Pres. Aquino Conducted Test Run on Automated Guideway Transit (AGT)

The President of the Republic of the Philippines, Pres. Benigno Simeon Aquino III conducted a test run of the hi-tech Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) or the elevated train at the University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City.

The project was envisioned to be an environment-friendly answer to the growing transport needs of the UP community, the transport system is capable of transporting at least 60 p(–foul word(s) removed–)engers at a time.

It will traverse a 465-meter concrete elevated track that stretches from UP’s College of Fine Arts to the University Avenue in Diliman. According to DOST, the main agency behind the project, the train is “emission-free” and “electrically driven.”

The project will not rely heavily on electriciy as it is also using a “hybrid diesel-electric system.”

The modern transport system is first of it’s kind in the Philippines, specifically designed by Filipino DOST engineers and fabricated locally. The project is dubbed as “AGT ng Pinoy” and “Gawang Pinoy Para Sa Pinoy.”

 UP Train System

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