The Manila Red Line or Mass Rapid Transit Line 7 (Red Line/MRT-7) is a proposed rapid transit

Rapid transit

A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...

 line in Metro Manila

Metro Manila

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. If completed, the line could be 23 km long with 14 stations. The line has been projected running in a northeast direction, traversing Quezon City

Quezon City

Quezon City is the former capital and the most populous city in the Philippines. Located on the island of Luzon, Quezon City is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila, the National Capital Region. The city was named after Manuel L...

 and a part of Caloocan City

Caloocan City

The City of Caloocan is one of the cities and municipalities that comprises the Metro Manila region in the Philippines. It is a major residential area inside Metro Manila...

 in Metro Manila before ending at the City of San Jose del Monte in Bulacan

Bulacan

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 province.

Under the proposal, the project will have a combined 45-km of road and rail transportation project from the Bocaue exit of the North Luzon Expressway

North Luzon Expressway

The North Luzon Expressway , and which is formerly called the North Diversion Road, and officially known as Radial Road 8 is a 4 to 8-lane limited-access toll expressway that connects Metro Manila to the provinces of the Central Luzon region in the Philippines...

 (NLEX) to the intersection of North Avenue and EDSA

Epifanio de los Santos Avenue

Epifanio de los Santos Avenue , formerly known as Highway 54, is the main circumferential road and highway of Metro Manila in the Philippines. It is an important commuting artery between the northern and southern parts of the metropolitan area...

. The 22-km, 6-lane asphalt road will connect the NLEX to the major transportation hub development in San Jose del Monte.

History

Universal LRT Corporation, composed of a consortium of the Tranzen Group, EEI Corporation and SM Prime Holdings and led by former Finance Secretary Roberto de Ocampo submitted a unsolicited proposal to the Philippine Department of Transportation and Communications in 2002. In June 2007, DOTC presented a Swiss Challenge in which four business firms submitted their counter proposal. In January 2008, DOTC announced that the ULC proposal emerged as winner and the contract was signed. In May 2009, The Investment Coordination Committee (ICC) of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) approved the MRT-7 project.

Construction of MRT-7 should have commenced in January 2010, but as of July 21, 2011, no signs of construction have been started. The budget for the project was used in last May 2010 Philippine National Elections. The Commonwealth Tandang Sora Flyover is being redesigned and rehabilitated and the Luzon Avenue-C-5 Flyover also provides a higher elevated structure to give way for the elevated Station 4 (Tandang Sora MRT Station).

The proposed stations are:

• North Avenue
  North Avenue LRT Station
  North Avenue LRT Station, officially named Metro Manila Integrated Rail Terminal or Common Station, is a proposed station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line under the Line 1 North Extension Project. It is also the first trans-modular station in the Philippines that will connect with LRT-1, MRT-3, MRT-7...
  
   - (Quezon City)
• Quezon Memorial
  Quezon Memorial MRT Station
  The Quezon Memorial MRT Station is a proposed station on the MRT-7. The station will be located within the QMC Elliptical Road, Philcoa Compound, Diliman, Quezon City...
  
   - (Quezon City)
• University Avenue
  University Avenue MRT Station
  The University Avenue MRT Station is a proposed station on the MRT-7. The station will be located within Commonwealth Avenue, UP Village, Diliman, Quezon City. The station is proximate to the University Avenue, the main thoroughfare to the University of the Philippines-Diliman...
  
   - (Quezon City)
• Tandang Sora
  Tandang Sora MRT Station
  The Tandang Sora MRT Station is a proposed station on the MRT-7. The station will be located within Commonwealth Avenue, Tandang Sora, Quezon City. The station is near the Luzon Avenue C-5 Flyover and the Tandang Sora-Commonwealth Avenue Flyover...
  
   - (Quezon City)
• Don Antonio
  Don Antonio MRT Station
  The Don Antonio MRT Station is a proposed station on the MRT-7. The station will be located within Commonwealth Avenue, Commonwealth, Quezon City.Closest landmarks include the Ever Gotesco Commonwealth shopping mall and Shopwise Commonwealth....
  
   - (Quezon City)
• Batasan
  Batasan MRT Station
  The Batasan MRT Station is a proposed station on the MRT-7. The station will be located within Commonwealth Avenue, Batasan Hills, Quezon City.The station's previous working name is "South Batasan" since it is at the South end of the Batasan Road...
  
   - (Quezon City)
• Manggahan
  Manggahan MRT Station
  The Manggahan MRT Station is a proposed station on the MRT-7. The station will be located within Commonwealth Avenue, Commonwealth, Quezon City.The station's previous working name is "North Batasan" since it is at the North end of the Batasan Road...
  
   - (Quezon City)
• Doña Carmen
  Doña Carmen MRT Station
  The Doña Carmen MRT Station is a proposed station on the MRT-7. The station will be located within Commonwealth Avenue, Fairview, Quezon City.The station is near Doña Carmen Subdivision.-External links:*...
  
   - (Quezon City)
• Regalado Highway
  Regalado Avenue MRT Station
  The Regalado Avenue MRT Station is a proposed station on the MRT-7. The station will be located within Commonwealth Avenue, Fairview, Quezon City....
  
   - (Quezon City)
• Mindanao Avenue
  Mindanao Avenue MRT Station
  The Mindanao Avenue MRT Station is a proposed station on the MRT-7. The station will be located within Mindanao Avenue, Fairview, Quezon City....
  
   - (Quezon City)
• Quirino
  Quirino MRT Station
  The Quirino MRT Station is a proposed station on the MRT-7. The station will be located within Quirino Highway, Novaliches, Quezon City.After the Mindanao Avenue MRT Station in SM City Fairview, the rail link will turn right to Quirino Highway....
  
   - (Quezon City)
• Sacred Heart
  Sacred Heart MRT Station
  The Sacred Heart MRT Station is a proposed station on the MRT-7. The station will be located at Sacred Heart Village, Greater Lagro, Quezon City.Closest landmarks include the Sacred Heart Parish of the Diocese of Novaliches.-External links:*...
  
   - (Quezon City)
• Tala
  Tala MRT Station
  Tala MRT Station is a proposed station on the MRT-7. The station will be located at Tala, Caloocan City.Closest landmarks include the Iglesia Ni Cristo temple.-External links:*...
  
   - (North Caloocan City)
• Araneta - (San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan)

See also

• Strong Republic Transit System
  Strong Republic Transit System
  The Strong Republic Transit System was launched to integrate the various rail lines providing public transport in Manila in the Philippines. The program was initiated by former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on June 14, 2003...
  
  
• Manila Metro Rail Transit System
  Manila Metro Rail Transit System
  The Metro Rail Transit is Metro Manila's third rapid transit line. It forms part of the Strong Republic Transit System, which includes the Manila Light Rail Transit System. The line operates under the name Metrostar Express and is colored blue on rail maps.The line is located along the Epifanio de...
  
   (Blue Line)
• Manila Light Rail Transit System
  Manila Light Rail Transit System
  The Manila Light Rail Transit System, popularly known as the LRT, is a metropolitan rail system serving the Metro Manila area in the Philippines. Although referred to as a light rail system because it originally used light rail vehicles, it has many characteristics of a rapid transit system, such...
  
  
• Manila LRT Yellow Line
  Manila LRT Yellow Line
  The Manila LRT Yellow Line is the first metro line of the Manila Light Rail Transit System. Presently, the line contains twenty-two stations and runs over twenty point seven kilometers of fully elevated track...
  
   (Yellow Line)
• Manila LRT Purple Line
  Manila LRT Purple Line
  The Manila LRT Purple Line is the second line of the Manila Light Rail Transit System. The line contains eleven stations and runs over 13.8 kilometers of mostly elevated track, with the exception of Katipunan station, which is underground...
  
   (Purple Line)
• Philippine National Railways
  Philippine National Railways
  The Philippine National Railways , or PNR, is a state-owned railway company in the Philippines, operating a single line of track on Luzon. As of 2010, it operates one commuter rail service in Metro Manila and a second in the Bicol Region. PNR restored its intercity service to the Bicol region in 2011...
  
  (Orange and Green Lines)