The line is scheduled for completion in 2029’s second quarter. Credit: William Daigneault via Unsplash.

The Philippines’ Department of Transportation (DoTr) has begun preliminary work on the final three segments of the South Commuter Railway Project (SCRP).

The estimated value of these segments is approximately 73.25bn pesos.

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The Philippines’ DoTr secretary Jaime Bautista was quoted by the Philippine Information Agency as saying: “We are forging ahead, overcoming every challenge, because we know meeting the project’s deadlines will lead to a game-changing rail system that will transform lives.”

He added: “Residents and communities who have noticed the railway’s massive construction have pinned their hopes on a comfortable, affordable, safe and efficient commute – a striking contrast to the deteriorating road traffic that has spilled over to north and south of Metro Manila.”

The project is also known as the Alabang-Calamba stretch of the 147km North-South Commuter Railway system. It links the areas of Clark, Pampanga and Calamba, Laguna.

It involves the three civil contract packages that include railway viaduct structures and elevated stations.

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This project intends to shorten travel time from Metro Manila to nearby provinces from up to four and a half hours to just less than two hours.

The existing Alabang to Calamba tracks will be relocated for use at the proposed 565km-long South Long-Haul project, which stretches to Bicol.

South Korea-based Hyundai Engineering & Construction and Dong-Ah Geological Engineering’s joint venture meanwhile, were given contract packages S-04, S-05, and S-06.

The entire line is scheduled to be completed in the second quarter of 2029.