Manila MRT Line 2

LRT2  LRT Line 2
Santolan station platform area
Overview
Type	Rapid transit / Heavy rail
System	Manila Light Rail Transit System
Locale	Manila, Philippines
Termini	Santolan Recto
Stations	11
Services	1
Daily ridership	195,700 (2013 average) 269,271 (2012 record)
Website	LRT-2
Operation
Opened	April 5, 2003
Owner	Light Rail Transit Authority
Operator(s)	Light Rail Transit Authority
Rolling stock	72 Toshiba/Hyundai Rotem EMUs
Technical
Track length	13.8 km (8.6 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line
Operating speed	60–80 km/h (37–50 mph)
Route map Masinag under construction Antipolo Pasig Emerald Pasig Marikina Santolan Depot Marikina River Marikina Quezon City Katipunan Anonas Araneta Center–Cubao  MRT3  Betty Go-Belmonte Gilmore Quezon City San Juan J. Ruiz San Juan River San Juan Manila V. Mapa Pureza  PNR  Legarda Recto  LRT1  Tutuban approved extension Divisoria Pier 4 This diagram:

The Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 2, also known as LRT Line 2, LRT-2, or Megatren, is a rapid transit line in Metro Manila in the Philippines, generally running in an east-west direction along the Radial Road 6 and a portion of the Circumferential Road 1. Although operated by the Light Rail Transit Authority, resulting in its being called "LRT-2", it is actually a heavy rail, rapid transit system owing to its use of electric multiple units instead of the light rail vehicles used in earlier lines and is the only line utilizing such type of system in the country. Envisioned in the 1970s as part of the Metropolitan Manila Strategic Mass Rail Transit Development Plan, the eleven-station, 13.8-kilometer (8.6 mi) line was the third rapid transit line to be built in Metro Manila when it started operations in 2003. It is operated by the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA), a government-owned and controlled corporation under the Department of Transportation (DOTr) under an official development assistance scheme.

Serving close to 200,000 passengers daily, LRT-2 is the least busy among Metro Manila's three rapid transit lines, and was built with standards such as barrier-free access and the use of magnetic card tickets to facilitate passenger access in mind. Total ridership however is significantly below the line's built maximum capacity, with various solutions being proposed or implemented to increase ridership in addition to the planned extensions to the line. However, the short-term solutions have had a minimal effect on ridership, and experts have insisted that the extensions be built immediately, despite pronouncements that the system is steadily increasing ridership each year.

LRT-2 is integrated with the public transit system in Metro Manila, and passengers also take various forms of road-based public transport, such as buses and jeepneys, to and from a station to reach their intended destination. Although the line aimed to reduce traffic congestion and travel times along R-6 and portions of C-1, the transportation system has only been partially successful due to the rising number of motor vehicles and rapid urbanization. Expanding the network's revenue line to accommodate more passengers is set on tackling this problem.