Manila Metro Rail Transit Line 7

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MRT Line 7
Type
System
Status
Locale
Termini
Stations
Services
Daily
ridership

Overview
Rapid transit
Manila Universal LRT System
Approved
Metro Manila and Bulacan
North Avenue
Araneta
14
1
448,000 (est.)
Operation

Opened
Owner

TBA
Universal LRT Corporation
Universal LRT Corporation

Operator(s)

Department of Transportation and

Communications
Technical
Line length 22.8 km
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard
Track gauge
gauge
Electrification Third rail
Route map
Legend

Araneta
Tala
Sacred Heart
Quirino

Mindanao Avenue
Regalado Avenue
Doa Carmen
Manggahan
Batasan
Don Antonio
Tandang Sora
University Avenue

Quezon Memorial
North Avenue LRT1
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The Manila Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7) is a proposed rapid transit line in Metro
Manila in the Philippines. If completed, the line would be 22.8 km long with 14 stations. The
line has been projected running in a northeast direction, traversing Quezon City and a part of
North Caloocan in Metro Manila before ending in the city of San Jose del Monte in Bulacan
province.
The MRT-7 project will cost an estimated US$ 1.54 billion or PHP 62.7 billion.[1] Under the
proposal, it will have a combined 44-km of road and rail transportation project from the Bocaue
exit of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) to the intersection of North Avenue and Epifanio
de los Santos Avenue (EDSA). The 22-km, 6-lane asphalt road will connect the NLEX to the
major transportation hub development in San Jose del Monte.

History

Universal LRT Corporation, which was composed of a consortium of the Tranzen Group, EEI
Corporation and SM Prime Holdings and led by former Finance Secretary Roberto de Ocampo
submitted an unsolicited proposal to the Philippine Department of Transportation in 2002. In
June 2007, DOTC presented a Swiss Challenge in which four business firms submitted their
counter proposal. In January 2008, DOTC announced that the ULC proposal emerged as winner
and the contract was signed. San Miguel Corporation acquired a majority stake in Universal LRT
Corporation (ULC) in October 2010.[2]
In May 2009, The Investment Coordination Committee (ICC) of the National Economic and
Development Authority (NEDA) approved the MRT-7 project. Construction of MRT-7 should
have commenced in January 2010, but has been postponed several times since then.[3]
In April 2015, San Miguel Corporation announced that it will begin construction of the MRT 7
by the middle of 2016.[4] It is expected to be completed by 2018.[1]
The proposed stations (listed south to north) are:
Station
City
North Avenue
Quezon Memorial
University Avenue
Tandang Sora
Don Antonio
Batasan
Quezon City
Manggahan
Doa Carmen
Regalado Highway
Mindanao Avenue
Quirino
Sacred Heart
Tala
Caloocan
Araneta
San Jose del Monte, Bulacan