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Light Rail Manila Corp. (LRMC) has signed a P650-million agreement with First Balfour Inc. and MRail, Inc. for the rehabilitation of 11 rectifier substations along the 21-kilometer light rail transit (LRT) 1.
The rehabilitation of the substations will take two years to complete and involves the replacement of major substation equipment such as the critical switchgears, rectifiers, transformer, cables, the enhancement of the supervisory control and data acquisition system (SCADA) which allows the real-time monitoring of faults at the substations, and the modernization of fire detection and suppression systems.
Juan Alfonso, LRMC president and chief executive officer, said some of these substations are 30 years old and need to be modernized to ensure reliability and efficiency of electric supply to the trains.
The project is part of the ongoing LRT-1 system improvements which include the rehabilitation of trains, renovation of the 20 stations, as well as the structural enhancements of the parapets.
The upgrade has increased the number of trains from 77 to 112 in its first three years, enabling LRMC to increase the number of trips and accommodate more passengers. In August 2018, monthly ridership on LRT-1 hit a record high of 14 million.
LRMC has invested over P10 billion to date for the upgrade of LRT-1. |
