MRT-7, PNR commuter project may open in 2027Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7) train cars were seen parked inside a depot in Quezon City on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Transportation hopes to launch two rail projects – Metro Rail Transit Line 7 or MRT-7 and the Philippine National Railway (PNR) North-South Commuter Railway – by next year, the DOTr announced. The MRT-7 is composed of 12 stations from North Caloocan to North Avenue in Quezon City and could carry a daily average of 500,000 passengers. Meanwhile, Lopez said a segment of the PNR North-South Commuter Railway project from Valenzuela City to Malolos City in Bulacan would be open by 2027. He noted that the project is 90 percent complete with the remaining 10 percent slowed by right of way issues, which the DOTr would resolve “by the second quarter of 2026.”

Source: Philippine Star January 24, 2026 16:08 UTC