San Miguel bullet train project

[uls]

hayyzzz sobrang nag-google ka pa to present all this to me. next thing you'll say maglev is not a train.

haha

wala yan

actually my post above was just an excuse to post monorail cat

favorite ko kasi si monorail cat

[safeorigin]

^the cat that started all the lulz

[donbuggy]

I hope that when they build the railway, they give some thought to the design of the train stations.

1) Aesthetically pleasing. Not like the ugly concrete box structures at EDSA. :down:

2) Located near a properly designed bus / jeepney terminal for hassle-free transfer from train to bus / jeepney / taxi and vice versa.

:please:

[just1362]

It would really needs substantial period of time in realizing certain plan like this. For example the Taiwan High Speed Rail. Planning and conceptualization stage of the project started on the early 1980's. Construction stage started in March 2000. Testing, commissioning and test/trial runs started in January 2005 and operation (for the entire line operations) started in March 2007. However, in other countries (e.g. China, which is a communist country) the length of materialization is much less as the country is not similar as the so called democracy countries.

BTW, our company constructed one package of the Taiwan High Speed Rail from 2000 ~ 2004 (civil works only)

[safeorigin]

I hope that when they build the railway, they give some thought to the design of the train stations.

1) Aesthetically pleasing. Not like the ugly concrete box structures at EDSA. :down:

2) Located near a properly designed bus / jeepney terminal for hassle-free transfer from train to bus / jeepney / taxi and vice versa.

:please:

1. it would most likely end up "aesthetically pleasing" as it needs to be as aerodynamic as possible if they expect it to reach 200kph

2. I reckon they'd consider that being a major mode of transport and all so it had to be strategically placed in order to create profit

the most likely problem they have to deal with if they plan on making the project cover the whole of luzon is the NPA and natural calamity

[fourtheboys96]

who will patronize this? will there be enough daily passengers to make it profitable?

[uls]

if this north to south Luzon high speed rail transport becomes reality, it will take customers away from bus lines... even airlines

though it won't beat the speed of air travel, if a bullet train ticket from Manila to Ilocos Norte will cost less than half an airplane ticket, people will take the train

[safeorigin]

if it'll cost 600-1200 petot, people will indeed patronize it.

[cktlcmd]

I hope that when they build the railway, they give some thought to the design of the train stations.

1) Aesthetically pleasing. Not like the ugly concrete box structures at EDSA. :down:

2) Located near a properly designed bus / jeepney terminal for hassle-free transfer from train to bus / jeepney / taxi and vice versa.

:please:

and if this really go beyond planning... don't forget those pesky SQUATTERS that seem to populate train tracks.


and if it does not... I agree with the others to just help fix our existing train system. We need to be practical at this point.

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[uls]

some posts ago, i said SMC is behaving like a private equity firm

am i right or am i right?

SMC may buy 100% of Indophil Resources
http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/i...10/november/25

Diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corp. may end buying 100 percent Australia’s Indophil Resources NL, depending on the results of the due diligence set to be completed January next year.

“If the due diligence is good, we will buy 100 percent of Indophil,” San Miguel president Ramon Ang said in an interview with reporters.

[creepy]

Puro dada lang ang proponent nito. Hanggang kwentong kutsero lang.