by Raadee Sausa February 2, 2021 IMUS, Cavite - The first batch of 120 train cars from Spain and Mexico ordered for LRT-1 Cavite extension h...
February 2, 2021
IMUS, Cavite - The first batch of 120 train cars from Spain and Mexico ordered for LRT-1 Cavite extension has arrived on Tuesday.
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) held the arrival ceremony for the train cars that will be used to form the 4th generation trains for the said line.
The DOTr said, the delivery was made possible in partnership with Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA), Light Rail Manila Corp. (LRMC), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Mitsubishi Corp., and Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocariles (CAF) and CMX Consortium.
“I served JICA as an Executive Senior Vice President for four years, so I share this same ardent passion with the DOTr leadership. Now that I’m here in this country, I made it my commitment to work closely with our friends from the Philippine government to achieve these infrastructure goals, together with JICA,” Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Kazuhiko Koshikawa said.
For his part, Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade said, “19 years ago, this project was started. So, under the Duterte Administration, we pushed and pushed hard. That is why today, we see the steps of the whole realization of this project–partial operability within this year, by accepting the trains and the cars.”
“The Duterte administration is making sure that the promises made 19 years ago will materialize, will certainly materialize, and will truly materialize," he added.
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