Month: June 2019

28 June 2019 – Light Rail Transit 1 (LRT-1) operator Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) today announced adjustments on their train operating hours to accommodate system upgrading works for improved safety and reliability of train service.

Effective July 29, last train from Baclaran (northbound) will depart 9:30PM and from Roosevelt (southbound) at 9:45PM, on all days. First trips schedule remains 4:30AM for both directions.

LRMC Operations Director Bobby San Jose shared, “The system upgrade and rehabilitation work will include the replacement of the auxiliary power supply and train control and monitoring system among many others.”

“We want to give our commuters a quality transportation that they deserve. And to be able to provide them a safe, reliable, efficient, and comfortable journey, we need to update and upgrade our signalling system,” Engr. San Jose added.

The schedule of the last trips will be effective starting July 29, according to Engr. San Jose.

LRMC shares despite the train timetable adjustment, they will still have more than 17 operating hours compliant to the minimum timetabled revenue service hours on normal weekdays.

LRMC targets to finish all maintenance and rehabilitation work by October 2020.

LRMC is a joint venture company of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation’s Metro Pacific Light Rail Corporation (MPLRC), Ayala Corporation’s AC Infrastructure Holdings Corporation (AC Infra), and the Philippine Investment Alliance for Infrastructure’s Macquarie Infrastructure Holdings (Philippines) PTE Ltd. (MIHPL).

““LRMC aims to improve the customer experience and continue to improve the quality of people’s transport commute.” — JUAN F. ALFONSO

MANILA, Philippines, 25 June, 2019 — Light Rail Manila Corp. (LRMC), private operator of LRT Line 1, announced today that it has started expanding the EDSA Station for improved safety, comfort and convenience of passengers traversing the line’s second busiest station.

LRMC President and CEO Juan Alfonso explained, “We will widen the passenger concourse area of EDSA Station to more than 400 square meters – which is more than five times the current floor area of 70 square meters.”

EDSA Station serves more than 52,000 passengers on weekdays. Mr. Alfonso disclosed that the current concourse, or the area where people queue to purchase LRT-1 tickets, is, “inadequate for the number of riders, particularly during peak hours”.

“Queuing areas, and unpaid areas will be expanded to handle increased passenger flow,” Mr. Alfonso added. “LRMC aims to improve the customer experience and continue to improve the quality of people’s transport commute.”

The expansion is also adequate to meet current and future ridership demand at EDSA Station, according to Mr. Alfonso. “The station will only get busier once the Cavite Extension is finished, with an expected 50% increase in ridership,” he said.

LRMC has recently started the construction of the 12-kilometer LRT-1 Cavite Extension. Phase 1, covering five stations from Pasay City to Parañaque City, is expected to be completed in 2022.

MANILA, Philippines, June 7, 2019 —  Light Rail Manila Corporation proved yet again how it values innovation. On May 31, 2019, Technical Adviser for Operations and Maintenance Emmanuel Lucas together with a technical adviser from Paris Metro’s Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens(RATP) Pascal Pellacoeur received in Singapore the company’s first gold Stevie Award at the sixth annual Asia-Pacific Stevie® Awards. It is the only awards program to recognize innovation in business throughout the entire Asia-Pacific region.

“This award  is for the Philippine Government and the
Filipino people who deserve nothing less than safe, reliable, efficient and comfortable journeys.”

LRMC’s first golden Stevie is for the Automated Train Operations Management System (ATOMS) which was developed internally and launched in February 2018 to enable strategic traffic management that ensures a train is at every station every three minutes.

“ATOMS has enabled LRMC to efficiently optimize resources
to meet customer needs for more trains, more trips, shorter queueing time, more comfortable and faster rides…”

“This award  is for the Philippine Government and the Filipino people who deserve nothing less than safe, reliable, efficient and comfortable journeys. Their aspiration for a better transport system in Metro Manila is what moves us every day to continuously deliver service excellence,” said ATOMS project manager Lucas in his acceptance speech. LRMC President and CEO Juan Alfonso said: “ATOMS has enabled LRMC to efficiently optimize resources to meet customer needs for more trains, more trips, shorter queueing time, more comfortable and faster rides – enabling passengers to get home earlier and spend more time with their families.”

About the Stevie® Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in seven programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at https://www.StevieAwards.com.