Rail operator ready for higher demand

Light Rail Manila Corp. said it is ready for increased demand resulting from the planned Common Station Project of LRT Line 1, MRT3 and MRT7.

“The project will mean LRT-1 will be able to service an additional 45,000 LRT-1 commuters or 10 percent of the current 450,000 average daily ridership,” LRMC president and chief executive Rogelio Singson said.

The government plans to build the P2.8-billion common station by December and  complete it by 2019.

He noted the existing rail system had already increased ridership by 19 percent and passenger capacity per hour by 26 percent after implementing strategies to increase the number of operational LRVs, complemented with the increase in number of trips daily.