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MRT-7

MRT Line 7
Overview
Type Rapid transit
System Manila Universal MRT System
Status Under construction
Locale Metro Manila and Bulacan
Termini San Jose del Monte
North Avenue
Stations 14
Services 1
Daily ridership 300,000 (initial)
800,000 (design capacity)
Operation
Opened April 2020 (Estimated)
Owner Universal LRT Corp BVI Ltd (ULC)
Operator(s)

Universal LRT Corp BVI Ltd (ULC)

Department of Transportation
Rolling stock Hyundai Rotem
Technical
Line length 22.8 km
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification Third rail
Route map
San Jose del Monte
Tala
Sacred Heart
Quirino
Mindanao Avenue
Regalado Avenue
Doña Carmen
Manggahan
Batasan
Don Antonio
Tandang Sora
University Avenue
Quezon Memorial
North Avenue   LRT1 

Universal LRT Corp BVI Ltd (ULC)

The Manila Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7) is a rapid transit line in Metro Manila in the Philippines that is under construction. When completed, the line will be 22.8 kilometers long serviced by 14 stations. The line is projected to run in a northeast direction, traversing Quezon City and a part of North Caloocan in Metro Manila before ending in the city of San Jose del Monte in the province of Bulacan.

The MRT-7 project will cost an estimated US$ 1.54 billion or PHP 62.7 billion. Under the plan, it will have a combined 44 kilometers of road and rail components stretching from the Bocaue exit of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) to the intersection of North Avenue and Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA). The 22 kilometers, 6-lane asphalt road will connect the NLEX to a major transportation intermodal hub in San Jose del Monte.

Universal MRT Corporation, which was composed of a consortium of the Tranzen Group, EEI Corporation and SM Prime Holdings and led by former Finance Secretary Roberto de Ocampo submitted an unsolicited proposal to the Philippine Department of Transportation in 2002. In June 2007, DOTC presented a Swiss Challenge in which four business firms submitted their counter proposal. In January 2008, DOTC announced that the ULC proposal emerged as winner and the contract was signed. San Miguel Corporation acquired a majority stake in Universal MRT Corporation (ULC) in October 2010.

In May 2009, The Investment Coordination Committee (ICC) of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) approved the MRT-7 project. Construction of MRT-7 should have commenced in January 2010, but has been postponed several times.


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