00:00Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista will lead today's inspection of the North-South Commuter Railway project,
00:07particularly the Balagtas Station in Bulacan and the Malanday Depot in Valenzuela City.
00:13Ryan Lesigue is live in the details.
00:19Audrey, what you see here on my right is the physical progress of the Balagtas Station of the North-South Commuter Railway.
00:28While what you see here on my left is the original station of the PNR here in Balagtas.
00:35That's a big difference, Audrey, because the new station here in Balagtas is elevated
00:40compared to the old PNR which is located directly on the ground.
00:47The Balagtas Station and the Malanday Depot of the North-South Commuter Railway Project, or NSCR,
00:52will be personally inspected today by DOTR Secretary Jaime Bautista.
00:58It includes 10 stations from Malolos to Tutuban.
01:01Bautista will first inspect the NSCR Balagtas Station at 9 a.m.
01:06The station has a length of 180 meters.
01:09As of May 2024, the completion rate of the project is already at 93.50%.
01:15This is higher, Audrey, compared to the 71.65% progress rate in 2023 in the same month.
01:22The Balagtas Station is state-of-the-art, Audrey. It has two elevators and six escalators.
01:28It also has an eight-car electric multiple unit with a speed of 120 kilometers per hour.
01:33Secretary Bautista will also visit the 14-hectare Malanday Depot later.
01:38The completion rate is already at 71.18% as of May 2024.
01:43The Malanday Depot has five houses that are counted by the Operation Control Center,
01:48Light Repair Shop, Workshop, Wheel Reprofiling, Depot Substation 1, and Miscellaneous Building.
01:56Audrey, by the time this NSCR project is operational from Malolos to Tutuban,
02:03300,000 passengers will benefit from it every day. Audrey.
02:09Thank you very much, Ryan Lesigues.
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