The government is still setting its eyes on China's funding for the South Long Haul Railway Project, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said. Transport Secretary Jaime Bautista told reporters that the Export-Import Bank of China sent its technical working group to the country last year to look...
The Philippine National Railways (PNR) will be reopening its Naga-Legazpi route starting on Dec. 27. For a P15 to P155 fare, a commuter can ride the train from Naga to Legazpi at 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. from Legazpi to Naga. The four trips are daily, from Monday to Friday. The...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is eyeing to seek assistance from Japan or two other international financial institutions to bankroll three major railways project in Luzon and Mindanao. DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista said Japan, through its Japan International Cooperation Agency...
The government is looking at India and Japan for funding the three railways projects formerly funded by China, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said Japan and India are being eyed to support the Subic-Clark Railway, Philippine National Railways (PNR) South...
Map of Bicol (Google maps) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is upbeat over President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s decision to put the stalled Bicol railway project back on track. “We Bicolanos certainly welcome the government’s decision to put back on the negotiating table...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte hopes that the Marcos administration's commitment to continue the previous leadership's infrastructure modernization program would involve the completion of two flagship transportation projects in his home region of Bicol. (Wikipedia) These two...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade inspected on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, a new Philippine National Railways (PNR) route that aims to connect the provinces of Laguna and Quezon. (Courtesy of DOTr) Tugade said that the PNR San Pablo- Lucena route will not only link the...
Construction works for the long-awaited Philippine National Railways (PNR) Bicol, also known as the South Long Haul Project, are set to start within the first quarter of 2022, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said. PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RAILWAYS (PNR) "Yung construction works mag-uumpisa po...
33350 The Philippine National Railway (PNR) Bicol, otherwise known as the South Long Haul Project, will employ over 5,000 people per year directly, during its construction. “For our compatriots in the South who have dreamt of this project for so long, we are finally seeing the light of day,"...
Partial operability of a segment of the Philippine National Railway's (PNR) Bicol project is being eyed to begin by April next year, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade announced on Monday, Sept. 27. Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade inspects the Lucena Station in...