THE Philippine Department of Transport and Communications has awarded CNR Dalian, China, a contract worth around Yuan 540m ($US 87m) to supply 12 four-car light metro trains, which will be used by Manila Metro Rail Transit Corporation to increase capacity on Manila's congested Line MRT3.
CNR says the 31m-long 2.5m-wide vehicles will have a maximum speed of 65km/h and the first train will be delivered within 18 months.
The 16.9km Line MRT3 was designed to carry around 350,000 passengers per day although ridership is currently around 600,000 passengers per day.
