The subway which is about 30 meters away from the surface and with length of 25.3 kilometer. It also has 14 stations which will start from Mindanao and Quirino stations in Quezon City, it will traverse through Bonifacio Global City and will end at FTI Taguig City. the subway is expected to serve 300,000 commuters everyday. The subway system is could minimize the travel time in EDSA by 30%.
The initial project cost will be around 277 billion pesos which will come from Japan.
the MMDA and Phivolcs are among the agencies to be the first to conduct initial planning for the subway system. This way, they will address the safety issues if ever natural occurrences like flooding and earthquake such as the anticipated "The Big One".
JICA's research has anticipated the number of commuters to rise up to 9 million in 2030 from the present 1.5 million.
DOTr Secretary Art Tugade, DPWH Secretary Mark Villar, and MMDA Chairman Danny Lim visit the Shin-Yokohama subway train station, which is undergoing construction. The DOTr will use Japanese Tunneling Technology in building the Metro Manila Subway.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to sign the loan agreement on his visit to the Philippines this coming November.
The subway is expected to start before the end of 2019 and to be completed in the middle of 2024.
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