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Manila Bulletin devider devider Sumitomo-MHI-TESP takes over MRT-3 rehab

Sumitomo-MHI-TESP takes over MRT-3 rehab

Published May 1, 2019 05:53 pm
Transportation Secretary Arthur P. Tugade announced Wednesday that Sumitomo Corporation, its technical partner, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), and MHI's fully-owned Phil­ippine subsidiary, TES Philippines (TESP), formally took over the reins of the comprehensive rehabilitation and maintenance of the Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT-3) on Wednesday. DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade (DOTr / MANILA BULLETIN) DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade
(DOTr / MANILA BULLETIN) The MRT-3 Maintenance Transition Team (MTT) handed over the task to the private contractor in a ceremony on Tuesday at the MRT-3 Depot in Quezon City. Sumitomo-MHI-TESP started han­dling all rehabilitation and maintenance works for MRT-3 to restore the railway system back to its original design condi­tion. During the ceremony, the MTT formalized the transfer of documents to Sumitomo-MHI-TESP as the new rehabilitation and maintenance service provider for the railway line. Tugade congratulated the official turnover to Sumitomo-MHI-TESP, not­ing that the strong partnership between the Philippines and Japan will result in much-improved operations and services for the passengers of MRT-3. “As we celebrate today’s milestone, let us remember that there is still a lot of work ahead of us. We aim to restore the MRT-3 – currently, our main mass transit – to its high-grade design condition, in the hope that we can look to the future and improve on its infrastructure,” Tugade said in a statement. The hand-over ceremony for the rehabilitation and maintenance works was led by DOTr Undersecretary for Rail­ways Timothy John Batan, together with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Chief Representative Yoshio Wada, MRT-3 General Manager Rodolfo Garcia, MRT-3 Director for Operations and Maintenance Transition Team Head Michael Capati, Sumitomo Infrastructure Department Director and General Man­ager Masanori Honda, MHI Engineering Project Manager Koji Nishiyama, and TESP Chairman Kiyoshi Morita. Under the MRT-3 Rehabilitation Proj­ect, Sumitomo-MHI-TESP will undertake the overhaul of all of MRT-3's 72 Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs), replace all mainline tracks, rehabilitate power and overhead catenary systems, upgrade signaling, communications and CCTV systems, and repair all of MRT-3's escalators and elevators, among other system repairs and improvements. As the original designer, builder, and maintenance provider of the MRT-3 for 12 years, Sumitomo-MHI-TESP brings with it an extensive track record in railway engineering, construction, and mainte­nance, and is the best fit for the challenging task of restoring MRT-3 to its design condition. As early as end-2018, Sumitomo-MHI-TESP has already conducted advance transition works for the rehabilitation project. In February 2019, ahead of receiving any advance payment, it began procure­ment of tracks, train parts, and other necessary components for the compre­hensive rehabilitation and maintenance of MRT-3. The project will last for 43 months, with rehabilitation works slated for completion within the first 26 months. It is expected that the MRT-3 Rehabil­itation Project will increase the number of operating trains during peak hours from 15 to 20, double operating speed from 30 to 60 kilometers per hour, and cut by half the time between trains from 7-10 minutes to 3.5 minutes. Wada said Sumitomo-MHI-TESP is ready to begin maintenance works to provide efficient and reliable service as well as comfort to commuters.
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