The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has awarded the electrical and mechanical systems and track works for the Malolos-Clark Railway project and the North-South Railway Project Line (Commuter) to Japan’s Mitsubishi.
DOTr Undersecretary for Administration and Finance Kim Robert De Leon said the P37 billion contract covers the second leg of the North-South Commuter Rail project which is targeted for completion by 2025.
De Leon directed Mitsubishi to submit performance security within 28 days as required under the provisions of the contract.
The project will have six train stations in Calumpit, Apalit, San Fernando, Angeles, Clark and Clark Airport. It aims to cut travel time between Malolos, Bulacan and Clark, Pampanga from 1.5 hours to just 30 minutes.
It will also feature the country’s first Airport Railway Express Service.
Phase 2 forms part of the 147-kilometer NSCR line which will have 35 stations and 464 train cars, with 58 eight-car train sets configuration.
PNR Clark 1 rail line, on the other hand , will have 10 stations and will traverse the cities of Manila, Caloocan, Valenzuela, and Meycauayan and the municipalities of Marilao, Bocaue, Balagtas and Guiguinto and Malolos City.
The P777.55-billion NSCR System is the single largest infrastructure project funded by the Asian Development Bank.
