Strong Republic Transit System
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Logo of the Strong Republic Transit System
The initial situation of the railway and rapid transit lines, mid 2003. A star indicates an interchange station.
A sample Flash Pass Card
The Strong Republic Transit System was launched to integrate the various rail lines providing
Line 3) and the Philippine National Railways (PNR) Northrail and Southrail lines were covered by the SRTS project.[1]
Links
The SRTS project provided for seven "links", i.e.
Line 2
became fully operational. The Northrail project has been cancelled in September 2012, as a result the Caloocan Link is missing. The proposed extension of Southrail services to Caloocan, which was part of SRTS, was not executed either. The closing of the loop has as of 2015 almost been completed by extending Line 1 with five new stations, unlike originally outlined by the plan. Line 1 would require one more station to connect it with Line 2. In order of operation the following links have been realized (color coding has since been changed):
| Link | Lines and stations | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blumentritt Link | Line 1 | Blumentritt
|
PNR Southrail | Blumentritt
|
| Pasay Link | Line 1 | EDSA
|
Line 3 | Taft Avenue |
| Magallanes Link | PNR Southrail | EDSA
|
Line 3 | Magallanes |
| Cubao Link | Line 2 | Araneta Center-Cubao
|
Line 3 | Araneta Center-Cubao
|
| Santa Mesa Link | Line 2 | Pureza | PNR Southrail | Santa Mesa
|
| Recto Link | Line 2 | Recto | Line 1 | Doroteo Jose |
| Caloocan Link (not in use) |
PNR Southrail | Caloocan
|
PNR Northrail | Caloocan
|
Fare integration
The project aimed to unify fare systems on the lines through the use of contactless smart cards, similar to the Octopus card in Hong Kong and the EZ-Link card in Singapore. The integrated system has not been implemented, as the project was dropped. A weekly ticket which is valid on Lines 1-3 has been introduced in 2004 though. For ₱ 250 one can make an unlimited number of rides per day on Lines 1-3 during one calendar week with the so-called Flash Pass Card.
See also
- List of rail transit stations in the Greater Manila Area
- Manila Light Rail Transit System
- Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 1(Line 1)
- Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 2(Line 2)
- Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 3(Line 3)
- Philippine National Railways
- PNR Metro Commuter (earlier names: Metro South Commuter, Orange Line, Metrotren, Commuter Express or Commex)
References
- ^ The Strong Republic Transit System, www.lrta.gov.ph, February 3, 2004