Rehabilitation Project of The Philippine National Railways

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CHAPTER 1: Introduction

1.1 BACKGROUND AND NATURE OF THE PROJECT
Transport systems play a crucial part in a nation’s socio-economic growth. Movements of people, goods and information have always been fundamental components of human societies. Transport represents one of the most significant human activities worldwide. It forms valuable links between regions and economic activities, between people and the rest of the world. Public transportation, by definition, is a shared passenger transport service which is available for use by the general public. It includes any vehicle that can be rented by more than one person at once and the same time. As compared to travelling through private vehicles, public transportation reduces traffic congestion, gasoline consumption, and carbon footprint; enhances economic and personal opportunities, among all others.
The Philippine National Railways, also known as, PNR, is a state-owned railway system, organized by the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC). Time-honored during Spanish colonial period, the railway system was developed in 1984. It maneuvers around 1,060 kilometers of track in Luzon where furthermost of Philippine rail infrastructure is situated.
PNR used to track over 797 km of route from La Union up to Bicol. However, continued negligence and destruction from natural calamities in previous decades reduced PNR’s effectiveness and railroad exposure. An obstinate problem with informal settlers in the 1900’s backed further for PNR’s failure. The typhoons Milenyo and Reming caused severe loss to the network, causing in the suspension of the Manila-Bicol service area.
In 2007, the Philippine governments introduced a rehabilitation project that goals to eradicate the infor...

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The article presents viewpoints in transport services and the design of railway stations swayed by the intermodal theory. The intermodal concept funds the incorporation of correlated transportation means. This concept has been about for some time and progressively been functional to the existing transportation terminals. It is the drive to effectively bond railways with other transportation modes as an interchange. The propensity has recently become apparent in several railway stations, touching the architecture and interior design. The architecture of the stations has gone beyond the proposal of key purposes, which include core transition, peripheral, and organizational. Reliant on the needs of the station, the design of these places has also see them as an expression of modern technology mirrored in their bold structure and use of new materials.

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