The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said on Monday it will spend P3 billion to build an additional station for the LRT-Line 1 Cavite Extension.
Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon said the local government of Bacoor requested the construction of Talaba station, citing the area’s ongoing development.
“So, we requested for roughly about P3 billion from the DBM [Department of Budget and Management] and we informed LRMC [Light Rail Manila Corp.] about this two months ago,” Dizon said at the sidelines of the EJAP Infrastructure Forum.
Dizon said the government would fund the new station’s construction, while Light Rail Manila Corp. (LRMC) would handle its operations.
“I am confident that the Phase 2 of the LRT Cavite Extension will be completed by 2028, with the remaining stations finished by 2030,” he said.
The DOTr inaugurated five stations under the first phase of the LRT-1 Cavite Extension project in November 2024. These include Redemptorist-Aseana, MIA Road, PITX, Ninoy Aquino Ave. and Dr. Santos (Sucat) stations.
The second phase consists of Las Piñas and Zapote stations, while the third phase will be in Talaba and Niog stations in Bacoor, Cavite.
The LRT-1 Cavite Extension Phase 1 is expected to reduce travel time from Parañaque City to Quezon City by almost an hour, while servicing an additional 80,000 passengers to LRT-1’s daily ridership of 323,000.
Once fully operational, the entire stretch of the LRT-1 Cavite Extension Project would reduce travel time from Baclaran in Parañaque to Bacoor, Cavite, to 25 minutes.
