LRT Line 6 (Cavite)


The Light Rail Transit Line 6 or Line 6 of the Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 1, was a proposed rapid transit line planned to link the suburban city of Dasmariñas to the future LRT Line 1 extension at Niog station in Bacoor. Its path would have run along a north–south axis over a length of. Its proposed right-of-way alignment is along Aguinaldo Highway from Niog in Bacoor to Governor's Drive in Dasmariñas.
The project would have cost an estimated PHP64 billion or US$1.42 billion. It was approved by the Investment Coordination Committee–Cabinet Committee of the National Economic and Development Authority last April 2015 as a public–private partnership project. If completed, it was expected to significantly reduce the volume of vehicular traffic in the Cavite area and improve passenger mobility in the southern parts of the metropolis.
In its current form, the DOTr shelved the project indefinitely in September 2018, citing issues such as right-of-way and congestion in Aguinaldo Highway. However, a modified and unsolicited proposal succeeding it is currently under study.

Proposed stations

The project involves 7 elevated stations along Aguinaldo Highway :
NameStructure TypeTransfersLocation
Elevated LRT Line 1Bacoor, Cavite
TironaElevatedrowspan="6" Bacoor, Cavite
ImusElevatedImus, Cavite-
Daang HariElevatedImus, Cavite-
SalitranElevatedDasmariñas, Cavite-
Congressional AvenueElevatedDasmariñas, Cavite-
Governor's DriveElevatedDasmariñas, Cavite-

Rolling Stock

The trains to be used were not specified any further but were articulated to be electric multiple units arranged into 4 car train sets. The cars would had been powered by a 750 volt overhead catenary line through a pantograph. Each car would had 4 Double leaf, plug-sliding doors on each side.

Modified Line 6 Proposal

In 2017, a private consortium submitted an unsolicited proposal to construct, operate and maintain a modified Line 6 mass transit route in the Calabarzon region.. As of 2/2019, it is under consideration and endorsement by the government. As submitted, the modified Line 6 is composed of possibly 5 branches of the rail route: