Railway Corporation Begins Feasibility Study for Philippine Light Rail Project

Chairman Kim Han-young (first from the left) of the Korea Rail Network Authority and others held a video conference with Timothy John Batan, Vice Minister of the Philippine Department of Transportation, on the 5th ahead of the preliminary feasibility study for the Philippine Light Rail Transit Line 2. Photo by Korea Rail Network Authority

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Korea Rail Network Authority will begin a preliminary feasibility study next month on the Manila Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) section from Antipolo to Cogeo in the Philippines.

According to the Rail Network Authority on the 6th, the feasibility study is a project requested by the Philippine government during the 2019 Korea-Philippines Infrastructure Cooperation Forum.

Accordingly, the Rail Network Authority will directly conduct the project with domestic mid-sized companies Suseong Engineering and Daea T&I to investigate the feasibility of the project over eight months, including traffic demand surveys, ground surveys, and financing plans for the local LRT-2 in the Philippines.

The Philippine LRT-2 project aims to alleviate chronic traffic congestion in Manila by constructing a light rail transit line over a total length of 5.64 km with a project cost of 400 billion KRW.

The Rail Network Authority has maintained continuous communication with the Philippine government since the project viability review stage. It also plans to play a leading role in helping domestic companies gain a competitive edge in future bidding for the Philippine LRT-2 project.

Ahead of the feasibility study, the Rail Network Authority held a video conference on the 5th with Timothy John Batan, Vice Minister of the Philippine Department of Transportation, to discuss project implementation.

Kim Han-young, Director of the Rail Network Authority, said, “Based on our expertise and technology in overseas railway projects in Indonesia, Thailand, India, and others, we will expand our business scope to the Philippines and contribute to spreading the government’s ‘New Southern Policy’ achievements.”

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