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DOTr to cancel contract for common rail station

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March 07, 2025

Commuters may have to wait longer before they can switch seamlessly through Metro Manila’s rail lines, as the government is terminating the contract for the Unified Grand Central Station.

- ELIJAH FELICE ROSALES

Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon yesterday said his agency is pulling out of the contract that it entered into with the joint venture of BF Corp. and Foresight Development and Surveying Co. (FDSC) for the construction of the Unified Grand Central Station.

The project has been hit with several delays, and Dizon said there was no progress in construction for more than a year now.

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