The Strong Republic Transit System is a project of the Office of the President designed to integrate the rail transport infrastructure already present in Metro Manila in the Philippines. It aims to provide a "reliable, seamless and integrated mass transit system that would be at par with international standards" through the unification of already-existing rail infrastructure under one transit system and fare structure. Image File history File linksMetadata Srts_logo. ... The President of the Philippines is the head of state and government of the Republic of the Philippines. ... Rail transport is the transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... For the article on the capital city of the Philippines, click Manila. ...

The Manila Light Rail Transit System (LRT), the Manila Metro Rail Transit System (MRT) and the Philippine National Railways (PNR) Northrail and Southrail lines are covered by the SRTS project. Logo of the LRTA A Yellow Line train stopping at a station A Purple Line train parked at Santolan station. ... The Manila Metro Rail Transit System, more populartly known as the MRT, is a rapid transit system serving the Metro Manila area. ... Philippine National Railways (PNR), a state-owned railway company under the Department of Transportation and Communication of the Philippines, was created in its present form in 1984. ...

The project was launched by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on June 14, 2003. Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal-Arroyo (born April 5, 1947) is the 14th and current president of the Philippines. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Line names

Unlike the present-day LRT, MRT and PNR, whose separate systems all have different line names, the SRTS would unify the systems, rename current lines and code them by color for uniformity and ease of recall. The following line names have been adopted:

Although this line is not yet covered under the SRTS project in its current form, some have suggested that the proposed MRT-4, which would run from Manila to Quezon City, would be renamed the Red Line. Manila (Filipino: Maynila) is the capital of the Philippines. ... Quezon City P (Filipino: Lungsod Quezon) is the former capital and the most populous city in the Philippines. ...

At present, only the LRT and MRT networks have adopted the new color-coding line scheme.

Links

The SRTS project also provides for seven "links", interchange stations where commuters would be able to seamlessly transfer from one line to the other. The following links have been adopted, with already existing links in italics. A cross-platform interchange is a type of interchange between different lines in a metro system. ...

Doroteo Jose LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line (LRT-1). ... Taft Avenue LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line (LRT-1). ... For the MRT station, see Araneta Center-Cubao MRT Station. ... For the LRT station, see Araneta Center-Cubao LRT Station. ... Doroteo Jose LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line (LRT-1). ... Recto LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Purple Line (MRT-2). ... V. Mapa LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Purple Line (MRT-2). ... Blumentritt LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line (LRT-1). ... Monumento LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line (LRT-1). ...

Fare integration

A sample Flash Pass Card

The project also aims to unify fare systems on all networks through the use of contactless smart cards, similar to the Octopus card in Hong Kong and the EZ-Link card in Singapore. Image File history File links FlashPass_Card. ... Image File history File links FlashPass_Card. ... Smart card used for health insurance in France. ... Obverse side of a standard adult card. ... A standard adult EZ-Link card. ...

At present, fare unification between the Yellow, Purple and Blue Lines has been achieved through the "Flash Pass", a special ticket consisting of a card and coupon, but fare unification with the PNR has not been achieved as of yet. Contactless smart cards were proposed and were nearly implemented on the Yellow, Purple and Blue Lines, but the French-backed project was eventually dropped.

See also

• KL Sentral
• List of Strong Republic Transit System stations
• Manila Light Rail Transit System
• Manila Metro Rail Transit System
• Philippine National Railways

Kuala Lumpur Sentral is the central railway station of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. ... The following is a list of stations on the Strong Republic Transit System (SRTS), which incorporates the Manila Light Rail Transit System (LRT), the Manila Metro Rail Transit System (MRT) and the trans-Metro Manila portions of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) Northrail and Southrail lines. ... Logo of the LRTA A Yellow Line train stopping at a station A Purple Line train parked at Santolan station. ... The Manila Metro Rail Transit System, more populartly known as the MRT, is a rapid transit system serving the Metro Manila area. ... Philippine National Railways (PNR), a state-owned railway company under the Department of Transportation and Communication of the Philippines, was created in its present form in 1984. ...

External links

• Description of the SRTS project