TRANSPORT SITUATION

• Regular train runs scheduled by the Philippine National Railways (PNR) will still be delayed as more test runs on two reconditioned engines, train engines 918 and 922, will be done from Naga City to Tagkawayan, Quezon Province and to Ligao City, vice- versa. PNR Transportation Division Manager and Bicol Coordinator Constancio Toledano said that new batteries for the train engines have arrived and further test runs will be conducted on the full capacity of the engines. The train engines were kept in the PNR motorpool since Sept. 2006.

The PNR official said the commuter train trips will start within the coming month with fares amounting to only half of that charged by buses. According to Toledano fare rates were set at P150 pesos from Ligao City,  Albay to Tagkawayan, Quezon; P60.00 from Tagkawayan to Naga; P40.00 from Naga to Ligao City; and P20.00 from Naga to Iriga City.