:lol: for real you should ride the mrt the only thing missing is the loop and you'd feel like you're on a theme park.

^^ A theme park complete with the sardine-like crowds.:)

Is there anyway na maitago yong mga wires na yon just like sa Fort Bonifacio? Manila would look much better kung wala yong mga wires na yon. Bawasan pa din sana ng konti mga bilboards. :lol: Kahit na hindi mid or high-rises mga buildings, khit mga luma na sila, basta organized at malinis tignan, ganda ng Manila! Pagandahin na din yong mga sidewalks.

For me we should make Bayani MMDA chief for life!

Chairman Emeritus after 2010? hahaha

:nuts::nuts::nuts:

^^ Swedish.

Translate pls.

Is it just me or is the LRT1 extension taller than MRT3?

well on average this extension will be more elevated than the Blue line, which on hindsight now they should've done for every metro track in Manila; with every view of EDSA's traffic along Guadalupe and Ortigas, I become more convinced

Is there anyway na maitago yong mga wires na yon just like sa Fort Bonifacio? Manila would look much better kung wala yong mga wires na yon. Bawasan pa din sana ng konti mga bilboards. :lol: Kahit na hindi mid or high-rises mga buildings, khit mga luma na sila, basta organized at malinis tignan, ganda ng Manila! Pagandahin na din yong mga sidewalks.

dapat magkaron ng dialogo sa meralco at mga kumpanya ng telepono na sana naman ayus ayusin nila ang paglalagay ng mga cable/wires hindi yung makapaglagay lang sila okay na.. jan ako nababadtrip e..

yung mga poste na matataas.. kasing taas niya ba yung lrt2?

grabe pla sa portion ng south bound from 5th ave to r.papa and from r.papa to jose abad santos stations.. parang gumegewang ung train habang umaandar.. riles ba may diperensya dun? same din south bound vito cruz to gil puyat..tsk tsk.. minsan akala ko maddiskaril na..

ot: pinoy ba mga mod dito?

yung mga poste na matataas.. kasing taas niya ba yung lrt2?

siguro ung sa balintawak same. pero the others mukang lrt 2 pa din..
mukang ung girders na gagamitin sa lrt north parang sa old lrt tska mrt ah...hehe..

tska Ayoko na ung precast concrete na barrier.. kelan kaya irrehab ng lrt ung mga precast barrier sa gilid ng riles.. sobrang luma na eh..

siguro ung sa balintawak same. pero the others mukang lrt 2 pa din..
mukang ung girders na gagamitin sa lrt north parang sa old lrt tska mrt ah...hehe..

tska Ayoko na ung precast concrete na barrier.. kelan kaya irrehab ng lrt ung mga precast barrier sa gilid ng riles.. sobrang luma na eh..

One concrete barrier (they call it parapet walls) = 3 tons!

Hindi na ako magtataka kung may misaligned or isa-isa nang nagbabagsakan ang mga iyan... ang bigat e... kaya bumibigat ang LRT-1 e...

grabe pla sa portion ng south bound from 5th ave to r.papa and from r.papa to jose abad santos stations.. parang gumegewang ung train habang umaandar.. riles ba may diperensya dun? same din south bound vito cruz to gil puyat..tsk tsk.. minsan akala ko maddiskaril na..

ot: pinoy ba mga mod dito?

sa pagkakatanda ko.. high school pa ako nun nabalita na meron deperensya yung riles between vito cruz-gil puyat station. since may lamat na nga yan e hindi malayong masira ulet.. saka parati sinasabi pag magapproach na ng gil puyat or vito cruz station na humawak sa mga bars.

Translate pls.

I don't know what he meant by it, but rough translation is "I'm sorry, stupid."

siguro ung sa balintawak same. pero the others mukang lrt 2 pa din..
mukang ung girders na gagamitin sa lrt north parang sa old lrt tska mrt ah...hehe..

tska Ayoko na ung precast concrete na barrier.. kelan kaya irrehab ng lrt ung mga precast barrier sa gilid ng riles.. sobrang luma na eh..

correct me if im wrong... yung precast ba e yung mga parang yero? pansin ko kasi sa mga lrt station ngayon e yung gilid nilagyan nila ng ganun.. yung parang sa MOA..

By Marlon Ramos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:49:00 03/04/2009

MANILA, Philippines – Riding the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) may soon be more appealing and interesting to commuters.

Tuesday, the Instituto Cervantes – a center promoting the Spanish language and culture – virtually turned the rather bland MRT train coaches into works of art by sprucing them up with posters featuring a collection of Spanish poems.

Aptly called “Berso sa Metro,” the program is aimed at raising people’s interest in reading, according to Jose Rodriguez, the center’s director.

Rodriguez said the project was also expected to foster stronger ties between Spain and the Philippines as it relives the historic past of the two countries.

“The important thing is for us to increase the awareness of people in reading… which could (encourage discussion) on language and other issues,” Rodriguez told the Inquirer during the program’s launch at the MRT’s Taft Avenue station in Pasay City.

Printed on posters displayed inside and outside the overhead trains, the poems were written by 15 well-known Filipino, Spanish and Latin American poets.

The literary works included verses from Jose Rizal’s “Me Piden Versos,” one of the patriotic poems of the national hero, and “Tu risa,” a witty love poem written by the late Chilean romanticist Pablo Neruda.

Aside from Rizal’s poem, the creations of Filipino poets Pacifico Victoriano, Evangelina Guerrero, Fernando Ma. Guerrero, the late nationalist and Sen. Claro M. Recto and Jose Palma were likewise included in the collection.

Also featured were the works of Spanish and Latin American literary writers Luis Cernuda, Luis Garcia Montero, Jaime Gil de Biedma, Angel Crespo, Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Antonio Machado and Cesar Vallejo.

Transportation and Communications Assistant Secretary Roberto Lastimoso said the project would benefit some 500,000 passengers taking the MRT daily.

The project was first implemented on the Light Rail Transit’s Line 2 in 2007.

“This is a respite for commuters from the everyday rat race. It would give them something to read and help them relax and learn while they are traveling. It’s also a chance for us to love poetry and the humanity,” Mel Robles, LRT Authority general manager, said.

I don't know what he meant by it, but rough translation is "I'm sorry, stupid."

ah okay...he was referring it to the person who commented about his grammar. Thanks.

By Marlon Ramos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:49:00 03/04/2009

MANILA, Philippines – Riding the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) may soon be more appealing and interesting to commuters.

Tuesday, the Instituto Cervantes – a center promoting the Spanish language and culture – virtually turned the rather bland MRT train coaches into works of art by sprucing them up with posters featuring a collection of Spanish poems.

Aptly called “Berso sa Metro,” the program is aimed at raising people’s interest in reading, according to Jose Rodriguez, the center’s director.

Rodriguez said the project was also expected to foster stronger ties between Spain and the Philippines as it relives the historic past of the two countries.

“The important thing is for us to increase the awareness of people in reading… which could (encourage discussion) on language and other issues,” Rodriguez told the Inquirer during the program’s launch at the MRT’s Taft Avenue station in Pasay City.

Printed on posters displayed inside and outside the overhead trains, the poems were written by 15 well-known Filipino, Spanish and Latin American poets.

The literary works included verses from Jose Rizal’s “Me Piden Versos,” one of the patriotic poems of the national hero, and “Tu risa,” a witty love poem written by the late Chilean romanticist Pablo Neruda.

Aside from Rizal’s poem, the creations of Filipino poets Pacifico Victoriano, Evangelina Guerrero, Fernando Ma. Guerrero, the late nationalist and Sen. Claro M. Recto and Jose Palma were likewise included in the collection.

Also featured were the works of Spanish and Latin American literary writers Luis Cernuda, Luis Garcia Montero, Jaime Gil de Biedma, Angel Crespo, Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Antonio Machado and Cesar Vallejo.

Transportation and Communications Assistant Secretary Roberto Lastimoso said the project would benefit some 500,000 passengers taking the MRT daily.

The project was first implemented on the Light Rail Transit’s Line 2 in 2007.

“This is a respite for commuters from the everyday rat race. It would give them something to read and help them relax and learn while they are traveling. It’s also a chance for us to love poetry and the humanity,” Mel Robles, LRT Authority general manager, said.

^^ Most Filipinos are not well versed with the Spanish language. Hope that there are some translations in the posters.

^^ Most Filipinos are not well versed with the Spanish language. Hope that there are some translations in the posters.

^^

actually me translation sa english yun! nakakatuwa kasi may mga tula ni pablo neruda

...tonight i can write, the saddest lines...

correct me if im wrong... yung precast ba e yung mga parang yero? pansin ko kasi sa mga lrt station ngayon e yung gilid nilagyan nila ng ganun.. yung parang sa MOA..

Those are aluminum cladding. The precast concrete barriers are the ones on the sides of the railway viaduct.

Ursäkta mig Förlåt, jävla dum

whatever.

^^

actually me translation sa english yun! nakakatuwa kasi may mga tula ni pablo neruda

...tonight i can write, the saddest lines...

^^ Thanks. But with poems, there will always be something lost in the translation. It will never be the same.

ask ko lang... sino dito close sa LRT? wala ba news sa LRT 2 East Extension? LRT South Extension? at yung napagisipang LRT 8 (East Line) pati MRT 7 nawalang parang bula... sa may mga connection... news naman...

suggestion.....cguro try visiting their website......meron mga updates sila dun...meron din sa thread na ito pero baka mahirapan kang maghanap

^^ Most Filipinos are not well versed with the Spanish language. Hope that there are some translations in the posters.

LRT-1 and MRT-2 Berso sa Metro postings have the Spanish original and the corresponding Filipino translation.

i thought LRT-1 lang ang merong ganun... may mga poems din pala sa MRT-2 at MRT-3... how nice...

Check out this link....

It's from GMA Networks

http://www.gmanews.tv/htmfiles/photoessays/ridersofthetrains/

kung natuloy ang lrt south extension.. would it still be called lrt6? o lrt 1 nlng as a whole from Niyog-North Edsa..

wish ko bilisan na nla pag gawa... mag jack and poy nlng sa budget kung sino pauna sa mrt7 or lrt south extension.. tpos umpisahan narin ung lrt 2 east ext. tutal 2 stations lang namn idadagdag dun, kaya pa matapos til may 2010 kung seryoso si gma..

^^ the extension is called LRT 6...

Naming it that way, they'll be giving the misconception that it's a new line rather than an extension, unless it won't be physically connected to LRT-1 at all.

suggestion.....cguro try visiting their website......meron mga updates sila dun...meron din sa thread na ito pero baka mahirapan kang maghanap

always checking the website of LRT.. january pa huling update sa LRT south ext... sa LRT north nman obvious sa mga post... nauna pa dito rather than the web... yung LRT2 extension parang 2 years na yung andun na update eh at laging nakalagay dun 'This month' pending approval of ICC-NEDA etc...

sa ULC website naman ganun padin for LRT 7... sa LRT 8 (East line) no website... sa project monitoring ng NEDA, ganun pa din walang pagbabago... PROPOSED pa din (mhgt 1 year na din ito)...

^^ the extension is called LRT 6...

dapat LRT 60... 60 years to complete hahaha

dapat LRT 60... 60 years to complete hahaha

:bash::bash::lol::lol:

MRT Railway Tracks
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Dapat gayahin nila yung ginawa ngayon sa Senado. Yung pag pasa sa supplemental budget para matuloy ang Automation ng election sa 2010. Sa tingin ko pag ganun, mas mapapabilis ang pag usad ng mga proyekto tulad ng extension ng LRT. O mas maganda, gumawa ng panukalang batas na nag sasabing dapat magkaroon ng isang magandang sistema ng transportation dito sa Metro Manila.

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Fechas

03/03/2009 (11:00 h)

Lugar

Instituto Cervantes
855 T.M. Kalaw St.
Ermita Metro Manila
(FILIPINAS)

Recital literario

En octubre de 2007, el Instituto Cervantes de Manila, en colaboración con el Comité para la Celebración del Día de la Amistad Hispano-Filipina, el National Historical Institute, LRT y MRT, lanzó BERSO SA METRO, una campaña de promoción de la lectura en el metropolitano de Manila. Este año, la segunda fase de la campaña añadirá más poemas para leer en el metro, y reunirá en una exposición los carteles y el resto del material gráfico y audiovisual de la primera fase.

Participantes

Ambeth Ocampo , Historiador , Periodista

Entidades Organizadoras


Instituto Cervantes de Manila / Instituto Cervantes (Manila)

Entidades colaboradoras

Transportación de metro (Filipinas) / Metrostar Express (MRT)

Autoridad de Transportación del Metro en Manila / Light Rail Transit Authority (LRT)

Embajada de España (Filipinas)

Entidades Patrocinadoras

Instituto National de la Historia (Filipinas) / National Historical Institute (Filipinas)




Esto es lo que usted ve en el LRT/MetroTren de Manila:

Proyecto "Berso sa Metro" de Insituto Cervantes en cooperacion de Light Railway Transit Authority de Govierno de Filipinas.

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Me pides sampaguitas... No te envío,
porque, al ir a cortarlas de la rama,
sentí temblar mis manos y mi pecho
prensado por la lástima.

No quiero que padezcan esas flores,
como padece, lejos de tí, mi alma,
no quiero que al contacto de mis manos
perezcan marchitadas.

Humingi ka ng sampaguita... Di kita bibigyan.
dahil nang puputulin ko na sa mga sanga'y
nanginig ang aking kamay at ang dibdib ko'y
nanikip dahil sa awa.

Ayokong magdusa ang mga bulaklak na iyan,
gaya ng pagdurusa ng puso kong malayo sa iyo;
ayokong sa sandaling hawakan ng aking kamay,
iya'y malanta at mamatay.

De mi jardín / Sa aking hardin

José Palma (http://www.filipinaslibrary.org.ph/filipiniana/nationalanthem.asp) (1876-1903)

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MANILA – The verses of Cernuda, Lope de Vega and San Juan de la Cruz will accompany passengers on the bustling Manila metro during the next six months in a campaign to promote reading launched Tuesday in the Philippine capital by the Cervantes Institute and the Spanish Embassy.

“How swift the street seen all at once, the car mirrors multiplied by the sun, how filthy the air: and this was the world?” is a translation of a poem by Gonzalo Rojas that has been pasted in Spanish and English on the sides of the train that covers the 17 kilometers (11 miles) and 13 stations between Pasay and Quezon, two of the cities that make up the polluted Manila magalopolis.

“If we can reach 1 percent of the half million commuters that ride this line every day, we’ll be happy,” said Jose Rodriguez, director of the Cervantes in Manila, capital of a country where 22 percent of adults say they read at least once a week and where the most popular books are the Bible and romance novels, according to official data.

The metro has donated this space, for which it normally charges 300,000 pesos a day, to display poems in English and Spanish written by 15 Spanish, Latin American and Filipino poets, from independence leader Jose Rizal to Jaime Gil de Biedma and Luis Garcia Montero.

Also included are the best-liked texts from last year’s edition when the project was presented for the first time.

“Tu Risa” (Your Laughter) by Pablo Neruda and “Tu Justificas Mi Existencia” (You Justify My Existence) by Luis Cernuda touched a sensitive chord among Manilans, judging by the number of references that appeared on local blogs and photologs about “Berso sa Metro,” the name of the campaign in the Tagalog language of the Philippines.

“I tried to reflect what the poets inspired in me and at the same time create attractive designs to get the attention of passengers who are always in a hurry,” said the Filipino Nikkorlai Tapan, who repeats as the campaign’s art director this year.

The project, which has already proven successful in cities like New York and Madrid, was echoed here last summer in a government campaign to promote reading. EFE (http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=328911&CategoryId=13003)

interesting. it's like the trains are becoming part of Metro Manila culture, it's not just something you ride on, you know with the wrappings of advertisements, this and of course the crowded trains and occasional failure of the system ;)

interesting. it's like the trains are becoming part of Metro Manila culture, it's not just something you ride on, you know with the wrappings of advertisements;)

The Department of Education has reintroduced Spanish subject to high school and I think in college, too.

Echiverri denies derailing loop

http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=police1_mar5_2009

By Gigi Muñoz David

Mayor Enrico Echiverri says the National Competitive Council is misinformed about the Light Rail Transit-Metro Rail Transit loop project, particularly on the additional station along Edsa in Caloocan City.

“There was no derailing of the LRT-MRT loop construction. As a matter of fact, the city government is very much in support of the ongoing project,” Echiverri told Standard Today.

He said the station being built near corner of Bagong Barrio and Edsa would help ease congestion and smoothen vehicular flow.

“Traffic is really terrible in this part of the city especially in the morning during rush hours where almost half a million commuters converge to shift rides,” he said.

Last week, Ambassador Cesar Bautista, competitive council co-chairman, took issue on the non-issuance of a building permit for the 5.8-km LRT 1 extension, noting that government, in accommodating a Caloocan station, would jack up construction expenditures by P800 million or 20 percent of the package cost.

But Echiverri cited the approval of President Arroyo of a stop in addition to North Avenue, Roosevelt and Balintawak.

“The President’s decision is one viable solution on the persistent problems on transportation. The overcrowding of LRT 1 passengers in Monumento station will be solved and at the same time uplift and promote public mass transportation that is environment-friendly.”

Echiverri said Bagong Barrio has been designated a priority development area for national government projects and zonal improvement programs.

“Whoever are saying the project is delayed, well, I am inviting them over to see for themselves that the construction is on schedule with the other works in other stations.”

Foreman Romeo Acosta, a subcontractor of First Balfour, told Standard Today that work was continuing on the 74 columns of the viaduct, while in Bagong Barrio, concreting of the 18-meter deep bored pile has been completed.

“The pile cap will be placed next,” he said, pointing to the circular steel framework.

Sixteen of 188 villages in Caloocan are in Bagong Barrio, making it one of the city’s most populated sections.

LRT Authority chief Mel Robles said the Bagong Barrio station, which the LRT board has approved, would cost about P600 million; accompanying documents are now being processed by the National Economic and Development Authority.

Robles led the topping-off rites on July 9 last year, along with DMI Consunji executive vice president and general manager Edilberto Palisoc, targetting a 2010 finish.

Echiverri denies derailing loop

http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=police1_mar5_2009

By Gigi Muñoz David

Mayor Enrico Echiverri says the National Competitive Council is misinformed about the Light Rail Transit-Metro Rail Transit loop project, particularly on the additional station along Edsa in Caloocan City.

“There was no derailing of the LRT-MRT loop construction. As a matter of fact, the city government is very much in support of the ongoing project,” Echiverri told Standard Today.

He said the station being built near corner of Bagong Barrio and Edsa would help ease congestion and smoothen vehicular flow.

“Traffic is really terrible in this part of the city especially in the morning during rush hours where almost half a million commuters converge to shift rides,” he said.

Last week, Ambassador Cesar Bautista, competitive council co-chairman, took issue on the non-issuance of a building permit for the 5.8-km LRT 1 extension, noting that government, in accommodating a Caloocan station, would jack up construction expenditures by P800 million or 20 percent of the package cost.

But Echiverri cited the approval of President Arroyo of a stop in addition to North Avenue, Roosevelt and Balintawak.

“The President’s decision is one viable solution on the persistent problems on transportation. The overcrowding of LRT 1 passengers in Monumento station will be solved and at the same time uplift and promote public mass transportation that is environment-friendly.”

Echiverri said Bagong Barrio has been designated a priority development area for national government projects and zonal improvement programs.

“Whoever are saying the project is delayed, well, I am inviting them over to see for themselves that the construction is on schedule with the other works in other stations.”

Foreman Romeo Acosta, a subcontractor of First Balfour, told Standard Today that work was continuing on the 74 columns of the viaduct, while in Bagong Barrio, concreting of the 18-meter deep bored pile has been completed.

“The pile cap will be placed next,” he said, pointing to the circular steel framework.

Sixteen of 188 villages in Caloocan are in Bagong Barrio, making it one of the city’s most populated sections.

LRT Authority chief Mel Robles said the Bagong Barrio station, which the LRT board has approved, would cost about P600 million; accompanying documents are now being processed by the National Economic and Development Authority.

Robles led the topping-off rites on July 9 last year, along with DMI Consunji executive vice president and general manager Edilberto Palisoc, targetting a 2010 finish.

Obviously, namili ng mga salitang ginamit si Mayor sa pagsagot sa criticism. Hindi direktang sinagot iyong issue ng non-issuance ng building permit unless magdagdag ng station for Bagong Barrio.

Mga pulitiko talaga. :ohno:

Alin kaya ang mas mabilis papuntang SM North Edsa galing ng Taft and vice versa?

MRT (Taft to North Avenue)
OR
LRT (Edsa to North Avenue)

Alin kaya ang mas mabilis papuntang SM North Edsa galing ng Taft and vice verse?

MRT (Taft to North Avenue)
OR
LRT (Edsa to North Avenue)

Definitely the MRT route, mas konti ang stations

updates, 05 mar '09

muñoz towards royal...
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EDSA-Congressional crossing...
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muñoz towards proj. 7 - SM north...
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fronting SM north EDSA annex...
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:banana::banana::banana:

This is great. I can't believe it's finally happening. :)

nakakaiyak naman

haha

para san yung puting diagonal line sa 2nd pic?

since private vehicles must not use the yellow lanes, the diagonal white lines are for private vehicles to use when merging into the yellow lanes when they wish to turn right.

HAN742: Thanks again for these photos. Great update

since private vehicles must not use the yellow lanes, the diagonal white lines are for private vehicles to use when merging into the yellow lanes when they wish to turn right.

I did not know that! Wow! Thanks for the info tip, Ryan! :okay: Good to know there's some orderly traffic scheme happening in MM's thoroughfares. Now, if only the drivers heed and pays attention to them....that in of itself is another struggle to overcome. ;)

ang linis ng construction site..magaling yung contractor kaso im sure tinamaan yung mga halaman and trees sa center island sana magtanim sila uli ng panibago kahit sa gilid na ng edsa para may sisinghot ng usok ng sasakyan..hehehe

grabe pla sa portion ng south bound from 5th ave to r.papa and from r.papa to jose abad santos stations.. parang gumegewang ung train habang umaandar.. riles ba may diperensya dun? same din south bound vito cruz to gil puyat..tsk tsk.. minsan akala ko maddiskaril na..

ot: pinoy ba mga mod dito?

Di madidiskaril ang train ng lrt daily maintenance sila ng riles evrynight nakikita ko lagi yung maintenance machine nila to check the railway, ballast and overhead wire. All system are safe for the passenger before the operation start evrymorning.

updates, 05 mar '09

muñoz towards royal...
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http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2764/img0045w.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0045w.jpg)


http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/5068/img0046f.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0046f.jpg)


http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1568/img0047c.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0047c.jpg)


http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3808/img0048.jpg (http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0048.jpg)


EDSA-Congressional crossing...
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/5927/img0050r.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0050r.jpg)


http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1953/img0051j.jpg (http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0051j.jpg)


http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/423/img0051a.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0051a.jpg)


muñoz towards proj. 7 - SM north...
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/2230/img0052i.jpg (http://img9.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0052i.jpg)


http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7572/img0053f.jpg (http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0053f.jpg)


http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/1023/img0055cpm.jpg (http://img9.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0055cpm.jpg)


fronting SM north EDSA annex...
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3666/img0058.jpg (http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0058.jpg)


http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4381/img0059h.jpg (http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0059h.jpg)


http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2467/img0060jeh.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0060jeh.jpg)


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Ang laki pala ng kinakain na space sa paggawa ng LRT. siguro kapg LRT South gagawin ay mas mabagal kasi maliit na space lang ang paggawa.

Wla ko sa Manila nung ginawa ang LRT2. siguro sobra trafic dati dito. Di ko maisip kung panu ginawa dito lalo na ung pagkatapos ng Legarda station papuntang Pureza


THANKS SA PATULOY NA PAGUPLOAD NG MGA PICTURES!

Di madidiskaril ang train ng lrt daily maintenance sila ng riles evrynight nakikita ko lagi yung maintenance machine nila to check the railway, ballast and overhead wire. All system are safe for the passenger before the operation start evrymorning.

o? buti naman.. btw, ung overpass sa munoz crossing ma-tatamaan ano? ang baba kasi ng post ng lrt..

sana may mga dotc/lrt/ pati na rin mga contractor officials nakakabasa ng forum na ito, para malaman din nla mga suggestions natin..hehe

So we have 4 stations in this project... dapat MRT na lang ang pinahaba e... tutal dinesenyo naman talaga na ito ang pahabain sa simula't-sapul e...

Ang laki pala ng kinakain na space sa paggawa ng LRT. siguro kapg LRT South gagawin ay mas mabagal kasi maliit na space lang ang paggawa.

Wla ko sa Manila nung ginawa ang LRT2. siguro sobra trafic dati dito. Di ko maisip kung panu ginawa dito lalo na ung pagkatapos ng Legarda station papuntang Pureza


THANKS SA PATULOY NA PAGUPLOAD NG MGA PICTURES!

It's not that much, well relative to the MRT3 at the moment.

barrera_marquez: yung plano pa dati eh yung MRT3 buong loop ng EDSA, pero ang alam ko may problema sa operator ng Blue Line, so kaya binigay na lang sa LRTA pati partner contractor niya na i-extend na lang ang Line 1.

this way magiging "grand central station" ang North EDSA.

Just a curiosity.. Di ba dapat white, green or blue ang background ng mga street signs? Bakit meron red and pink sa pilipinas..? :lol:

^^ Onli in da Pilipins. :nuts:

^^ more like multicolored like rainbow. :lol:

OT:
As a universal rule: white = urban, blue = extra-urban, green = expressway
(i'm not sure sa mga terms though)

Grabe na pla ang manila, pink na pink, very colourful.. parang baklang bakla. :lol::lol::lol:

OT:
As a universal rule: white = urban, blue = extra-urban, green = expressway
(i'm not sure sa mga terms though)

Grabe na pla ang manila, pink na pink, very colourful.. parang baklang bakla. :lol::lol::lol:

Yes baklang bakla na ang pinas... hehehehehe puro na pink..... It's a pink panther country...

Sorry it's an OT

Di madidiskaril ang train ng lrt daily maintenance sila ng riles evrynight nakikita ko lagi yung maintenance machine nila to check the railway, ballast and overhead wire. All system are safe for the passenger before the operation start evrymorning.

Aba, good to hear that pala :) Pero panong maintenance?

Akala ko tuwing Holy Week lang nila nagagawa yung ganto :lol:

:nuts: blame it to Bayani.

so it's going to be LRT that will get extended. that's news to me. will MRT be extended until the supposedly grand central station?

o? buti naman.. btw, ung overpass sa munoz crossing ma-tatamaan ano? ang baba kasi ng post ng lrt..

hindi naman siya matatamaan, check this picture approaching muñoz, dudugtungan pa nila ang mga pylon na ito higher than the footbridge in EDSA-congressional,
http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/5068/img0046f.jpg (http://img161.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0046f.jpg):banana::banana:

:nuts: blame it to Bayani.

so it's going to be LRT that will get extended. that's news to me. will MRT be extended until the supposedly grand central station?

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

Yes, that's the plan!

i'm just curious sa station design ng north extension.. would it be the same design as the old stations ng lrt 1 or tulad ng pattern ng lrt 2 na pagakyat mo may escalator,elevator, concourse, then pwde ka lumipat sa other platform sa 2nd level tpos sa upper part eh ung platforms.. ganun kaya?or parang ung mga luma na bago ka maka lipat sa kabilang platform u need to go down the street and cross.:bash:

OT:
As a universal rule: white = urban, blue = extra-urban, green = expressway
(i'm not sure sa mga terms though)

Grabe na pla ang manila, pink na pink, very colourful.. parang baklang bakla. :lol::lol::lol:

There is really no universal rule but green or blue are the most common highway sign colour.

As for the pink MMDA signs, it is chosen since it will cause attention to people.

updates, 05 mar '09


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:banana::banana::banana:

I love this picture....

There is really no universal rule but green or blue are the most common highway sign colour.

As for the pink MMDA signs, it is chosen since it will cause attention to people.

In the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand colors normally have these meanings:

RED with white for stop signs, yield, and forbidden actions (such as No Parking).
GREEN with white letters for informational signs, such as directions, distances, and places.
BROWN with white for signs to parks, historic sites, ski areas, forests, and campgrounds.
BLUE with white for rest areas, food, gasoline or petrol, hospitals, lodging, and other services.
BLACK with white for commercial, exempt, special, and signs were used in the past.
WHITE with black (or red letters) for regulatory signs, such as speed limits (or parking).
YELLOW with black letters and symbols for warning signs, such as curves and school zones.
ORANGE with black letters for temporary traffic control zones and detours associated with road construction.

I was refering to the background colour...

the fact na pinaguusapan dito at pinagtatalunan pa....naka ngiti ngayon si bf ibig sabihin nun....effective ang ginagawa nya napapansin....:lol:

In the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand colors normally have these meanings:

RED with white for stop signs, yield, and forbidden actions (such as No Parking).
GREEN with white letters for informational signs, such as directions, distances, and places.
BROWN with white for signs to parks, historic sites, ski areas, forests, and campgrounds.
BLUE with white for rest areas, food, gasoline or petrol, hospitals, lodging, and other services.
BLACK with white for commercial, exempt, special, and signs were used in the past.
WHITE with black (or red letters) for regulatory signs, such as speed limits (or parking).
YELLOW with black letters and symbols for warning signs, such as curves and school zones.
ORANGE with black letters for temporary traffic control zones and detours associated with road construction.


New Zealand also uses blue signs for directions usually in the urban highway. Expressways uses green.

As for the Philippines, only the MMDA signs uses pink for bus lanes and green for directions. For the rest, the country uses the universal colours though some highway markings uses blue signs as well as green especially in La Union and Baguio.

the pink color for Bayani is for pedestrians (meaning for people only) walang mga vendors.. like pink line na para sa pedestrians lang.. pink overpass for pedestrian, pink fence para di tatawid mga pedestrians.. pink urinal for people, pink signboards (signages for pedestrian)

^^add the pink and blue shirts for the sidewalk clearing operation group (SCOG):)

Ang laki pala ng kinakain na space sa paggawa ng LRT. siguro kapg LRT South gagawin ay mas mabagal kasi maliit na space lang ang paggawa.


Mas lalo naman sa MRT-7. Kasi it will start on Bulacan with only two lane roads then it will end also on North Edsa on a two-laned road.

So sa simula at katapusan, masikip. :lol: :nuts:

^^pero along commonwealth ave. which has 8 to more than 10 lanes, eh napakaluwag naman,:)

^^ Sa Commonwealth, walang ka-proble-problema kung magtayo man ng MRT-7 pero starting from the Bulacan station, two-lane roads lang meron, so it is a hassle sa mga manggagaling ng Bulacan going to Manila habang commencing ang construction.

At lalo na sa North EDSA, na sentro ng lahat ng excitement sa North Manila. Trapik na nga lalo pa yang titindi pag naicoconstruct na yung North EDSA Station sa tapat ng SkyGarden.

Unless they commence first a road widening from Bulacan to Lagro-Novaliches, then simulan na rin nila yung development ng QC-CBD, para at least mapalawak kahit papano yung roadways. :)

updates, 05 mar '09

muñoz towards royal...
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http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/199/img0061k.jpg (http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0061k.jpg)

:banana::banana::banana:

Wow! You must have walked a long way to get the shots from this long stretch of road. Thanks! Great shots.

^^yes, there are times i walked blocks away to capture history in the making and share it to the forumers and the rest of the world:cheers:, anyway i'm also practicing how to take pictures correctly, and zooming is also my one way of taking pictures from afar, and whenever someone appreciates them, i will upload them here from time to time,:)

ang galing ng paggawa nila.. i mean bawat poste ba may nakatoka na gagawa? hindi sila nagaantayan na matapos ang isang poste saka gawin ang isa.. kasi ang bilis talaga.. sabay sabay ang pagkatapos ng mga poste..

^^yes very systemtic, ewan ko kung panu nila ito hinati sa kahabaan ng EDSA, pero sa isang portion naobserbahan ko habang may binubuhusan na ng semento, eh may gumagawa na sa mga susunod na poste, halimbawa ung mga metal frames, kumbaga kapag natuyo na ang nabuhusan eh, tatanggalin na nila at ililipat ang pangporma sa mga natapos naman na metal frames, para ito naman ang susunod na bubuhusan ng semento, nangyayari ito siguro sa mga apat o limang portion ng EDSA, napakasystematic di ba?
pero may portion na sabay sabay nilalagyan ng pangporma ang poste, at kapag natuyo eh itataas naman nila ung porma,

This is how its done baby

Sweet stuff here, progress makes me cry in our country. Because we are always deprived of it and need it so badly, yet we are also so capable of it. It's a frustrating situation, but seeing progress like this makes me feel that we have a chance to break out.

http://images.habagatcentral.multiply.com/image/1/photos/350/1200x1200/2/PasigRiver02.jpg?et=3rWJL8VDvrXd6CqropStpg&nmid=217173401

nice work han742

^^yes, there are times i walked blocks away to capture history in the making and share it to the forumers and the rest of the world:cheers:, anyway i'm also practicing how to take pictures correctly, and zooming is also my one way of taking pictures from afar, and whenever someone appreciates them, i will upload them here from time to time,:)

wow. not only are your pics good, A+ for effort too.

Is there anyway na maitago yong mga wires na yon just like sa Fort Bonifacio? Manila would look much better kung wala yong mga wires na yon. Bawasan pa din sana ng konti mga bilboards. :lol: Kahit na hindi mid or high-rises mga buildings, khit mga luma na sila, basta organized at malinis tignan, ganda ng Manila! Pagandahin na din yong mga sidewalks.

^^that's the plan, but who's got the time and money?

^^yes very systemtic, ewan ko kung panu nila ito hinati sa kahabaan ng EDSA, pero sa isang portion naobserbahan ko habang may binubuhusan na ng semento, eh may gumagawa na sa mga susunod na poste, halimbawa ung mga metal frames, kumbaga kapag natuyo na ang nabuhusan eh, tatanggalin na nila at ililipat ang pangporma sa mga natapos naman na metal frames, para ito naman ang susunod na bubuhusan ng semento, nangyayari ito siguro sa mga apat o limang portion ng EDSA, napakasystematic di ba?
pero may portion na sabay sabay nilalagyan ng pangporma ang poste, at kapag natuyo eh itataas naman nila ung porma,

yeah..siguro sa isang parte kailangan maka-lima o higit dun ang dapat nilang magawa na poste sa isang araw.. kung ganito ba naman lagi e di ayos diba.. saka big factor din dito yung pulitika.. kung walang namumulitika e di tuloy tuloy ang trabaho.. yun iba kasi EPAL lang talga.. lalo na ngayon patapos na ang first quarter dadami na ang epal na pulitiko..

update from LRTA website

http://www.lrta.gov.ph/projects/proj_l1northext.htm

North Extension

Project Status (as of 03 March 2009)
1. Package A1, A2 & B - DMFB Joint Venture

Actual Accomplishment
Package A1 22.06%
Package A2 21.40%
Package B 6.71%

2. Package C (Revised)

* Awarded and with Notice to Proceed (dated March 2, 2009) to Miescor/ GTC JV

3. EMS-1: Signaling.

* Post Qualifications - February 11, 2009

4. EMS-2: Telecommunications

* Awarded and with Notice to Proceed (dated Feb. 17, 2009) 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 and with Notice to Proceed (dated January 20, 2009) to DAXI - FDP JV

update from LRTA website

http://www.lrta.gov.ph/projects/proj_l1northext.htm

North Extension

Project Status (as of 03 March 2009)
1. Package A1, A2 & B - DMFB Joint Venture

Actual Accomplishment
Package A1 22.06%
Package A2 21.40%
Package B 6.71%

2. Package C (Revised)

* Awarded and with Notice to Proceed (dated March 2, 2009) to Miescor/ GTC JV

3. EMS-1: Signaling.

* Post Qualifications - February 11, 2009

4. EMS-2: Telecommunications

* Awarded and with Notice to Proceed (dated Feb. 17, 2009) 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 and with Notice to Proceed (dated January 20, 2009) to DAXI - FDP JV


nice....at least ngayon meron ng progress report.....way to go...

go go go.. lrt south naman ..hehe tsaka mrt 7.. kelan ba start mrt 7?? dpat sa north ave station nila simulan ung pag build para masabay sa grand central station instead of sjdm city.

han742

naka dslr kaba? nice.. ok yan.. atleast about projects and infrastructures ang kinukuhanan mo hndi mga models..hehe

^^syempre kapag may katabing model sa billboard, damay na rin,:lol: p/s lang yata ito, canon S3 IS,

wow. not only are your pics good, A+ for effort too.

nice work han742

thanks for the compliments,:banana::banana:

yeah..siguro sa isang parte kailangan maka-lima o higit dun ang dapat nilang magawa na poste sa isang araw.. kung ganito ba naman lagi e di ayos diba.. saka big factor din dito yung pulitika.. kung walang namumulitika e di tuloy tuloy ang trabaho.. yun iba kasi EPAL lang talga.. lalo na ngayon patapos na ang first quarter dadami na ang epal na pulitiko..

don't worry everyone knows the contractors are doing their best to catch up with the target deadline, as they say in one signboard they have there "BAWAL ANG TAMAD." at sa ngayon mukhang busy pa ang mga politicians kaya tuluy-tuloy pa rin ang LRT-1 north extension,

:banana::banana::banana:

^^ ikaw ang aming "mata" sa LRT-MRT connection...keep up the good work...and keep posting those interesting "billboards" :lol:

^^ Sa Commonwealth, walang ka-proble-problema kung magtayo man ng MRT-7 pero starting from the Bulacan station, two-lane roads lang meron, so it is a hassle sa mga manggagaling ng Bulacan going to Manila habang commencing ang construction.

At lalo na sa North EDSA, na sentro ng lahat ng excitement sa North Manila. Trapik na nga lalo pa yang titindi pag naicoconstruct na yung North EDSA Station sa tapat ng SkyGarden.

Unless they commence first a road widening from Bulacan to Lagro-Novaliches, then simulan na rin nila yung development ng QC-CBD, para at least mapalawak kahit papano yung roadways. :)

I just hope the future metro lines will be similar or better than the LRT-2. I hope MRT-7 will use full metro cars and not the light rail ones as the yellow and blue lines.

^^ ikaw ang aming "mata" sa LRT-MRT connection...keep up the good work...and keep posting those interesting "billboards" :lol:

...pasensya na kung medyo pakurap-kurap nyo lang makikita ang progreso ng paggawa dito ha,:)

...pasensya na kung medyo pakurap-kurap nyo lang makikita ang progreso ng paggawa dito ha,:)

kung may video cam ka sakay ka ng bus or pag may car ka then drive from monumento to sm north.. ivideo mo ..hehe..non stop..hehe , gusto ko nga ivideo eh,kaya lang walang oras.. tpos 1 tym sumakay ako bus pero sad to say puno kasi nasakayan ko tska mjo dami goons.:ohno:

...pasensya na kung medyo pakurap-kurap nyo lang makikita ang progreso ng paggawa dito ha,:)

why? :) gusto namin mga updates mo... :cheers:

I just hope the future metro lines will be similar or better than the LRT-2. I hope MRT-7 will use full metro cars and not the light rail ones as the yellow and blue lines.

For MRT 7 - I hope there are no overhead electric wires....

^^ i hate overhead wires. costly na sya in itself, costly pa sa maintenance. at nakakasira ng view.

why? :) gusto namin mga updates mo... :cheers:

what i mean is from time to time ako mag uupload, kapag may bagong progress na, just like before,

bakit pala anglrt and inextend at di ang mrt?? mrt sana yun para derecho sa station nang northrail in the furutre

^^ i hate overhead wires. costly na sya in itself, costly pa sa maintenance. at nakakasira ng view.

oo nga.. tpos eyesore, and delikado pag may bagyo.. y not a 3rd rail nlng .. tutal ung bangkok sky train and singapore mrts na naka elevate eh naka 3rd rail naman.. wla naman siguro mga pasaway na pinoy ang tatalon sa riles..hehe:lol:

For MRT 7 - I hope there are no overhead electric wires....

I don't have a problem with overhead wires. In fact the MTR uses the same thing

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/TCL.JPG

I really don't like to see overhead wires in all its forms.

the use of third rail instead of overhead wire is ok for me... basta dapat maglagay sila ng warning signs para walang mokong na sumubok dumikit dun...

^^ i hate overhead wires. costly na sya in itself, costly pa sa maintenance. at nakakasira ng view.

But with the rates na maraming nagpapakamatay o nahuhulog sa LRT at MRT, siguradong matetepok agad siya madikit lamang siya rito... at saka limited lamang ang voltage na kayang dalhin ng third rail kaya hindi siya practical sa mga tren na malalayo ang distansya o malakas kumain ng kuryente. Not to mention na kapag umulan e siguradong sinong tumapak sa tubig e makukuryente agad, parang sa baha...

3rd rail will only be really safe if we have the SMRT style protective doors. I know they're unsightly but unless our MRT goes underground we have to live with it, well at least for the current ones.

Though according to wikipedia 3rd rail is a lot cheaper.. I suppose it delivers less power.

But with the rates na maraming nagpapakamatay o nahuhulog sa LRT at MRT, siguradong matetepok agad siya madikit lamang siya rito...

serves
the purpose
then :D

update muna tayo bago may magpakamatay sa 3rd rail na yan:lol:... 11 mar '09

monumento area...
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muñoz towards oliveros...
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we can see here na talagang kukurbang pataas at pababa ang tren dito...


EDSA-muñoz crossing area...
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/8/img0178rpo.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/img17/img0177v.jpg/1/)


the missing metal...
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:banana::banana::banana:

^^

based on the photos
above, parang
roller coaster ang
dating nito :lol:

akyat-baba ang tren!

^^yup, may mga portion talagang matataas, cguro dito sa muñoz na ito eh itinaas talaga para magbigay na ng provision para sa station dito,

gusto ko na makitang pinagddugtogdugtong na nila ang mga poste
tapos nagwweld para sa railtracks :banana::banana::banana:

^^yup, may mga portion talagang matataas, cguro dito sa muñoz na ito eh itinaas talaga para magbigay na ng provision para sa station dito,

^^
munoz station ba o abang para sa proposed EDSA-Munoz flyover dyan?, kase parang weird kung sa ibabaw mismo ng intersection itatayo ang stn.:)

..SALAMAT PO SA PICS...

^^nope, IMO hindi sa crossing dito ilalagay, baka sa tapat ng jollibee-mcdo, wala pa kasi akong nakikitang indikasyon sa specific na place na pagtatayuan, you have a point there maari ngang sa flyover,

A+ again for the pictures and AAA for the effort of updating us

Tanong lng po. Meron pa ba ipapatong sa mga poste na yan pra lumapad ng konte? Parang masyado makipot e. Normal lng ba o masyado mataas ang mrt na to? :) :) :)

thanks for the photos.

How are they going to connect with the existing LRT 1 with the Monumento staying put?
Is it going to go around the Monumento?
OR
Cut corner before it reaches the Monumento?


:horse:

^^the digging for the foundations of LRT-1 extension near the sidewalk in monumento was suddenly discontinued, i don't know if there was a change in plan of the rail curving on the corner of EDSA-Rizal Avenue, but one thing is for sure, Bonifacio Monument is not going to be removed from its present location,:)

Tanong lng po. Meron pa ba ipapatong sa mga poste na yan pra lumapad ng konte? Parang masyado makipot e. Normal lng ba o masyado mataas ang mrt na to? :) :) :)

ang ipapatong na lang dito ay ang mga beams na paglalagyan ng riles, at mukhang kagaya din sa LRT-2 ang lapad ng mga girders na ito, hindi ko lang alam kung mababakuran pa ito, medyo nga may kataasan sa mga ilang lugar na dadaanan ito, kagaya sa muñoz, balintawak, at bagong barrio,:)

siguro ipapattern na yan gaya sa lrt2 kase mas modern and design saka nag uundergo ata ng renovations ang lrt 1 yung mga gilid ng stations nila parang sa lrt 2 na

^^ @han742. Great pic updates. Keep 'em coming.

Thanks han742...

^^nope, IMO hindi sa crossing dito ilalagay, baka sa tapat ng jollibee-mcdo, wala pa kasi akong nakikitang indikasyon sa specific na place na pagtatayuan, you have a point there maari ngang sa flyover,

Hindi kaya tinataasan nila para hindi dumilim sa ilalim ng stations? Pwede na gagayahin nila iyong setup sa Grand Terminal station na 2nd level ay gagamitin for the entry/exit points tapos 3rd level iyong platform.

that could be one of the reasons. But if you look at other LRT/MRT's across the world the common standard today is the highly elevated rail. I'm assuming the decreases in elevation are due to approaching the train stations.

LRT1 North Extension March 12, 2009

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/1959/picture001xjh.jpg

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/9427/picture002oyv.jpg

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7545/picture004iws.jpg

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/5599/picture005mkx.jpg

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/1794/picture006gwj.jpg

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/1719/picture007a.jpg

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9823/picture008vug.jpg

wow... until seeing those photos I didn't really notice how low it went... there was a lot of conjecture about the roller-coaster.. but gee it really fluctuates... whereabouts in EDSA is that second photo?

perhaps elevation is another matter, as well as the slow transition from LRT1 into the heights of the Blue Line in North EDSA....

wow... until seeing those photos I didn't really notice how low it went... there was a lot of conjecture about the roller-coaster.. but gee it really fluctuates... whereabouts in EDSA is that second photo?

perhaps elevation is another matter, as well as the slow transition from LRT1 into the heights of the Blue Line in North EDSA....


most of the pictures i've posted are located somewhere between
muñoz and balintawak area, where a long gap between two stations
is located...
IMO, i think they planned to have that change in elevation in order to
decrease their expenses in mixing concrete...

one thing i noticed is that the posts in north extensions is somewhat similar to the lrt1 main line...

wow... until seeing those photos I didn't really notice how low it went... there was a lot of conjecture about the roller-coaster.. but gee it really fluctuates... whereabouts in EDSA is that second photo?

perhaps elevation is another matter, as well as the slow transition from LRT1 into the heights of the Blue Line in North EDSA....

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4858/oliv2royal22zs1.jpg (http://img3.imageshack.us/my.php?image=oliv2royal22zs1.jpg)

between Royal Road and Oliveros area the level of LRT-1 North extension really lowered its height because this area is higher compared to the other part of the extension,

this picture was taken approaching Royal overpass, and it elevates to follow the upward elevation of EDSA...
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/3827/img0177v.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0177v.jpg)

LRT1 North Extension March 12, 2009

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9823/picture008vug.jpg


i saw this early morning, talagang pinapantay nila pgkakagawa ng mga support panels, para nga naman maiwasan tumabingi ang nakapatong sa itaas na girder,:banana: salamat din sa pics nito, mas maganda ngang maraming kuha ang project na ito, sa ibat ibang anggulo,:banana:

i saw this early morning, talagang pinapantay nila pgkakagawa ng mga support panels, para nga naman maiwasan tumabingi ang nakapatong sa itaas na girder,:banana: salamat din sa pics nito, mas maganda ngang maraming kuha ang project na ito, sa ibat ibang anggulo,:banana:


:banana:
kaso every month lang ako napapadaan ang balintawak
kaya bihira lang din ako makapagkuha ng pictures
hay, antagal pa ng structural&transpo engg subjects namin
gusto ko na tuloy malaman ang mga "techie" terms
about diyan sa paggawa ng mga structures :nuts::nuts::nuts:

Wow, ang bilis ng extension na ito :banana: !

^^ tanong ko lang, meron nabang girder na naiporma sa mga pier na to? wow, construction of this loop projection is going on really fast and well...maybe they should have awarded the SLEX rehab and Skyway stage 2 to the DMCI and First Balfour group :lol:

Maybe that's why FF Cruz cried foul to the FB-DMCI Joint Venture because they could do better. :lol:

^^ well, they were the contractors for the Alabang viaduct rehabilitation and the Skyway stage 2 extension :lol:

ngayon ko lang naman na mga lopez pala may-ari
ng first balfour, hehehe :lol::lol::lol:

tapos yung train na dadaan sa ibabaw ng mga naggagandahang pillars ay mga bulok naman...

http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/RonnieR_2008/MRT3.jpg

MRT Shaw boulevard

hindi naman siguro mga bulok.....bibili na rin lang siempre yung bago naman yan...hindi naman ganun katanga mga pinoy.....magreklamo tayo pagbulok....

Saan naman nanggaling ang balita na bulok ang ilalagay na tren? :lol:

bago naman siguro ilalagay..hehehe ang bulok na yung lrt 1 dapat ng tanggalin yung mga 1st gen. na trains nila

Why throw away something that still serves its purpose? Besides, if the first two generations are to be removed, it would be a big blow to the LRT's capacity.

pwede naman eh basta palitan nila agad ng bago kasi nasakay ako din wala ng aircon sobrang init tas kakatakot na parang maytatanggal sa riles parang ganun ang feeling pag umaandar na sya

^^pero malamig naman sa 1st gen na coaches ng LRT-1 dahil mga bago-bago pa ang aircon dito, actually may time nga nang sumakay ako, nangatog ako sa sobrang lamig, cguro nasa 2nd gen ang mga nangangailangan ng repair ng kanilang aircons,

^^ Totoo. Luma man yung itsura nung 1G LRVs eh sa totoo lang, sila ang pinakamalamig. Kung makikita nyo pa nga yung mga 2G ang mga nawawalan na ng lamig talaga. Yung mga 3G naman na hanglupet ng design (ang cool nito), yung lamig comparable sa LRT2. So siguro in terms of lamig, 1G > 3G = LRT2 > 2G >>> MRT3 trains :lol:

Kung itsura rin lang, siguro repainting job lang para sa mga 1G. I still remember kulang puti at pula (orange?) pa yung original nila nung mga early 90s. Hehehe.

Tsaka since wala na namang harang na semento ang magiging design ng LRT North Extension, pwede na rin nilang iconsider gayahin ang MRT3 na may ads sa mga tren for added revenue d b?

Kung nasa North Avenue or Taft Avenue stations kayo, kung di nagmamadali, subukang pumasok muna sa MRT at pakiramdaman kung mainit ito o hindi...kasi kung may nararamdaman pa ring halumigmig sa loob ng train coach, ibig sabihin nun okay ang air conditioning. Pero kung hindi, magtiis ka sa katabi mong malakas ang B.O. :lol:

tapos yung train na dadaan sa ibabaw ng mga naggagandahang pillars ay mga bulok naman...

the current fleet of trains ng lrt 1 eh may capacity ng above 1million/day ang kaya nya.. kahit idagdag natin ang lrt1 north extension kaya pa din nya ito.. so no need to buy new trains pa.. except pag tlgang ng-double ang passengers nito sa kasalukuyang gumagamit tska kapag natapos na ang south extension..

ung Mrt need na tlga to have trains..kelangan na kelangan na tlga...curse those operators (ayala,anglo,and fil estate) who don't want to add new trains. pag natapos na ang lrt 1 north tingnan natin..

Kung nasa North Avenue or Taft Avenue stations kayo, kung di nagmamadali, subukang pumasok muna sa MRT at pakiramdaman kung mainit ito o hindi...kasi kung may nararamdaman pa ring halumigmig sa loob ng train coach, ibig sabihin nun okay ang air conditioning. Pero kung hindi, magtiis ka sa katabi mong malakas ang B.O. :lol:

mas maganda sumakay ng LRt systems kasi puro students and some office workers ang gumagamit( mababango), well sa MRT halo halo( malas mo pag mpawis at ma -bo .. masa tlga.. mostly pag 5pm na kadamihan mga karpentero...hehe.(sumasakay mga yan sa magallanes and guadalupe tpos baba ng cubao at q.ave)siguro galing sa mga construction sites sa makati and the fort.. pag around 6:30pm naman ayan na ang mga employees na galing ng ortgas at makati.hehe

But for me, LRT-2 is THE SCHOOL TRAIN (imbes na School Bus). Puro estudyante, puro dakdak pag labasan na...:lol:

just estimating.. if the LRT1 line is to be extended, then there might be a need for more trains (whether it is bought or to get more working out of the depot) to maintain efficiency and waiting times.

from LRTA website

LRTA’s Line 1 System has a stable of 139 coaches that may be configured into 3-car or 4-car train combinations depending on passenger demand, with a carrying capacity of 1,309, 680 passengers per day. which is more than enough to cover the LRT 1 extention.

Pansin ko ngayon sa 3rd Gen(1200 series) Trains ng LRT1 ay may mga coaches na 3-car na lang na dapat 4-car configuration.
Mukhang dumadami yata ang under repair ah.
Di kaya dahil sa pagmamadali ng north-extension ay nakakaligtaan na ang maintenance ng mga ibang trains?

Saan naman nanggaling ang balita na bulok ang ilalagay na tren? :lol:

Baka yung mga lumang tren ng PNR ang ilalagay dyan sa north extension. :lol::lol::bash::nuts:

Pansin ko ngayon sa 3rd Gen(1200 series) Trains ng LRT1 ay may mga coaches na 3-car na lang na dapat 4-car configuration.
Mukhang dumadami yata ang under repair ah.
Di kaya dahil sa pagmamadali ng north-extension ay nakakaligtaan na ang maintenance ng mga ibang trains?

Eh baka kasi hinde pa kinakailangan na gawing 4 car configuration. Mas malaking gastos sa LRT kung gagawin nilang 4 car configuration kung kaya naman masupport ng mga 1G and 2g trains.

Why throw away something that still serves its purpose? Besides, if the first two generations are to be removed, it would be a big blow to the LRT's capacity.

rightly said. I'd rather have those old trains than buying new ones when they're not really needed yet.

Besides, train fares are absurdly low for us to even wish a new set of trains.

^^ Totoo. Luma man yung itsura nung 1G LRVs eh sa totoo lang, sila ang pinakamalamig. Kung makikita nyo pa nga yung mga 2G ang mga nawawalan na ng lamig talaga. Yung mga 3G naman na hanglupet ng design (ang cool nito), yung lamig comparable sa LRT2. So siguro in terms of lamig, 1G > 3G = LRT2 > 2G >>> MRT3 trains :lol:

Kung itsura rin lang, siguro repainting job lang para sa mga 1G. I still remember kulang puti at pula (orange?) pa yung original nila nung mga early 90s. Hehehe.

Tsaka since wala na namang harang na semento ang magiging design ng LRT North Extension, pwede na rin nilang iconsider gayahin ang MRT3 na may ads sa mga tren for added revenue d b?

Malamig ang tren ng MRT3 kuya... siguro PNR ang pinakamainit, hindi pala siguro, talaga palang mainit... not only in terms of temperature but also in terms of mood of the residents in the tracks.

Dati 1G ang pinakamainit dahil wala silang airconditioning, ngayon, sila ang pinakamalamig... pero sila rin ang pinaka-yumayanig sa lahat ng mga tren... tatalsik ka dahil grabe ito umuga!

i agree... ung 1G na LRT1 trains sobrang mauga... minsan napapakapit ako ng mahigpit pag dun ako sumasakay...

pero malamig dun ah... pakiramdam ko nga mas malamig pa sa 1G kesa 3G trains eh... ewan ko lang bakit umiinit na sa 3G trains...

Malamig ang tren ng MRT3 kuya... siguro PNR ang pinakamainit, hindi pala siguro, talaga palang mainit... not only in terms of temperature but also in terms of mood of the residents in the tracks.

Dati 1G ang pinakamainit dahil wala silang airconditioning, ngayon, sila ang pinakamalamig... pero sila rin ang pinaka-yumayanig sa lahat ng mga tren... tatalsik ka dahil grabe ito umuga!

pasadya na yata yung pagyanig-yanig para hindi ka makatulog sa lamig at lumampas sa patutunguhan mo,:lol:

Mukha yatang nauubos na ang mga 3G trains ng LRT-1... dati lahat sila 4 na dugtong ngayon may 3 dugtong na lang...

To be exact, ang mga numbers na ito ang may 3 dugtong lamang:
1201-1204
1213-1216

baka nanakaw ng mga bakal boys

napatimbang na ba por kilo ang bintahan.....:lol:

Hi, any new pictures inside the train for LRT2 and 3G LRT 1?

MRT 3, from a friend...looks okay, comfortable ride

http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/RonnieR_2008/MRT3ride.jpg

Not quite new but here are shots of all train interiors:

Yellow Line:

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j74/ryucloud/lrt_1g_2_mc.jpg
First Generation (1G)

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j74/ryucloud/IMG_0071.jpg
Second Generation (2G)

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j74/ryucloud/lrt_3g_in1_mc.jpg
Third Generation (3G)

Purple Line:

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j74/ryucloud/IMG_0034b.jpg

Blue Line:
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j74/ryucloud/IMG_0152.jpg

By Eileen Mencias
http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=news1_mar16_2009

REVERSING its privatization policy, the government is taking majority control of Metro Rail Transit Corp. to give itself leeway in expanding the passenger capacity of the Metro Rail Transit 3 on Edsa, an official said yesterday.

“We’re trying to complete our purchase of majority of the shares, hopefully in the next few days or maybe in one week or two weeks,” Finance Secretary Margarito Teves said.

The takeover is to be done through state-owned LandBank and Development Bank of the Philippines, which would buy the shares of private stockholders, Teves said at the sidelines of the Chamber of Thrift Banks’ convention.

“This will only be temporary because eventually we’ll dispose of the shares,” Teves said.

“We don’t want to be involved in the business, and we will go back to privatizing it again.”

The government started buying the shares in the MRTC late last year following a deal signed in August 2007 between the Transportation and Finance Departments and the private consortium led by the Fil-Estate group. The deal called for a government buyout of the consortium’s build-lease-transfer contract for the rail transit system.

At the time, it was estimated that government would be paying $865 million for the remainder of the contract while realizing savings of up to $380 million, according to sources.

The government had initially planned to buy the MRT shares through the National Development Co., but the latter raised concerns on the impact of that purchase on its profits.

Teves said LandBank and Development Bank had been able to buy the MRT shares at a price lower than what the government had initially envisioned.

“The figures are different now. I think DBP and LandBank were able to purchase the shares lower than originally envisioned,” Teves said.

“As you know, it was not a complete process because there were kinks... but the direction is the same: to have control to enable us to expand.”

MRTC is majority owned by a holding company, MRT Holdings Inc., a consortium that originally consisted of Ayala Land Inc., Anglo Philippines Holding Corp., Fil-Estate Management Inc., Ramcar Inc., and Greenfield Development Corp.

Over the years, some of the original shareholders divested from the holding firm and sold their shares to fund managers.

The MRT 3 line is a 16.9-kilometer system running from North Triangle in Quezon City to Taft Avenue in Pasay City.

The government guaranteed MRT a return on equity of 15 percent a year to get the railway project started, which was a relatively high return when compared to those in other industries.

Sources said the government initially considered refinancing the loans to cut interest costs, but buying out the shares of MRTC appeared to be more feasible.

The government needed to expand the capacity of MRT 3 given the huge volume of passengers it was now servicing, said the same sources who refused to be identified because they are not authorized to talk about the subject.

At its peak during the Christmas holidays, MRT 3 was ferrying 27,000 passengers per hour in one direction.

But expanding the line’s capacity faces obstacles because there are many covenants in the build-lease-transfer agreement between the original shareholders and the group of hedge funds they had sold out to.

The refinancing of the MRT 3 debt was also hounded by tax issues that had to be resolved between the Transportation and Finance Departments.

Some photos I've found on the LRTA website

http://www.lrta.gov.ph/projects/photos/Line1_TrackMaintenance/Line1_TrackMaint01.jpghttp://www.lrta.gov.ph/projects/photos/Line1_TrackMaintenance/Line1_TrackMaint02.jpg
^^The LRT Line 1 Track Maintenance and Ballast Renewal Project

http://www.lrta.gov.ph/projects/photos/Line2/megatren01.jpg
^^LRT Line 2 Rolling Stock

http://www.lrta.gov.ph/projects/photos/Line_Rehab_ph3/Line1_Rehab_ph3_01.jpghttp://www.lrta.gov.ph/projects/photos/Line_Rehab_ph3/Line1_Rehab_ph3_02.jpg
^^Rolling Stock Rehabilitation

http://www.lrta.gov.ph/projects/photos/capexI_ph1/capexI_ph1_01.jpghttp://www.lrta.gov.ph/projects/photos/capexI_ph1/capexI_ph1_02.jpg
^^LRT Line 1 Capacity Expansion Project (Phase I)

hinde ko na nakikita yang train na nasa baba

Not quite new but here are shots of all train interiors:

Yellow Line:

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j74/ryucloud/lrt_1g_2_mc.jpg
First Generation (1G)

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j74/ryucloud/IMG_0071.jpg
Second Generation (2G)

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j74/ryucloud/lrt_3g_in1_mc.jpg
Third Generation (3G)

Purple Line:

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j74/ryucloud/IMG_0034b.jpg

Blue Line:
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j74/ryucloud/IMG_0152.jpg

Thanks....it appears that blue line coaches are narrower?

saw today a small wooden building in front of the SSS building at general Malvar, Caloocan, being demolished to give way for a station.

I dunno. I associate LRT-1 trains with these concepts:

First generation LRT - Belgian, Central European trains
Second Generation LRT - Soviet Era...
Third Generation LRT - East Asian/Japanese

La lang, hehehe!!! :D

The 3G ttrain really looks great.

:nuts: blame it to Bayani.

so it's going to be LRT that will get extended. that's news to me. will MRT be extended until the supposedly grand central station?

sana.. and also tuloy tuloy nlng ang connection.. from baclaran up to taft..no more hop on hop off from one train to the next.. sobra hussle eh..

pag nangyari un pprotesta ang mga mall na malapit dun haha.. kasi hndi na baba ung mga passengers to get to the other line via their mall..hehe:lol:

and please sana applicable nlng ang 1 stored value sa lahat ng lines.. for example may store value ako pwde ko ito iswipe sa mrt then lrt2 and sa PNR if possible..hehe..

Thanks....it appears that blue line coaches are narrower?

blue lines are narrower nga tlga.. yet mas mabilis namn sila compared sa 1g trains..hehe
ung 1g /2g trains wlang central hanging straps or handle para sa passengers.. kaya minsan ang luwag pa sa gitna ayaw nila umusog dahil walang paghahawakan.

:lol::lol:

hinde ko na nakikita yang train na nasa baba

u mean the lrt 2g trains? oo nga... the past months wla ako napansin.. baka niaayos nla in time for the north extension..hehe

eto ba ung mga U-bahn trains ng vienna na ibbigay dapat sa MRT ?
http://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/vienna_u_bahn_by_iceblinkba.jpg

u mean the lrt 2g trains? oo nga... the past months wla ako napansin.. baka niaayos nla in time for the north extension..hehe

Kasasakay ko lang kanina sa 2G train. Mga 530pm yun sa Buendia Station.

Updates 16 March 2009

Caloocan Shell station towards Monumento...
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Caloocan Shell towards Gen. Malvar overpass...
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/4554/img0210qwu.jpg (http://img8.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0210qwu.jpg)

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/3492/img0211y.jpg (http://img8.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0211y.jpg)

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17 March 2009

SM North EDSA...
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http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/1318/img0232x.jpg (http://img8.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0232x.jpg)

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7618/img0233j.jpg (http://img8.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0233j.jpg)

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/3118/img0234fvk.jpg (http://img8.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0234fvk.jpg)



Proj. 7 to SM North EDSA...
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1134/img0236baj.jpg (http://img10.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0236baj.jpg)

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/7982/img0237f.jpg (http://img10.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0237f.jpg)

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/2332/img0238qvk.jpg (http://img10.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0238qvk.jpg)

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8416/img0239u.jpg (http://img10.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0239u.jpg)

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/5899/img0240k.jpg (http://img10.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0240k.jpg)



Proj. 7 to Muñoz...
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/2690/img0241h.jpg (http://img10.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0241h.jpg)

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/8605/img0242s.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0242s.jpg)

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/8485/img0243e.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0243e.jpg)

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/385/img0244wfu.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0244wfu.jpg)

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/8492/img0245p.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0245p.jpg)

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/6171/img0247t.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0247t.jpg)



Muñoz to Royal Road... (248-253)
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4743/img0248u.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0248u.jpg)

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/8296/img0249xxh.jpg (http://img4.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0249xxh.jpg)

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/7115/img0250i.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0250i.jpg)

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/6201/img0251b.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0251b.jpg)

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/7747/img0252z.jpg (http://img18.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0252z.jpg)

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/2329/img0253k.jpg (http://img4.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0253k.jpg)



:banana::banana::banana::banana::cheers:

What about the Monumento Station? Are there any digging activity from there?

^^the digging there was suddenly stopped, i have no idea what is on their minds, maybe they are still focusing on finishing the whole line of EDSA before they'll continue in Monumento,

I see, but were there any pink fencing showing where the pillars would go to?

I see, but were there any pink fencing showing where the pillars would go to?

yes, actually they've already dug (partially) the part where they plan to place the foundations, but they stopped and continued first the rest of EDSA,

How pathetic, he's just parroting everything that's been said in this forum and by government officials for over 2 years now. The media is portraying this idea as his, when in fact this is his first comment into the issue. He should grow a pair and push for a quick start to LRT's south extension.

Teves and a few government officials may have been working hard behind the scenes to make the takeover of MRT3 happen and now that the takeover has become an inevitability he comes out and say "hey, we should takeover MRT3." It misleads the public as to whom worked for this to happen and who simply spoke.


Escudero: Gov’t should take over MRT
By Maila Ager
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 22:26:00 03/17/2009

MANILA, Philippines – Senator Francis Escudero on Tuesday called on government to take over the Metro Rail Transit Corp. (MRT) instead of spending millions of pesos on “ghost riders.”

Escudero said his calculations indicate that the government shells out a subsidy of about P42 per passenger, computed against the amount of public funds funneled into the MRT.

“It is like paying for almost three riders more at the current fare…of the MRT, which on the average, is P14 per passenger. The government is paying for riders who are non-existent,” he said in a statement on Tuesday.

“The MRT has long been bailed out by the government. While its coaches are always full, its coffers are always empty,” Escudero said, noting the government spent P579 million in 2007 and P618 million in 2008 to subsidize the mass rail transit system.

For this year, P645 million has been earmarked for subsidies, he added.

To pay for the MRT’s arrears, Escudero said the government spent P2.2 billion in 2007, P2.45 billion in 2008, and is expected to spend some P1.19 billion this year.

Escudero said the government has to pay for what are essentially “ghost riders” because of the “high guaranteed rider-ship forecast” of the MRT at its inception.

Aside from these, Escudero said the MRT has a maintenance contract with a Japanese firm, which he described as “onerous” compared to what the Light Rail Transit Authority pays for the upkeep of the two lines it runs.

He said the MRT has a high maintenance contract with a Japanese firm, which is onerous if compared with lower fees the LRTA is paying for the upkeep of its two lines.

“To top it all, MRT’s debt carries a high 12.5 percent to 15 percent annual interest rate,” Escudero said.

He said it would be better if the government simply took over and ran the MRT.

“If we own it, then let’s run it. And let it be a reminder that when it comes to private-public ventures, never again should we end up privatizing profits while debts are nationalized,” he said.

^^that's what we call traditional politics plagiarism,:lol:

full blast ang foundation works at concreting ng columns, pagdating nga naman ng tag-ulan puro sa taas na ang trabaho. libre na sa putik at baha..kudos to the contractor and their engineers, they surely know what their doing...:)

trapong trapo in the making si quezo, Erap junior. :lol:

^^ ayaw ni jpdm nyan :bash:

seriously, i may not like chiz but i gotta agree with him not by his self-made computations but just the idea of it.

i don't think that MRT is losing money and it definitely does not need government subsidy. they have an all out advertisements (rental space) and most of the time fully booked coaches (even exceeding its number of capacity). MRT peeps should be transparent with its computations and figures. they must show it to the public. and lastly, it must be investigated. we are losing so much money on this.

Malamig ang tren ng MRT3 kuya... siguro PNR ang pinakamainit, hindi pala siguro, talaga palang mainit... not only in terms of temperature but also in terms of mood of the residents in the tracks.

Dati 1G ang pinakamainit dahil wala silang airconditioning, ngayon, sila ang pinakamalamig... pero sila rin ang pinaka-yumayanig sa lahat ng mga tren... tatalsik ka dahil grabe ito umuga!

Ay heheh sori, napageneralize ako sa MRT3. Karamihan naman kasi may aircon pero walang lamig. Meron din naman na walang aircon. At all :nuts: Yung ibang coaches well, ok sige malamig din naman :)

Sana kagaya ng LRT2, wala nang bakod sa gilid yung riles ng LRT1 North Extension para malinis :D

Ghost riders’ in MRT
Top News
Written by Butch Fernandez / Reporter
Tuesday, 17 March 2009 22:08

http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/home/top-news/7628-ghost-riders-in-mrt.html

OVERBURDENED taxpayers are paying for “ghost riders” in the always-jam-packed trains of the Metro Rail Transit Corp. (MRTC), according to Sen. Francis Escudero.

In a statement, Escudero backed moves for a government takeover of the light-rail firm, citing the “frail state of finances” of the MRT that he says “continues to drain the national coffers of much-needed funds.”

Escudero estimated the government subsidy per rider is about P42, computed against the amount of public funds being funneled into the MRT.

“It is like paying for almost three riders more at the current fare rates of the MRT which, on the average, is P14 per passenger. The government is paying for riders who are nonexistent,” the senator said. He lamented the
MRT has long been effectively bailed out by the government.

“While its coaches are always full, its coffers are always empty. The national-government subsidy is the one that lubricates its operations. This comes as no surprise because the project was financially engineered to be dependent on government aid.”

It would be better for the government to take over the MRT, Escudero suggested, adding that “if we own it, then let’s run it. And let it be a reminder that when it comes to private-public ventures, never again should we end up privatizing profits while debts are nationalized.”

Escudero pointed out that in order to pay for the arrears of the MRT alone, the government shelled out P2.2 billion in 2007 and P2.45 billion in 2008. He added that it would remit some P1.19 billion for the same purpose this year.

He said the government subsidized MRT operations and maintenance to the tune of P579 million in 2007 and P618 million in 2008, while a total of P645 million is earmarked for this purpose this year.

“If fares are priced to recover costs, you court a commuter revolt. Mass rail transit is a losing proposition. Rents of real estate in stations or depots are supposed to make up for the losses but these have been ceded to private partners. So the government ends up picking the tab,” he said. “And MRT is economically viable, meaning it is an important cause in the overall scheme of things. But alone, it is not financially viable if only turnstile or firebox income will be considered.”

Escudero noted that because of the “high guaranteed ridership forecast” of the MRT at its inception, with the shortfall to be shouldered by the government in this railway version of the “take-or-pay provision in the independent power producer contracts,” the government will be paying for the fares of what are essentially “ghost riders.”

“This should serve as a cautionary tale in future light-rail projects so ridership won’t be inflated,” he said. Another cause for the hemorrhage of public funds through the MRT is the cost of its maintenance, he added.

He said the MRT has a high maintenance contract with a Japanese firm, which is onerous if compared with lower fees the Light Rail Transit Authority pays for the upkeep of its two lines.

“To top it all, MRT debt carries a high 12.5 percent to 15 percent annual interest rate,” he explained.

The senator suggested that the government refinance the $865-million debt with “low-cost money,” a mode that will book savings in the long run. “But the pricing of obligations should be done transparently and verified by independent appraisers when warranted.”

ano na kaya talaga plano para d masira yung monumento ni bonifacio? wala bang renderings dyan?

ano na kaya talaga plano para d masira yung monumento ni bonifacio? wala bang renderings dyan?

sa gilid poh idadaan yung railway...

and hey, kahapon poh may nakita akong mga nakadikit na malaking papel sa ilang nasementuhan nang posts... somewhere in balintawak, may mga nakalagay na "P76" to "P73" yata yun... that's going to monumento...

then, near monumento, meron nang "P35"...

by the look of it, "P1" would definitely be somewhere in monumento area...

additional info: sa main line ng LRT1, near monumento ay nakasulat naman sa mga post: 911-913, going to the last post in monumento...

any pictures along bagong barrio? may mga poste na rin ba dun?

How pathetic, he's just parroting everything that's been said in this forum and by government officials for over 2 years now. The media is portraying this idea as his, when in fact this is his first comment into the issue. He should grow a pair and push for a quick start to LRT's south extension.

Teves and a few government officials may have been working hard behind the scenes to make the takeover of MRT3 happen and now that the takeover has become an inevitability he comes out and say "hey, we should takeover MRT3." It misleads the public as to whom worked for this to happen and who simply spoke.


Escudero: Gov’t should take over MRT
By Maila Ager
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 22:26:00 03/17/2009

MANILA, Philippines – Senator Francis Escudero on Tuesday called on government to take over the Metro Rail Transit Corp. (MRT) instead of spending millions of pesos on “ghost riders.”

Escudero said his calculations indicate that the government shells out a subsidy of about P42 per passenger, computed against the amount of public funds funneled into the MRT.

“It is like paying for almost three riders more at the current fare…of the MRT, which on the average, is P14 per passenger. The government is paying for riders who are non-existent,” he said in a statement on Tuesday.

“The MRT has long been bailed out by the government. While its coaches are always full, its coffers are always empty,” Escudero said, noting the government spent P579 million in 2007 and P618 million in 2008 to subsidize the mass rail transit system.

For this year, P645 million has been earmarked for subsidies, he added.

To pay for the MRT’s arrears, Escudero said the government spent P2.2 billion in 2007, P2.45 billion in 2008, and is expected to spend some P1.19 billion this year.

Escudero said the government has to pay for what are essentially “ghost riders” because of the “high guaranteed rider-ship forecast” of the MRT at its inception.

Aside from these, Escudero said the MRT has a maintenance contract with a Japanese firm, which he described as “onerous” compared to what the Light Rail Transit Authority pays for the upkeep of the two lines it runs.

He said the MRT has a high maintenance contract with a Japanese firm, which is onerous if compared with lower fees the LRTA is paying for the upkeep of its two lines.

“To top it all, MRT’s debt carries a high 12.5 percent to 15 percent annual interest rate,” Escudero said.

He said it would be better if the government simply took over and ran the MRT.

“If we own it, then let’s run it. And let it be a reminder that when it comes to private-public ventures, never again should we end up privatizing profits while debts are nationalized,” he said.

^^that's what we call traditional politics plagiarism,:lol:

Puro dada si Chiz....sinasakyan ang issue where in fact the planned take over of MRT 3 was conceptualized years ago by DOF officials.

Until now, I'm still looking at the internet, congress website, news clippings - the laws filed by Chiz....meron ba???? significant ba?????

Politicians blowing steam.

However should that ever come true, it would streamline all the MRT/LRT lines ticketing-wise. Having packed trains and platforms are bad enough, but having long queues to buy tickets or to feed your ticket to get into the station can be avoided.

Puro dada si Chiz....sinasakyan ang issue where in fact the planned take over of MRT 3 was conceptualized years ago by DOF officials.

Until now, I'm still looking at the internet, congress website, news clippings - the laws filed by Chiz....meron ba???? significant ba?????

http://www.chizescudero.com/chiz/chizCongress.php

Laws Passed in the Senate:

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9504, TAX RELIEF LAW

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9503, AN ACT EXPANDING THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE COURT OF TAX APPEALS

sa gilid poh idadaan yung railway...

and hey, kahapon poh may nakita akong mga nakadikit na malaking papel sa ilang nasementuhan nang posts... somewhere in balintawak, may mga nakalagay na "P76" to "P73" yata yun... that's going to monumento...

then, near monumento, meron nang "P35"...

by the look of it, "P1" would definitely be somewhere in monumento area...

additional info: sa main line ng LRT1, near monumento ay nakasulat naman sa mga post: 911-913, going to the last post in monumento...

^^^^^^d ka panget tignan o sadyang taggap na ganun na nga itsura pag natapos yan? sanan naman wag masira yung view ng monumento kasi historical treasure na kung tutuusin eh

ano na kaya talaga plano para d masira yung monumento ni bonifacio? wala bang renderings dyan?

hindi naman ccrain ung monumento.. nasabi n before chaka inannounce n s nbn4.. iccurve right lang nila in a way na malayo xa s monument. :)

http://www.chizescudero.com/chiz/chizCongress.php

Laws Passed in the Senate:

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9504, TAX RELIEF LAW

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9503, AN ACT EXPANDING THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE COURT OF TAX APPEALS

Thanks for the info...buti naman may 2 laws na naipasa - co author pa siya....

Reposting here...

Authority gives nod to
SM North Annex station


SM Prime Holdings Inc. and state-run Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) are finalizing an agreement for the construction of an additional station for the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT 1) North Extension project in Quezon City.

The LRTA said the additional station will be located in front of SM North Annex between the Roosevelt and North Avenue stations of the LRT 1 North Extension project.

In its project update, LRTA said SM Prime would foot the bill for the said station.

LRTA had estimated the cost of the additional station at about P100 million. SM Prime has financed a cost-benefit analysis to determine the benefits that would accrue to LRTA should the station be constructed.

“In view of the fact that the proposed additional station would also serve [Metro Rail Transit] Line 7, it has to be recognized that any agreement between LRTA and SM [Prime] pertaining to the additional station would also have to include the proponents of Line 7,” the LRTA said.

A consortium led by Universal LRT Corp. has proposed to build the MRT 7. The consortium is composed of Siemens AG of Germany, Alstom Corp. of France; China National Technical Import and Export Corp., EL International Holdings of Hong Kong, Earth Tech of Tyco International USA, Premier Gold of Japan, Redford Assets Ltd. of the SM group, EEI Corp., Penta Capital Management Corp., Merlin Pacific Capital Inc., TCGI Engineers, and private investors such as George Go and former Finance Secretary Roberto de Ocampo.

The LRT North Extension is estimated to cost around P6.32 billion, and involves the construction and detailed design of a 5.71-kilometer elevated line from Monumento station of LRT 1 to North Avenue of MRT 3. The project would also entail construction of new intermediate stations at Balintawak and Roosevelt, and a terminal station at North Avenue.

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

Of the P6.32-billion project cost, civil and architectural works 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 project will begin construction this year, with target completion in April 2010. Once running, the LRT North Extension is expected to serve about 800,000 to 1 million passengers.
-- Darwin G. Amojelar

MANILA, Philippines -- The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRT) today announced that it targets to increase the ridership of two of its lines by 1.4 million this year.

LRTA administrator Mel Robles said they expect to boost the existing 500,000 riders of LRT line 1 (from Monumento to Baclaran) to 800,000.

He said Line 2 (from Santolan to Recto) will be able to accommodate 600,000 more train riders daily within this year. It now caters to 200,000 commuters, most of whom are students.

Robles added that the LRTA together with the Philippine Association of Printmakers today launched a painting competition — the LRTArt 2009 — under efforts to promote train-riding among commuters.

“We always believe that one way of achieving this is through the promotion of the arts and culture, depicting the lives of Filipinos vis-à-vis the use of the LRT systems,” Robles said.

The two LRT lines have a current combined ridership of 700,000. - By Dennis Carcamo (Philstar News Service, www.philstar.com)

This article was published last May 12, 2008 in Manila Times...

Authority gives nod to SM North Annex station (http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/may/12/yehey/business/20080512bus12.html)

hindi kaya palaging puno tren....pero mga libre ng mga kamaganak ng mga taga mrt din....kaya nalulugi yang mrt....bakit yung ibang line mukhang ok naman

This article was published last May 12, 2008 in Manila Times...

Authority gives nod to SM North Annex station (http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/may/12/yehey/business/20080512bus12.html)

That's why I'm confused....

hmm.. I wonder if that's the first mall in the world to be served by two stations. I mean technically the Araneta 'connection' between Lines 3 and 2 isn't one mall.

hmmm.. yung Odakyu Mall sa Shinjuku Station ng Tokyo is being served by like 20 lines...

^^ now that is gangsta!!!!!!

I agree with Manila-Eye, I view the operations of MRT's current owners with suspicion. They should make public their statistics and be held accountable for whatever anomolies show up.

F&^*ing bloodsucking pseudopatriotic bas*7%$

LRTA says it can meet new Dec. 2009 deadline for LRT 1-MRT 3 loop project (http://http://www.mb.com.ph/node/199560)
Manila Bulletin
By JC BELLO RUIZ
March 19, 2009, 12:00am

The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) says it can meet the new December 2009 deadline imposed by the government for the completion of the LRT Monumento-Baclaran system (Line 1) and Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) loop project which is five months earlier than the original May 2010 deadline.

^^ Wow! I wonder if its going to be the beginning of December or the end of December? I wouldn't mind trying it out when I go home for Christmas... :banana:

LRTA says it can meet new Dec. 2009 deadline for LRT 1-MRT 3 loop project (http://http://www.mb.com.ph/node/199560)
Manila Bulletin
By JC BELLO RUIZ
March 19, 2009, 12:00am

The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) says it can meet the new December 2009 deadline imposed by the government for the completion of the LRT Monumento-Baclaran system (Line 1) and Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) loop project which is five months earlier than the original May 2010 deadline.

nice! that's the guts that im looking for. kudos!

LRTA says it can meet new Dec. 2009 deadline for LRT 1-MRT 3 loop project (http://www.mb.com.ph/node/199560)
Manila Bulletin
By JC BELLO RUIZ
March 19, 2009, 12:00am

The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) says it can meet the new December 2009 deadline imposed by the government for the completion of the LRT Monumento-Baclaran system (Line 1) and Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) loop project which is five months earlier than the original May 2010 deadline.

Nagtataka lang ako, bakit sa mga news articles parang hindi nababanggit ang proposed "Grand Central Station" sa North/EDSA? I'm just fearing na baka kasi hindi talaga part ng plan yun.

Kudos to LRTA. This might as well become the benchmark of train construction for future LRT lines. :)

they can complete
it by the end of this year
but i don't think it'll
immediately become
operational, no?

^^ hehehe pwede, just like the NAIA Skyway Interchange, pinagyabang na ng DPWH na tapos na pero dipa din nagagamit...nyek! :lol:

anyway, Gov't should really buy out the MRT...ang laki ng subsidy for every passenger riding it...

kung ayaw pumayag, i brutal force, expropriation :lol:

hmmm.. yung Odakyu Mall sa Shinjuku Station ng Tokyo is being served by like 20 lines...

lumine at lumine 2 mall ata tinutukoy mo. :)

LRTA says it can meet new Dec. 2009 deadline for LRT 1-MRT 3 loop project (http://http://www.mb.com.ph/node/199560)
Manila Bulletin
By JC BELLO RUIZ
March 19, 2009, 12:00am

The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) says it can meet the new December 2009 deadline imposed by the government for the completion of the LRT Monumento-Baclaran system (Line 1) and Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) loop project which is five months earlier than the original May 2010 deadline.

wow! nice to hear that... mabilis kasi talaga ang construction kaya most likely ay matatapos nga yan by the end of the year...

excited na ako ah! :banana::banana:

Nagtataka lang ako, bakit sa mga news articles parang hindi nababanggit ang proposed "Grand Central Station" sa North/EDSA? I'm just fearing na baka kasi hindi talaga part ng plan yun.

Ang tanong lang ngayon eh kung gagawin nga siyang "Grand Central Station" kasama ang MRT 7 o idurugtong lang sa MRT 3 North Avenue station.

Pinag-uusapan na siguro ito ng LRTA at MRT 7 consortium, wala lang final na design.

Ang tanong lang ngayon eh kung gagawin nga siyang "Grand Central Station" kasama ang MRT 7 o idurugtong lang sa MRT 3 North Avenue station.

Pinag-uusapan na siguro ito ng LRTA at MRT 7 consortium, wala lang final na design.

pag natapos ba ung lrt7 , LRTA ba magpapalakad or parang MRT na kung sino ung nagbuild sila ung magpapalakad... sana LRTA na para isang systema lang.. ayoko kasi ng systemang MRT.. ang kitid ng utak ng mga may-ari:bash:

Ang tanong lang ngayon eh kung gagawin nga siyang "Grand Central Station" kasama ang MRT 7 o idurugtong lang sa MRT 3 North Avenue station.

Pinag-uusapan na siguro ito ng LRTA at MRT 7 consortium, wala lang final na design.

Kasi kung meron nga "Grand Central Station" sa harapan ng SMNE (according dun sa proposal) eh shempre dapat yung MRT3 eh ieextend rin nila papunta run yung linya nila ng isa pang istasyon di ba? Pero may nangyayari ba sa MRT3 side? Mukhang wala naman di ba? Hindi naman pwedeng gagawa ng North Avenue station ang LRT1 tapos idemolish nila later just for GCS to materialize di ba. Dapat may maayos na long term planning to.

Kasi kung meron nga "Grand Central Station" sa harapan ng SMNE (according dun sa proposal) eh shempre dapat yung MRT3 eh ieextend rin nila papunta run yung linya nila ng isa pang istasyon di ba? Pero may nangyayari ba sa MRT3 side? Mukhang wala naman di ba? Hindi naman pwedeng gagawa ng North Avenue station ang LRT1 tapos idemolish nila later just for GCS to materialize di ba. Dapat may maayos na long term planning to.

asa pa tyo.. haha.. bka ang mangyari nyan eh mgkaka north ave station ang lrt 1 tpos ung line connected nlng sa mrt3 tpos nyan maglalagay nlng ng station for mrt 7.. ganun ang nakikita ko.. chopsuy nanaman ang pagpplano nila.. kasi hndi nla nababanggit ang Grand central station eh..un ang tingin ko ah..

asa pa tyo.. haha.. bka ang mangyari nyan eh mgkaka north ave station ang lrt 1 tpos ung line connected nlng sa mrt3 tpos nyan maglalagay nlng ng station for mrt 7.. ganun ang nakikita ko.. chopsuy nanaman ang pagpplano nila.. kasi hndi nla nababanggit ang Grand central station eh..un ang tingin ko ah..

baka ang gagawin nila sa grand central terminal station ay two pairs of rail
tracks, one for mrt3 and lrt1, then 1 for mrt7... kasi super unorganized na tingnan kung tadtad na ng stations ang north edsa...
(dagdagan pa ng aplanong mrt9)

Two types of concession in the Philippines:

Good = ginagawa ang lahat at hindi nationalized ang lugi, kumikita ngunit hindi swapang. Sumusunod sa mga itinakdang batas. e.g. NLEx

Bad = privatized ang profit subalit nationalized ang pagkalugi. Tinalo pa Pasig Ferry. Ayaw makipag-cooperate sa government. Ito ang dapat tine-takeover. e.g. MRT-3

Two types of concession in the Philippines:

Good = ginagawa ang lahat at hindi nationalized ang lugi, kumikita ngunit hindi swapang. Sumusunod sa mga itinakdang batas. e.g. NLEx

Bad = privatized ang profit subalit nationalized ang pagkalugi. Tinalo pa Pasig Ferry. Ayaw makipag-cooperate sa government. Ito ang dapat tine-takeover. e.g. MRT-3

ung lrt2 ba gov't na rin may ari dba? o loan?.. bkit ganun, dapat ung lrt3 dapat ganun narin ung naging contrata.. dahil ba high profile mga contractors and operators kaya pinayagan ni ramos ang ganyang contrata?..

i still remember nasa 20+pesos ata ung pamasahe ng lrt3 dati..

tsaka the design of the whole line of lrt 3, all stations are unique.. bakit kaya? and also mas mura ba ang embankment kesa sa naka elevated post ang line.. pero i noticed mas malaki kinakain na space kapag naka embankment ung rails.. tig-1.5 lanes ata kinain ng embankment on both sides eh.. kaya tuloy ang trapik sa may kamuning area,santolan-anapolis, guadalupe-boni, and sa may taft. Nasayang lang ung space na dapat nailaan na para sa uturn slot or landscape and lightings..

Kasi kung meron nga "Grand Central Station" sa harapan ng SMNE (according dun sa proposal) eh shempre dapat yung MRT3 eh ieextend rin nila papunta run yung linya nila ng isa pang istasyon di ba? Pero may nangyayari ba sa MRT3 side? Mukhang wala naman di ba? Hindi naman pwedeng gagawa ng North Avenue station ang LRT1 tapos idemolish nila later just for GCS to materialize di ba. Dapat may maayos na long term planning to.

Kung titignan iyong masterplan, color coded siya kung ano ang gagawing parte for the LRT-MRT Loop project at kung ano ang idadagdag para sa MRT 7...

http://i40.tinypic.com/vsc8w1.jpg

Kulay blue para sa LRT-MRT Loop project at iyong kulay orange iyong "extension" para sa MRT 7.

:okay: :okay: :okay:

^^ With that kind of design, are the fares separate for each of the line? From the way I see it, there seems to be a wall that separates mrt 7 from mrt 3 because there is an escalator or stairs to the concourse level. I also noticed that there is no platform between lrt1 and mrt3 so passengers could simply walk across to get to another train. Maybe they should simply redesign the fare system instead of causing further inconvenience to the riding public before this project even commence. I could see congestion similar to mrt 3's notorious stations.

Transfer between the trains should be a bit more seamless.

^^ Siguro kung manggagaling ka mula dun sa MRT7 and you'll end up dito sa may NoE, iba siguro ang pasahe.

Ang dapat mag adjust sa pricing is MRT3. Pramis. Dapat gov't na humawak nito.

Hindi siguro nalulugi ang MRT3 dahil sa tadtad ng advertisements sa bawat sulok ng tren station, at kahit sa mga poste.

Pero kung may nangyayaring anomalya sa pagpapatakbo ng MRT3, dapat na itong i-handle ng gobyerno.

^^I don't know if MRT3 is losing money but certainly, it managed by one of the most incompetent companies there is in this country. Well, 15% gov't guarantee is obviously hard to let go. What the MRTC only need to do is to sit down, wait for their 15% guarantee and ask the government for more subsidy while ignoring those poor people packed in their trains like sardines. :ohno:

^^I don't know if MRT3 is losing money but certainly, it managed by one of the most incompetent companies there is in this country. Well, 15% gov't guarantee is obviously hard to let go. What the MRTC only need to do is to sit down, wait for their 15% guarantee and ask the government for more subsidy while ignoring those poor people packed in their trains like sardines. :ohno:

Obviously, the GRP is at the losing end. They're much like AIG...

"Arrogant, Incompetent and Greedy"

:bash::bash::bash::bash::bash:

^^ With that kind of design, are the fares separate for each of the line? From the way I see it, there seems to be a wall that separates mrt 7 from mrt 3 because there is an escalator or stairs to the concourse level. I also noticed that there is no platform between lrt1 and mrt3 so passengers could simply walk across to get to another train. Maybe they should simply redesign the fare system instead of causing further inconvenience to the riding public before this project even commence. I could see congestion similar to mrt 3's notorious stations.

Transfer between the trains should be a bit more seamless.

Yeah, I thought of the same and posted earlier that they should instead put the walkway on the center part and the rails on each side of the platform (like the MRT taft, buendia, boni and shaw stations) so they won't have to get out of the platform to continue with their travel using the other line.

But this plan would of course need both train operators to use either the MRT or the LRT magnetic card for both systems, which is very much viable at this time when the buyout is already being planned out as we speak.

^^ That's why i have the deepest disdain towards the owners of mrt3 right now. They are not just greedy, they have a sickening apathy towards the quality of life of their countrymen and women.

BURN THEM!!! along with the mayors.

Nung nakita ko yung plano nila parang hindi gaganda ang traffic ng mga pasahero kasi bawat linya parang may harang dahil nga iba iba ang pasahe.

Kung separate ang pasahe:

Dapat isang platform lang sa gitna ng mrt3 at lrt1, at may turnstyle lang para sa mga pasaherong lilipat lang sa kabilang system. Dapat sa concourse level palang ihiwalay ang sasakay ng lrt1 at mrt3. Sa originating stations naman (lrt at mrt), isama lahat ng fare rate ng lrt1 at mrt3 para pagdating doon sa transit point para lumipat sa ibang system, hindi ka na bababa at pipila ulit. Ipapasok mo nalang ang card sa turnstyle sa gitna ng platform para makasakay ka sa kabilang system.

I think they should come up with a standard turnstyle on this one.

Seamless transfer is impossible unless we get a real unified ticketing system just like what is implemented at the Singapore MRT. The government really should work on developing this system, especially that the rapid transit lines are expanding.

^^ Tama. Dating dati na ang usaping "unified ticketing scheme" pero hindi makatake-off take-off dahil sa mga balakid (read: MRT consortium) :|

Kung titignan iyong masterplan, color coded siya kung ano ang gagawing parte for the LRT-MRT Loop project at kung ano ang idadagdag para sa MRT 7...

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Kulay blue para sa LRT-MRT Loop project at iyong kulay orange iyong "extension" para sa MRT 7.

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Pero para umabot ang MRT3 sa tapat ng SMNE they should do their part in erecting additional posts from their North Ave. station d b? unless ganun sila kakumpyansa na mabilis lang idagdag yun in a few months na ihahabol na lang nila yun with LRT1 later on.

Kung gugustuhin ba ng gobyerno kaya nila iforce takeover ang MRT3? Parang yung ginawa nila sa NAIA3? Hindi ba maging illegal yun? (NAIA3 kasi inabot ng siyam-siyam bago man lang mabuksan eh. :( )

Seamless transfer is impossible unless we get a real unified ticketing system just like what is implemented at the Singapore MRT. The government really should work on developing this system, especially that the rapid transit lines are expanding.

this is also implemented in bts skytrain.. and add to that, they have machines serving as ticket counters, so no queueing, no wasting of time...

I think they should come up with a standard turnstyle on this one.

Actually, LRT-1, MRT-2 and MRT-3 share the same type of turnstile. The difference is in the ticket: if I were to hypothetically insert an MRT-2 ticket in an LRT-1 turnstile, it will reject the ticket. Same if I were to do it in reverse: an LRT-1 ticket inserted into an MRT-2 turnstile will be rejected as well.

If it weren't for the common turnstile, the MRTC wouldn't be asking for extra LRT-1 tickets when they ran out of tickets after the old ones (the ones with Erap's face on it) were retired back in 2003.

Seamless transfer is impossible unless we get a real unified ticketing system just like what is implemented at the Singapore MRT. The government really should work on developing this system, especially that the rapid transit lines are expanding.

It seems that the Flash Pass is not a very popular option. The best way, I think, would be to make the G-Pass available on all three (soon to be four) lines.

Nung nakita ko yung plano nila parang hindi gaganda ang traffic ng mga pasahero kasi bawat linya parang may harang dahil nga iba iba ang pasahe.

Kung separate ang pasahe:

Dapat isang platform lang sa gitna ng mrt3 at lrt1, at may turnstyle lang para sa mga pasaherong lilipat lang sa kabilang system. Dapat sa concourse level palang ihiwalay ang sasakay ng lrt1 at mrt3. Sa originating stations naman (lrt at mrt), isama lahat ng fare rate ng lrt1 at mrt3 para pagdating doon sa transit point para lumipat sa ibang system, hindi ka na bababa at pipila ulit. Ipapasok mo nalang ang card sa turnstyle sa gitna ng platform para makasakay ka sa kabilang system.

I think they should come up with a standard turnstyle on this one.

Here's another idea, instead of using turnstiles and a unified ticketing system (of course, we will need this eventually), the LRT 1 admin can temporarily use a TRANSFER QUEUE/WAY TO A DEDICATED LRT COACH (the last, perhaps) for people coming from the MRT 3 line and let them continue with their travel only up to the Monumento station (the supposed end station of the now defunct MRT Extension project) and vice versa.

Now as far as the additional fare is concerned, they can let the MRT people receive those on their behalf, which will then be accumulated and used to reduce the government subsidy for the MRT. In the same manner, LRT can collect on MRT's behalf for MRT-bound passengers from their stations.

Question: Can ALL the doors on both sides of the MRT and LRT trains be open at the same time? If possible, this will allow the seamless transfer of passengers from MRT to LRT trains and vice versa.

It seems that the Flash Pass is not a very popular option. The best way, I think, would be to make the G-Pass available on all three (soon to be four) lines.

That would make Globe's wallet really fat though. The government might as well turn the Flash Pass into a real RFID card that can be used on all lines.

^^ Tama. Dating dati na ang usaping "unified ticketing scheme" pero hindi makatake-off take-off dahil sa mga balakid (read: MRT consortium) :|



Pero para umabot ang MRT3 sa tapat ng SMNE they should do their part in erecting additional posts from their North Ave. station d b? unless ganun sila kakumpyansa na mabilis lang idagdag yun in a few months na ihahabol na lang nila yun with LRT1 later on.

Kung gugustuhin ba ng gobyerno kaya nila iforce takeover ang MRT3? Parang yung ginawa nila sa NAIA3? Hindi ba maging illegal yun? (NAIA3 kasi inabot ng siyam-siyam bago man lang mabuksan eh. :( )

It is clearly show in the design that all passenger need to disembark from all trains and use the stairs down to the concourse to purchase another ticket to board to another line.

http://i40.tinypic.com/vsc8w1.jpg



with headway of only 3-7 minutes, a train that will terminate in either line (lrt 1 and mrt 3) would create a bottleneck, since it will have only a single rail each for the terminal. an ideal (and the minimum) number of tracks is two for a waiting train and a arriving train. (we cannot wait for another train heading to the station in the same track as another departs, solving this on a VERY busy system needs proper timetable, as in many Tokyo rail system, a delay in a single train would create a ruckus in every train connected in its network, minding that thousands of late commuters will be disgruntled).

It seems that the Flash Pass is not a very popular option. The best way, I think, would be to make the G-Pass available on all three (soon to be four) lines.

bihira nga nakikita ko gumgamit nyan sa mrt eh.. they should introduce na tlga smart cards..same as the one they use in singapore and some student ids in universities here in the philippines. where-in isswipe mo lang ung card mo tpos maddetect na.. hndi mo na kelang i-insert pa sa isang butas..

taken from vienna transport page: posted by stefanguti

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sana may ganito din tyo along pasig..hehe

^^a ferry will do fine for Pasig.

LRTA wants paintings for railway lines
Updated March 22, 2009 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines - The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) wants beautiful Filipino art, not graffiti, to welcome passengers at the stations of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Lines 1 and 2.

In a project with the Philippine Association of Printmakers, Inc. (PAP), the LRTA has launched the LRT Art 2009 to search for excellent paintings by talented Filipino artists that will be featured in the stations of the LRT Lines 1 and 2.

“We want our Filipino artists to come up with paintings featuring Filipino life and culture that will brighten the commute of our thousands of passengers daily,” Robles told The Star.

The grand prize winner will receive P200,000, five Juror’s Choice recipients will get P100,000 each, and six finalists will get P50,000 each.

Robles said aside from being displayed in LRT Line 1 and 2 stations, winning paintings will also be featured in the LRTA’s 2010 calendar, which will be given away next year when the LRTA celebrates its 30th anniversary.

The submission of all entries will be on May 30, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the LRT Line 2 Cubao station. Robles stressed no entry fee will be collected from those submitting entries to the contest.

The LRTA earlier spearheaded a program to display Spanish poems by the best Spanish and Filipino writers in a project with Instituto Cervantes to promote the Spanish language among LRT Line 1 and 2, and Metro Rail Transit passengers. – Rainier Allan ronda

source: www.philstar.com

Hmm, this sounds similar to Singapore's Art in Transit project. Hope this one succeeds. :)

^^ no vandalism please :)

hi, first post here... ano po ang ruta ng MRT7? pasensiya na po PNR lang ang medyo may alam ako :)

hi, first post here... ano po ang ruta ng MRT7? pasensiya na po PNR lang ang medyo may alam ako :)

welcome......that will be from sm north edsa to san jode del monte city, bulacan

welcome......that will be from sm north edsa to san jode del monte city, bulacan

Hi Sir, thank you very much sa info. so LRT po pala ang nag-continue ng elevated railways from North EDSA to Monumento? tama po ba?

^^yes, that would be the future LRT-1 North EDSA Station to Baclaran Station,

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Toyota, Bagong Barrio towards Gen. Malvar...
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Toyota Bagong Barrio towards Cloverleaf, Balintawak...
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^^ Han742, Thanks sa update :)....kakainis talaga yung mga wires in picture no. 3....

kelan kaya nila pagddugtogdugtungin yung mga posts...
sa tingin ko bangin view system din ang lrt1 north parang lrt2
pagsilip mo sa baba kalsada makikita mo :lol::lol::lol:

LRTA wants paintings for railway lines
Updated March 22, 2009 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines - The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) wants beautiful Filipino art, not graffiti, to welcome passengers at the stations of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Lines 1 and 2.

In a project with the Philippine Association of Printmakers, Inc. (PAP), the LRTA has launched the LRT Art 2009 to search for excellent paintings by talented Filipino artists that will be featured in the stations of the LRT Lines 1 and 2.

“We want our Filipino artists to come up with paintings featuring Filipino life and culture that will brighten the commute of our thousands of passengers daily,” Robles told The Star.

The grand prize winner will receive P200,000, five Juror’s Choice recipients will get P100,000 each, and six finalists will get P50,000 each.

Robles said aside from being displayed in LRT Line 1 and 2 stations, winning paintings will also be featured in the LRTA’s 2010 calendar, which will be given away next year when the LRTA celebrates its 30th anniversary.

The submission of all entries will be on May 30, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the LRT Line 2 Cubao station. Robles stressed no entry fee will be collected from those submitting entries to the contest.

The LRTA earlier spearheaded a program to display Spanish poems by the best Spanish and Filipino writers in a project with Instituto Cervantes to promote the Spanish language among LRT Line 1 and 2, and Metro Rail Transit passengers. – Rainier Allan ronda

source: www.philstar.com

Parang kwento lang iyan ni Propesor Balisungsung: Mayroong apong propesyonal si bandalismo.

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ganda ng pwesto ng mga flags nakaka uplift ng nationalism..pesteng mga wires yan kaso d naman pwede tanggalin agad

bihira nga nakikita ko gumgamit nyan sa mrt eh.. they should introduce na tlga smart cards..same as the one they use in singapore and some student ids in universities here in the philippines. where-in isswipe mo lang ung card mo tpos maddetect na.. hndi mo na kelang i-insert pa sa isang butas..

wala ng gumagamit ng g-pass dahil wala ng g-pass. matagal na nilang itinigil. :)