Construction cost of North-South Commuter Railway raised to P777B
The Investment Coordination Committee-Cabinet Committee (ICC-CabCom) approved on November 6 the change in scope and increase in cost of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR)…
House oks creation of Philippine National Railway Authority
The Lower House committees on government enterprises, legislative franchise, and transportation approved in a joint hearing a bill seeking to restructure the Philippine National…
DOTr to put up railways training center with JICA, academe
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has partnered with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and various academic institutions to establish the first-ever Philippine Railways…
Calamba-Batangas freight train project set for feasibility study
Meralco subsidiary MRAIL Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the local government of Batangas to carry out a feasibility study on…
Talks on P10B MICT-Calamba cargo rail project resume
MRail Inc. said it has resumed talks with state-run Philippine National Railways (PNR) on the proposed P10-billion cargo rail project that will connect the…
The Philippine government detailed its massive infrastructure program dubbed “Build, Build, Build” at The Dutertenomics Forum on April 18. Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said…
Draft bills forming Mindanao railway agencies clear first reading
The Philippine Lower House has approved on first reading the bills that will create a Mindanao Railways Corporation (MRC) and a Mindanao Railways Authority…
ICTSI, MRail strike deal to reopen MICT-Laguna cargo rail service
MRail, Inc. and International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) are planning to revive the cargo rail service that will link Manila International Container Terminal…
Right-of-way issue derails signing of P1B Manila-Laguna cargo train project
The signing of the P1-billion cargo rail project that will connect the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) to a Laguna off-dock facility using the…
South line of PH North-South railway development open for bids
The most ambitious undertaking to date of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC)—the North-South Railway Project (NSRP)—is seeking bidders for the P170.7-billion South…
The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is seeking bidders to the P144.378- million rail track improvement project it will undertake to help the…
