Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 7

MRT Line 7
Overview
Type Rapid transit
System Manila Universal MRT System
Status Under construction
Locale Metro Manila and Bulacan
Termini San Jose del Monte
North Avenue
Stations 14
Services 1
Daily ridership 300,000 (initial)
800,000 (design capacity)
Operation
Opened April 2020 (Estimated)
Owner Universal LRT Corp BVI Ltd (ULC)
Operator(s)

Universal LRT Corp BVI Ltd (ULC)

Department of Transportation and Communications
Rolling stock Hyundai Rotem [1]
Technical
Line length 22.8 km
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification Third rail
Route map
Legend

 San Jose del Monte
 Tala

 Sacred Heart
 Quirino
 Mindanao Avenue
 Regalado Avenue
 Doña Carmen

 Manggahan
 Batasan

 Don Antonio
 Tandang Sora
 University Avenue
Quezon Memorial
 North Avenue   LRT1 

The Manila Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7) is an under construction rapid transit line in Metro Manila in the Philippines. If completed, the line would be 22.8 km long with 14 stations. The line has been projected running in a northeast direction, traversing Quezon City and a part of North Caloocan in Metro Manila before ending in the city of San Jose del Monte in Bulacan province.

The MRT-7 project will cost an estimated US$ 1.54 billion or PHP 62.7 billion.[2] Under the proposal, it will have a combined 44-km of road and rail transportation project from the Bocaue exit of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) to the intersection of North Avenue and Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA). The 22-km, 6-lane asphalt road will connect the NLEX to the major transportation hub development in San Jose del Monte.

History

Universal MRT Corporation, which was composed of a consortium of the Tranzen Group, EEI Corporation and SM Prime Holdings and led by former Finance Secretary Roberto de Ocampo submitted an unsolicited proposal to the Philippine Department of Transportation in 2002. In June 2007, DOTC presented a Swiss Challenge in which four business firms submitted their counter proposal. In January 2008, DOTC announced that the ULC proposal emerged as winner and the contract was signed. San Miguel Corporation acquired a majority stake in Universal MRT Corporation (ULC) in October 2010.[3]

In May 2009, The Investment Coordination Committee (ICC) of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) approved the MRT-7 project. Construction of MRT-7 should have commenced in January 2010, but has been postponed several times since then.[4]

In January 2016 Hyundai Rotem announced that it won a US$ 440.2m contract with Universal MRT Corporation (ULC) to supply 108 Metro Cars, Signalling, Communication and Power supply systems.[5][6]

In February 2016, San Miguel Corporation started the construction related activities such as soil testing and surveying of the MRT 7.[7]

The project broke ground on April 20, 2016 and would be finished by April 2020.[8] The event was graced by President Benigno Aquino III and he emphasized that after the completion of the project, 350,000 passengers everyday will benefit from the rail transit.[9]

The proposed stations (listed south to north) are:

Station City
North Avenue Quezon City
Quezon Memorial
University Avenue
Tandang Sora
Don Antonio
Batasan
Manggahan
Doña Carmen
Regalado Highway
Mindanao Avenue
Quirino
Sacred Heart Caloocan City
Tala
San Jose del Monte San Jose del Monte, Bulacan

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/asia/hyundai-rotem-trains-for-manila-line-mrt-7.html
  2. ↑ "SMC vows to finish MRT 7 project by August 2019". Public-Private Partnership Center. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Infrastructure". San Miguel Corporation. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Construction of MRT-7 seen to start in 2014". Philippine Daily Inquirer. November 29, 2013.
  5. ↑ Barrow, Keith. "Hyundai Rotem trains for Manila Line MRT-7". Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  6. ↑ "Hyundai Rotem wins $440mn turn-key project in Philippines - Pulse by Maeil Business News Korea". pulsenews.co.kr. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  7. ↑ Daxim L. Lucas (15 Feb 2016). "SMC seals financing for P63B MRT-7 commuter project". Inquirer. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  8. ↑ Ces Dimalanta and Emmie Abadilla (20 Apr 2016). "DOTC, SMC break ground for P69.3B MRT-7". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "Construction Begins for MRT Line 7, Connecting QC to Bulacan". PropertyAsiaPH. 20 Apr 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
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