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for Phase .- I of Metro subway , jrroieCted to run 11 ss to +s Flometers per hour and traverse l5 underground
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the Phase I 36_kilomer"r of the ragurg urry mJust to 42 mrrutes. -, Manila Subway Proiect. Mat<ar i Metro n.rs expecledthat the runwaywould Lu i s ca mpo s aiscto se J ;i ;:iTlf, :"iilifi ff #f ffi "fi::? i; ;;:i"*:t t1il"j'^^. s" sio tru amounr is already wi,n uampos noted that some 365'000 the Department of rYansioi[a" passengers are expected to take the (Dort), and will serve u. tn" goulilil ment,s,,counrerparttunding,,-ror"t';il"[fl"i:",flr#Iil]i"_*lJ.",T;1*i il3;fr 3f 'ff i;:i:ffi isT#;il:#tr*;-{*ei.:ii,.iilet}i4.,' r ne subway s hrst three stations in niuilot Lm"ia development aisistr-^^ t"o- .rup- rniu.n"iionJ a";n";,ii"" iffilffBl,:""A ;"fr Agency (JICA). ,.#t1t"?lJ" ends in - " Metr',0 M anilicould use two or three 2022_
more subways over the 10 to 20 years^ ?ae
to efficiently convey large numbers of t commuters." Campos, a deputy minor- ity leader and ex-ofEcio member of the Ilouse Committee on Appropriations, said in a statement. Campos noted that the daytime population ofthe National Capital R€gion INCR), now pegged at t5 million. could baloon to 20 million in the vears ahead. _ 'Electric trains below ground offer lhe fastest way lor us tb move tens oI thousands of people _ whether over long or short dislances _ without add_ ing to road- congestion above ground,.. tjampos said. "There s really no other optjon, except.lo build our future p".r"ng"r. Lrarns m tunnels, considering lhat we can no longerwjden ourroads. Campos added. The groundbreaking ceremonv for the construction of the Metro Manila S.ubway's train depot in Barangay Ilgong. Valenzuela City was recently held. Once completed. subway lrains are