LRT Line 6 (Cavite)

The Light Rail Transit Line 6 or Line 6 of the Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 1 (Line 1 Extension), was a proposed rapid transit line planned to link the suburban city of Dasmariñas to the future LRT Line 1 extension at Niog station in Bacoor. Its path would have run along a north–south axis over a length of 19 kilometres (12 mi). Its proposed right-of-way alignment is along Aguinaldo Highway from Niog in Bacoor to Governor's Drive in Dasmariñas.[2]

LRT Line 6
Overview
StatusCancelled[1]
OwnerLight Rail Transit Authority
LocaleCavite
TerminiTirona
Governor's Drive
Stations6
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemManila Light Rail Transit System
Services1
Daily ridership200,000 (est.)
Technical
Line length19 km
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
ElectrificationOverhead line
Route map
Niog
 Tirona
Bacoor, Cavite
Imus, Cavite
 Imus
 Daang Hari
Imus, Cavite
Dasmariñas, Cavite
 Salitran
 Congressional Avenue
 Dasmariñas Depot
 Governor's Drive

The project would have cost an estimated PHP64 billion or US$1.42 billion.[2] It was approved by the Investment Coordination Committee–Cabinet Committee (ICC-CABCOM) of the National Economic and Development Authority last April 2015 as a public–private partnership project.[3] If completed, it would have significantly reduced the volume of vehicular traffic in the Cavite area and improve passenger mobility in the southern parts of the metropolis.

The DOTr shelved the first proposal indefinitely in September 2018, citing issues such as right-of-way and congestion along Aguinaldo Highway.[1] A revised unsolicited proposal was proposed in 2017 prior to the shelving of the project. The proposal underwent through a feasibility study with the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and a private consulting firm in February 2020. It was then presented to NEDA by a Villar-owned company in December the same year.[4]

Proposed stations

The first proposal involved 7 elevated stations along Aguinaldo Highway. The following are listed from north to south:

Name Structure Type Transfers Location
Niog Elevated LRT Line 1 Bacoor, Cavite
Tirona Elevated none
Imus Elevated Imus, Cavite
Daang Hari Elevated
Salitran Elevated Dasmariñas, Cavite
Congressional Avenue Elevated
Governor's Drive Elevated

Rolling Stock

The trains to be used were not specified any further but were articulated to be electric multiple units arranged into 4 car train sets. The cars would have been powered by a 750 volt overhead catenary line through a pantograph. Each car would had 4 Double leaf, plug-sliding doors on each side.[5]

Modified Line 6 Proposal

In 2017, a private consortium submitted an unsolicited proposal to construct, operate and maintain a modified Line 6 mass transit route in the Calabarzon region.[6] As of February 2019, it is under consideration and endorsement by the government.[7] As submitted, the modified Line 6 is composed of possibly 5 branches of the rail route:

  • 6A – the main line from the Niog station of Line 1 extension to Dasmariñas, but with a different alignment. As the original Line 6 route was through Aguinaldo Highway, this proposed route runs through Molino-Paliparan Road (now Bacoor-Dasmariñas National Road); length 23.5 km
  • 6B – from the NAIA Terminal 1&2 station to Bacoor; length 16 km
  • 6C – from Sucat station along Sucat Road (Dr. A. Santos Avenue) to the eastern end at the PNR Sucat station; length 7.7 km
  • Alabang-Zapote LRT line – length of 5 km along the Alabang-Zapote Road, from Marcos Alvarez Ave to the Starmall Alabang terminal
  • 6D – the final phase of the line which will extend 6A from Dasmariñas to the ultimate terminus in Tagaytay.[6]

References
  1. "Bid Bulletin". DOTr. September 20, 2018. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  2. "LRT Line 6 Project Construction, Operation and Maintenance". Public–Private Partnership Center. Archived from the original on July 2, 2015. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  3. "LRT Line 6 gets 'conditional' OK from ICC-CABCOM". BusinessWorld. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  4. https://www.bworldonline.com/modified-lrt-6-unsolicited-proposal-being-evaluated-by-neda/
  5. https://dotr.gov.ph/images/PPP/2015/LRT6/ProjectInfoMemorandum_LRT6_FINAL.pdf
  6. http://eia.emb.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/LRT-Line-6-PD-for-Scoping.v2.pdf
  7. https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/modified-lrt-6-project/
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