Improvements on LRT Line 1 under way

3:21 am | Wednesday, September 19th, 2012

Improvements on the three-decade-old Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 1 finally started following a local construction firm’s successful bid to secure the contract for a key component of the rehabilitation project.

In a notice of award published Tuesday, the Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) announced that phase 2 of the LRT Line 1’s comprehensive safety, reliability and capacity improvement project was given to local industrial firm Jorgman Planning and Development Corp.

The awarding of the phase 2 contract comes more than nine months after the five-phase LRT Line 1 rehabilitation project was announced.

The contract worth P104.76 million involves the replacement of gantry anchor bolts that run through 23 kilometers of the LRT Line 1’s original section from Baclaran in Pasay to Monumento, Caloocan. The previous approved budget for the phase 2 project was P150 million.

In its original invitation, the DoTC said the gantry bolts, which hold up the overhead cables that deliver the electricity used by train cars, have corroded after decades of use.

The replacement of these 1,760 anchoring bolts was supposed to start last March and be done in three years.

Other phases of Line 1’s rehabilitation project include the replacement of 23 kilometers of train tracks that were installed when the LRT 1 was first built.

This will cost the government P381 million and will take more than a year to complete.

The DoTC has also earmarked an additional P184 million for the procurement of modified “bogie” frames, or chassis, that support train cars’ bodies, propulsion, suspension, braking and other systems.

The fourth phase will cover the rehabilitation of 21 dilapidated train cars, which are still in use, while the final phase involves the P197-million restoration of 14 train cars that are no longer running due to damage and other defects.

Apart from the rehabilitation of the existing line, the government also plans to extend the LRT Line 1 from Baclaran to Cavite—a project that will cost the state and its eventual private sector partner a total of P60 billion.

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Tags: Department of Transportation and Communications , Light Rail Transit (LRT) , LRT Line 1 , Philippines , rail transport , rehabilitation

Mang_Teban

Dami nating reklamo sa LRT pero hindi ba natin naisip na ang mga kakulangan na ito ay dahil na rin sa napakamura niyang pamasahe. Maganda nga ang MRT systems sa mga ibang bansa pero di hamak na mas mataas din ang pamasahe nito kumpara dito satin. Sa bawat improvement may kaakibat din na presyo. Ang hirap satin reklamo tayo ng reklamo pero ayaw naman mag sakripisyo kung kinakailangan.
screwdisk

Punta po kayo ng Singapore, tingnan nyo ang train system nila…. superb!

Le Commentor

Try going to Japan then. You can like go from Batanes to Jolo just by train.
It’s like every barangay has a train station. Plus very convenient and easy to navigate.

Oh well.. I hate going in such places as I’m seeing a lot how our country was lagging. tsk tsk.

themask celestial

I hope that the LRT management will look on how to sell efficiently the ticket on LRT and MRT. Sa MRT, may mga pila na it will take you 10-20 mins to get a ticket. Imagine, 15 mins. ticket buying, another 10-15 mins waiting plus 15-30 mins trip. Parang its still better to ride in a bus. Ang hindi ko maintindihan ay bat ang load ng cell can be buy in any 7-11 convinience store bat ang LRT can’t? They can also sell the prepaid ticket in lower denomination like 30, 50 or 70. The reason why people don’t buy the prepaid eventhough they daily use the MRT is the high price. Imagine, mawala mo nga naman ang worth 100 na ticket. With Mar Roxas, spent 2 years as DOTC sect, wala man lang syan na icontribute for the betterment of the public transpo. I am not sure anong gagawin nya as Sec. of Local Govt.

Another thing to improve is bawasan yung mga benches, para maaccomodate ang mas maraming passengers. Chairs is only for old and pregnant women. In some countries, most of the train has very limited chairs, talagang for passengers who are in need ang gumagamit. WIth aTama din si Nic Legazpi, they have to improve the design of the stations. Its so stressfull to be in the place everyday. They can paint some calming or brighlty colors or put some plants to beautify the place. Sana, we can learn from Bangkok how to use vertical gradening. Its just the govt don’t care about the riding public. No wonder, the filipinos are the most stressed people on the earth as per Reader Digest survey.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000532465679 Donardo Cuago

WKMS: WALA KANG MALING SINABI! AGREE 100%!

carlorocci

LRT line 1 needs double decker train chouches…To prevent passengers from quarrelling for space…

Nagsusuntukan na nga minsan yun mga pasahero, nagtutulakan pa sa pagpasok, dami pa mandurukot…..

Sa LRT at MRT makikita mo ang ugaling pinoy “crab mentality”, lahat gusto makauna, nagtutulakan walang disiplina…..
Nic Legaspi

I hope one of LRT-1′s future plans would be to redesign its stations so they wouldn’t look like something you’d see in a classic movie. They’re dark, ugly, and covered in soot. Oh, and an automated ticketing system that is easy to learn and dispenses tickets quickly would help the commuting public.

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