PNR pauses operations for NSCR Project: Five-year suspension worries commuters
LAGONOY, Camarines Sur—Commuters of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) expressed dismay as suspending operations in the National Capital Region (NCR) took effect for five years on Thursday, March 28.
The Governor Pascual to Tutuban and Tutuban to Alabang Station will halt its operations for the meantime.
This pause will give way for the construction of the North – South Commuter Railway (NSCR) Project. A rail line project spanning 147 kilometers that aims to reduce travel time for the routes between Clark, Pampanga and Calamba, Laguna to less than two hours.
In February 2023, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said that it will be five years before going back to its normal operations in Metro Manila.
As the transportation’s new route is
