LRT-2 and MRT-3 (File photo courtesy of DOTr) The Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced on Friday, Sept. 15, that government workers will receive free rides on the MRT-3 and LRT-2 from Sept. 18 to 20 in commemoration of the 123rd civil service anniversary. In separate cautions, the...
The Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) on Monday, Sept. 4, apologized following the incident at the Light Rail Transit 1 (LRT 1) - Monumento Station in Caloocan City where a finger of a man got stuck between the doors of a train last Aug. 23. “We sincerely apologize for the unfortunate incident...
The late National Artist Fernando Poe Jr. Starting Sunday, Aug. 20, the Light Rail Transit-1's (LRT-1) Roosevelt Station in Quezon City will now be called FPJ Station. Senator Grace Poe, former Senate President Tito Sotto III and...
A 26-year-old passenger was injured after allegedly falling onto tracks of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 1 on Saturday morning, Aug. 19. In a press statement, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said a man fell on southbound tracks of Blumentritt Station at 6:12 a.m. as a train was...
At the inauguration of new light rail transit (LRT-1) trains, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said the government will keep pursuing public transportation projects in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Marcos cited his pronouncement in his first State of...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) The Light Rail Transit (LRT) and Metro Rail Transit (MRT) should improve their service first before implementing a fare hike. This was Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte's simple retort to the train lines' administrators--the...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Facebook) An additional burden to Filipino commuters. That's how Makabayan solon ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro described the impending fare hikes on Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) and LRT Line 2 (LRT-2). "Commuters are still reeling from...
Light Rail Transit Line 2 Saying that Filipinos are still reeling from the effects of inflation, Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte asked railway authorities to defer the impending fare increase on the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) and LRT Line 2 (LRT-2). “I am making an...
Any fare increase at the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system is a pain in the pocket. “Improvement in train services and facilities should come before any fare increase, not the other way around,” Senator Grace Poe, chairperson of the Senate public services committee, on Monday, June 19, said....
Daily commuters on the LRT and MRT lines heaved a sigh of relief last week when President Marcos ordered a deferment of proposed fare increases “pending a thorough study on (its) economic impact.” The last approved fare increase for the LRT-2 and MRT-3 lines was in 2015. The LRT-1 operator,...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Rep.Lee's office, MANILA BULLETIN) A neophyte congressman hailed President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Thursday, April 13 for asking the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to postpone the planned fare...
A train from the LRT-2 line. Raising the fare for the Light Rail Transit (LRT)-1 and LRT-2 isn't appropriate at this time. Thus, said Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman as she welcomed President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s decision to defer the planned fare hikes for the two train...
