DOTr eyes finishing the Unified Grand Central Station by 2027

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The transportation department says it aims to complete the Unified Grand Central Station for Metro Manila’s train lines by 2027.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/business/unified-grand-central-common-station-dotr-target-2027/

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00:00The Transportation Department says it aims to complete the unified Grand Central Station

00:05for Metro Manila's train lines by 2027. Based on the project design, the MRT-7 will share a joint

00:11station with the MRT-3 and the LRT-1 at EDSA Corner North Avenue, Quezon City.

00:16Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon says the station's timely completion is crucial because

00:20the MRT-7 is expected to start operating in 2026. The P2.8 billion common station project was

00:27awarded to BF Corporation and Foresight Development and Surveying Company in 2019.

00:32It was supposed to be completed in 2022 but was delayed multiple times due to the pandemic.

00:38The MRT-7 will be operated by the San Miguel Corporation. It will run from North Avenue

00:43in Quezon City to San Jose del Monte, Bulacan. LRT-1, which now runs from Fernando Poe Jr.

00:48Station in Quezon City to Dr. A. Santos in Sucat, is being extended from Parañaque City to Bacaor,

00:54Cavite. MRT-3 starts at North Avenue in Quezon City and ends at Taft Avenue in Pasay.

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