Trains for the Metro Rail Transit 7 (MRT-7) will arrive in the Philippines by the first week of September 2021, according to DOTr Secretary Art Tugade.
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These trains, consisting of six train cars (two trainsets), were procured from Hyundai ROTEM Company in South Korea.
The MRT-7 Project is a 22-km railway project that aims to reduce travel time from North Avenue in Quezon City and San Jose del Monte in Bulacan from the current 2-3 hours to just 35 minutes.
It has 14 stations and can accommodate up to 525,000 to 850,000 passengers daily
MRT-7 construction activities on the guideway and stations as well as the electronic and mechanical works continue amid the pandemic.
The Unsolicited Proposal for the MRT-7 was first submitted to the then DOTC in 2001. The Concession Agreement was signed in 2008, groundbreaking activity was in April 2016, while actual construction started in August 2016.
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