyways kahit ano man sya malayo na para maging ganun..hehe oo nga pansin ko parang tabingi ung isang poste :bash:

don't worry, temporary pa lng nman pagkakatayo ng mga metal frames na yan, pag binuhusan na yan ng semento, dun nila yan itutuwid,:banana::)

I want the connection to the airport now!

Man, you sound like a spoiled brat. :lol: Just kidding. :jk: Peace! :nocrook:

Even at the pace they are in right now, I don't think they will be finished by April 2009. The stations have not been put up yet and the Grand central terminal has no activity yet. I think it was a case of misreporting on the part of NBN 4. More likely 2010 and that's quite optimistic.

sana paint nila yung beam girders maxado patay yung kulay ng concrete anyway construction on full swing na naman so lets wait na lang kung kailan matatapos