Korea Railroad Wins '17 Billion KRW' Philippine Railway Consulting Project

Korea Railroad Corporation (KORAIL) has secured a consulting contract worth 17 billion KRW for the operation and maintenance of the Philippine urban railway.

Exterior photo of Korea Railroad Corporation Daejeon Headquarters. Provided by Korea Railroad Corporation

According to KORAIL on the 17th, this project involves consulting on the overall operation and maintenance of 14 stations along the 23 km section connecting Quezon City and Bulacan on the soon-to-open Manila Metro Line 7 (hereinafter Philippine MRT-7). The contract period is 45 months.

Earlier, KORAIL received a notice of award for the 'Philippine MRT-7 Operation and Maintenance Consulting Project' from San Miguel, the project owner, last month.

The project will commence this month and provide consulting across all operation and maintenance areas, including system verification and testing (SI), comprehensive trial operation (T&C), reliability verification and management (RAM), and information technology.

KORAIL has been conducting long-term technical consulting, including the design of the MRT-7 project since 2016, which led to undertaking the consulting project for MRT-7 operation and maintenance.

Separately from the consulting project, KORAIL also secured a project for training new drivers and controllers for MRT-7, with education scheduled to begin next month and continue for one year.

Ko Jun-young, Acting President of KORAIL, stated, "KORAIL will leverage its extensive experience in operating railways stably over a long period to accelerate the development of overseas markets."

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