Tutuban-Malolos railway

Department of Transportation (DOTr) and Sumitomo Corporation have signed the Package 3 contract for the Philippine National Railways (PNR) Clark Phase 1 which connects Tutuban and Malolos directly. On July 16, 2019, DOTr Arthur Tugade and Sumitomo Corporation Social Infrastructure Business Division General Manager Hiroshi Karashima signed the 37.6-kilometer railway that reduces travel time between Manila and Malolos, Bulacan to 30-35 minutes from over 1 hour. The PNR Clark Phase 1 will be connected to PNR Clark Phase 2 (Malolos to Clark) and PNR South Commuter which makes it an integrated commuter railway system. Tugade also said that the trains and the Tutuban-Malolos route are expected to arrive at the end of 2021. Asian Development Bank (ADB), established in 1966, has approved the USD 2.75-Billion loan for the railway construction that links Malolos, Bulacan to Clark airport in Pampanga. This is a part of the 163-km North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) project that connects New Clark City to Manila and will stretch to Calamba, Laguna. Read more in our articles including "DOTr signs contract with Japanese firm for Tutuban-Malolos railway" and "Asian Development Bank approves USD 2.75-Billion loan for Malolos-Clark railway".