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LRTA 13000 class
The LRTA 13000 class is a class of fourth-generation high-floor light rail vehicles (LRV) of the Light Rail Transit Authority servicing the LRT Line 1, manufactured by CAF. Purchased in 2017 with Japanese funding as part of the Cavite extension of the line, the trains entered service in July 2023 to replace the aging first-generation 1000 class trains.
It is the first LRV in the system with 5 digits in the body number due to the class fleet exceeding 99 units, in comparison to the older fleet.
In 2013, feasibility studies were conducted by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for a southward extension of the LRT Line 1 to Cavite. It determined that once the extension was completed, sixty-one trains would be required for operation, but thirty-one of those are existing ones. Therefore, JICA proposed the purchase of thirty new trains to meet growing demand.
On October 16, 2015, the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) invited train manufacturers to tender for the purchase of 120 light rail vehicles; Japanese companies were only allowed to bid. It subsequently identified Marubeni and Sumitomo Corporation as prospective bidders. However, in April 2016, the DOTC announced a failed bidding as none of them submitted proposals.
On December 28, 2016, DOTC's successor, the Department of Transportation (DOTr), called for bids again. Two bidders showed up: Marubeni with Hyundai Rotem, and Mitsubishi Corporation with Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF). The latter won the JPY 30 billion (PHP 14.1 billion) contract on November 19, 2017, and the contract was signed on December 1. These trains are expected to gradually replace the aging 1000 class which has been in use since the opening of the line in 1984 and has undergone three refurbishments.
Mitsubishi implemented the contract and supplied the trains while CAF manufactured the trains. The new trains were funded by Japan's official development assistance.
Officials of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) unveiled a full-scale mock-up model of the 13000 class train on May 7, 2019.
The first two sets (8 cars) were initially planned to be delivered in July 2020, however the delivery of the train sets were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
LRTA 13000 class
The LRTA 13000 class is a class of fourth-generation high-floor light rail vehicles (LRV) of the Light Rail Transit Authority servicing the LRT Line 1, manufactured by CAF. Purchased in 2017 with Japanese funding as part of the Cavite extension of the line, the trains entered service in July 2023 to replace the aging first-generation 1000 class trains.
It is the first LRV in the system with 5 digits in the body number due to the class fleet exceeding 99 units, in comparison to the older fleet.
In 2013, feasibility studies were conducted by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for a southward extension of the LRT Line 1 to Cavite. It determined that once the extension was completed, sixty-one trains would be required for operation, but thirty-one of those are existing ones. Therefore, JICA proposed the purchase of thirty new trains to meet growing demand.
On October 16, 2015, the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) invited train manufacturers to tender for the purchase of 120 light rail vehicles; Japanese companies were only allowed to bid. It subsequently identified Marubeni and Sumitomo Corporation as prospective bidders. However, in April 2016, the DOTC announced a failed bidding as none of them submitted proposals.
On December 28, 2016, DOTC's successor, the Department of Transportation (DOTr), called for bids again. Two bidders showed up: Marubeni with Hyundai Rotem, and Mitsubishi Corporation with Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF). The latter won the JPY 30 billion (PHP 14.1 billion) contract on November 19, 2017, and the contract was signed on December 1. These trains are expected to gradually replace the aging 1000 class which has been in use since the opening of the line in 1984 and has undergone three refurbishments.
Mitsubishi implemented the contract and supplied the trains while CAF manufactured the trains. The new trains were funded by Japan's official development assistance.
Officials of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) unveiled a full-scale mock-up model of the 13000 class train on May 7, 2019.
The first two sets (8 cars) were initially planned to be delivered in July 2020, however the delivery of the train sets were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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