21 December 2020

Manila, Philippines

SC and Japan Transport Engineering Company (J-TREC) have received an order from the Department of Transportation (DOTr) of the Republic of the Philippines to supply 240 train cars for the contract package CP107 of the country’s Metro Manila Subway Project Phase 1 (between Quezon City in the north and Parañaque City in the south). The CP107 contract was signed on 15 December 2020. SC and J-TREC received this order following the order to supply 104 train cars for the North-South Commuter Railway Project in July 2019. CP107 project is a part of Japan’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme based on a loan aid agreement between Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Philippines government. The contract amount is approximately JPY57.5 billion and the trainsets are scheduled to be fully delivered by March 2027.

In the Metropolitan Manila area, where the population continues to grow due to rapid economic growth, population concentration is causing traffic congestion and air pollution that are becoming more serious year by year. Building efficient and economical public transportation networks is a pressing issue. To fully develop its infrastructure, the Philippines government is promoting a large-scale infrastructure development plan called “Build Build Build,” in which the Metro Manila Subway Project is considered a core project.

SC has worked on numerous railway development and train car export projects, primarily in Asia and the United States. In the Metropolitan Manila area, SC has received and executed orders for multiple existing lines (LRT-1, LRT-2 and MRT-3). At present, SC is executing its rehabilitation and maintenance agreement for MRT-3 as well as a rolling stock delivery agreement for the North-South Commuter Railway, while participating in an operation project for LRT-1 that started in May 2020. Building on its wealth of experience in transportation infrastructure projects in the Philippines, SC will take steady steps to smoothly fulfill the contract for the CP107 project.

Image of train car when completed

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