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On Wednesday, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) in Valenzuela City began inspecting trains purchased for the Philippine National Railways (PNR) Clark Phase 1 project.

The inspection of the trains purchased from the Japan Transport Engineering Company and Sumitomo Corporation as part of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) line was headed by DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade, according to a Facebook post.

“58 train sets are planned to operate in the entire NSCR from the CRK to Calamba, Laguna,” Tugade stated.

Despite failed attempts to build such a rail system since 1994, the most recent of which resulted in a protracted legal battle between Northrail and SINOMACH in international arbitration in 2016, Tugade said the PNR Clark Phase 1 (38 kilometers long from Tutuban to Malolos) and Phase 2 (53 kilometers long from Malolos to Clark) are now “in full swing construction.”

In addition, he stated that after the first train set was delivered in November 2021, delivery of the NSCR’s 58 eight-car train sets, totaling 464 train cars, had begun.

“Oras na matapos ang PNR Clark Phase 1, magiging 35 minutes na lamang ang travel time mula Tutuban, Manila patungong Malolos, Bulacan, mula sa 1.5 hours,” Tugade added.

Phases 1 and 2 of PNR Clark are supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

All nine civil works contracts for the construction of PNR Calamba, a 56-kilometer rail line connecting Manila and Calamba, are slated to be awarded in the first quarter of 2022.

So far, the PNR Clark 1 has a 53.85% overall completion rate, the PNR Clark 2 has a 34.46 percent completion rate, and the PNR Calamba has a 28.62 percent completion rate.

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