LRT Line 2 (Metro Manila)

{{Redirect|MRT 2|the North Macedonian TV channel|MRT 2 (TV channel)}} {{Short description|Manila Metro line}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Use Philippine English|date=October 2022}} {{infobox rail line | box_width = 300 | name = LRT Line 2 | color = {{rcr|Manila LRT|2}} | logo = Lrtalogo.svg | logo_width = 85px | image = LRT-2 Araneta Center-Cubao 2026-01-24.jpg | image_width = 320px | caption = Class 2000 trains at {{stn|Araneta Center-Cubao|3=LRT}} | native_name =  | owner = Light Rail Transit Authority | locale = Metro Manila & Rizal, Philippines | start = {{stn|Pier 4}} (future)<br/>{{stn|Recto}} | end = {{stn|Antipolo}} | type = Rapid transit / Heavy rail | system = Manila Light Rail Transit System | status = Operational | stations = 13<ref name="Line2">{{cite web |url=http://www.lrta.gov.ph/line_2_system.php |title=The Line 2 System |publisher=Light Rail Transit Authority |access-date=June 10, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011002758/http://www.lrta.gov.ph/line_2_system.php |archive-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> | routes = 1 | daily_ridership = 162,742 (2025)<ref name="LRTA logs 58M passengers in 2025">{{cite web |title=LRTA logs 58M passengers in 2025 |url=https://www.bworldonline.com/the-nation/2026/01/06/722671/lrta-logs-58m-passengers-in-2025/ |website=BusinessWorld Online |date=6 January 2026}}</ref> | ridership2 = 58.75 million (2025)<ref name="LRTA logs 58M passengers in 2025"/> | linenumber = 2 | website = {{url|www.lrta.gov.ph|LRTA}} | yearcommenced = {{Start date and age |1997|11|15}} | open = {{Start date and age |2003|4|5}}<ref name="Line2" /> | lastextension = {{Start date and age |2021|7|5}}<ref name="EEP-opened" /> | yearcompleted =  | operator = Light Rail Transit Authority | character = Elevated<br/>Underground (Katipunan) | depot = Santolan, Pasig | stock = LRTA 2000 class<ref name="Line2" /> | linelength_km = 17.6 | tracks = Double | gauge = {{track gauge|sg|allk=on}} | load_gauge = {{cvt|4300|x|3354|mm|ftin}}<ref name=":0" /> | availability = | minradius = '''Mainline:''' {{cvt|175|m|ft}}<br>'''Depot:''' {{cvt|100|m|ft}} | electrification = {{1,500 V DC}} overhead catenary | speed = {{Convert|45|to|80|kph|mph|sp=us|abbr=on}}<ref name="SpeedLimit">{{Cite web |date=May 21, 2026 |title=Speed Limit of LRT-2 |url=https://www.foi.gov.ph/agencies/lrta/speed-limit-of-lrt-2/ |access-date=May 21, 2026 |website=eFOI Philippines |quote=Please be informed that the maximum operating speed of the LRTA Line 2 train system is 80 kilometers per hour (kph). Under normal operating conditions, train speeds typically range from 45 kph to 80 kph along the entire line. Further, please note that certain sections of the line are currently subject to speed restrictions due to ongoing technical concerns and maintenance activities.}}</ref> | signalling = Siemens TBS100 fixed block ATC under ATO GoA 2 (STO), with subsystems of ATP, Rail9000 ATS, and Westrace MK1 CBI<ref name="lrt2maintenance2017">{{cite report |date=August 9, 2017 |title=Maintenance of the Manila LRT Line 2 System, Terms of Reference | author = Light Rail Transit Authority |url=http://publiccontent.sinpro.cz/PublicFiles/2017/11/26/PB17-167-8.Bidding%20Document.072523311.pdf |publisher=Light Rail Transit Philippines |access-date=2021-12-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612124628/http://publiccontent.sinpro.cz/PublicFiles/2017/11/26/PB17-167-8.Bidding%20Document.072523311.pdf |archive-date=2020-06-12 }}</ref><ref name="signalling" /><ref name="signalling2" /> | elevation = {{cvt|45|m|ft}} at Antipolo station  | maxincline = 5%<ref name="lrt2maintenance2017" /> | map = {{Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 2}} | map_state = collapsed | aveinterstation = {{convert|1.28|km|abbr=on}} }}

The '''Light Rail Transit Line 2''', also known as '''LRT Line 2''', '''LRT-2''', or '''Megatren''', is a rapid transit line in Metro Manila in the Philippines owned and operated by the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA). The line generally runs in an east–west direction between {{stn|Recto}} in Manila and {{stn|Antipolo}}. The line is officially referred to as the '''Purple Line'''.

Although commonly known as LRT-2, the line is a high capacity heavy rail line that uses large metro cars which are longer and wider than those used on the PNR network and roughly the same size as those used on the MTR in Hong Kong, instead of the light rail vehicles used in earlier lines.<ref name="heavyrail">{{Cite news|title=It's a misnomer! Light Rail Transit Line 2 is actually a heavy rail-subway system|first=Catalina Ricci S.|last=Madarang|date=October 7, 2019|work=InterAksyon|url=https://interaksyon.philstar.com/politics-issues/2019/10/07/155987/light-rail-system-heavy-rail-lrt2-mrt/|access-date=January 5, 2022}}</ref> Until the opening of MRT Line 7 in 2027, it is the country's only line that uses these types of trains.<ref name="heavyrail" />

Envisioned in the 1970s as part of the Metropolitan Manila Strategic Mass Rail Transit Development Plan, it was first planned in 1988 and stalled years later when Japan's official development assistance funds stepped in, the thirteen-station, {{convert|17.6|km|mi|adj = on|sp = us}}<ref name="defective" /> line was the third rapid transit line to be built in Metro Manila when it started operations in 2003. The line became the first rapid transit line extending outside Metro Manila after its extension to Antipolo in Rizal opened in 2021.<ref name="EEP-opened" />

The line is integrated with the public transit system in Metro Manila, and passengers also take various forms of road-based public transport, such as buses and jeepneys, to and from a station to reach their intended destination. It is the least busy among Metro Manila's three rapid transit lines, with total ridership significantly below the line's built maximum capacity, serving about 140,000 passengers daily in 2023.<ref name="post-evaluation-jica" /> Regardless, the line encounters periods of peak ridership during rush hour in the morning and the evening. Expanding the network's revenue line to accommodate more passengers is set on tackling this problem, with the most recent 2021 extension linking to Antipolo<ref name="LOOK: Gov't to build 3 more Line 2 stations" /><ref name="EEPhase2" /> and approved plans of a three-station westbound extension in Manila.

===Planning and early delays=== During the construction of the first line of the Manila Light Rail Transit System in the early 1980s, a Swiss company called Electrowatt Engineering Services designed a comprehensive plan for metro service in Metro Manila. The plan—still used as the basis for planning new metro lines—consisted of a {{convert|150|km|mi|sp=us|adj=on}} network of rapid transit lines spanning all major corridors within 20 years, including a line on the Radial Road 6 alignment, one of the region's busiest road corridor.

On March 16, 1988, the project was approved by the cabinet, and a feasibility study for the LRT Line 2, then called the MRT Line 2 project,<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 17, 1988 |title=Tutuban-Cubao LRT okayed |work=Manila Standard}}</ref><ref name="heavyrail" /> that would connect Marikina to the City of Manila via Aurora Boulevard and Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard was carried out in the same year.<ref name=three>{{cite report|url=http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTEAPINFRASTRUCT/Resources/855084-1137106254308/threecities.pdf |author=World Bank |title=A Tale of Three Cities: Urban Rail Concessions in Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Manila – Final Report |publisher=Author |page=17 |date=December 2, 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060424181753/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTEAPINFRASTRUCT/Resources/855084-1137106254308/threecities.pdf |archive-date=April 24, 2006}} (Prepared by Halcrow Group Limited).</ref> Lavalin of Canada was interested in planning to build the line when the Philippine government would look to have a contract similar to the Bangkok system that was to be developed by the company (this was cancelled in 1992).<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 10, 1988 |title=Doubly hurting |work=Manila Standard |pages=10}}</ref> The project was to be bid out as a build-operate-transfer project together with the LRT Line 1 capacity expansion project in 1989.<ref name=three/> In the same year, when President Corazon Aquino directed transportation secretary Rainerio Reyes to speed up the implementation of the line, the project was one of the 10 major infrastructure projects worth ₱8.7 billion.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 11, 1989 |title=Cory: Speed up implementation of new LRT line |work=Manila Standard |pages=9}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 20, 1989 |title=New LRT must be better |work=Manila Standard |pages=10}}</ref>

Although sixteen firms were reported to have submitted bids for the line's construction,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cuneta |first=Jopen|date=1990-04-16|title=16 foreign firms file bids for construction of LRT 2|work=Malaya}}</ref> the bidding failed, causing delays. Only one consortium, made up of Japanese-European firms (Marubeni, Leighton, and Tractabel) and another Japanese firm, RRA International, attended the actual bidding. This means that the bidding for LRT 2 as a BOT project was unilaterally cancelled by transportation secretary Oscar Orbos, apparently in favor of a “ground-level” transit system.<ref name="three" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=May 3, 1990 |title=New bidding for LRT II mulled |work=The Philippine Star |pages=13}}</ref>

Another feasibility study was conducted in 1991 with financing from the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF). The final revised project was approved on December 13, 1995 as a separate project from the LRT-1 capacity expansion project.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 20, 1991 |title=Manila rail project to get foreign loans |work=The Business Times |pages=18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 13, 1995 |title=P-26B LRT 2 project okayed |work=Manila Standard |pages=15}}</ref><ref name="three" /> Early in 1994, the planned route was to run from Recto inside the Old Bilibid Prison to Katipunan, totaling 11.8 kilometers, but the actual route is 10 kilometers; the plan was also to have a depot located at the vacant site of Quezon Institute, and the plan was to have 26 2-car trains.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 20, 1994 |title=DOTC allots P15.7-B for LRT 2 Project |work=Manila Standard |pages=6}}</ref>

===Construction and opening=== The LRT Line 2 project officially began in 1996, twelve years after the opening of Line 1, with the granting of the official development assistance loans from the OECF, later known as the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)<ref name="up-research">{{Cite web |author=Reyes, Miguel Paolo P. |title=It's Not You, It's Me? An Inquiry into the Problems of Philippine-Korean Cooperation for Metro Manila's Rail-based Mass Transit Systems |url=https://riles.upd.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/012-Philippine-Korean-Cooperation-for-Mass-Transit-in-Metro-Manila_-Reyes.pdf |access-date=January 31, 2022 |work=The Mass Transit System in Metro Manila: From Tranvia to MRT, 1879-2014 |publisher=University of the Philippines Diliman}}</ref> for the line's construction starting in March of that year.<ref name="post-evaluation-jica" /> The LRTA would have ownership of the system and assume all administrative functions, such as the regulation of fares and operations as well as the responsibility over construction and maintenance of the system and the procurement of spare parts for trains. {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:95%; border: none;" |+List of contractors (original {{convert|13.8|km|mi|sp=us|adj=on}} line)<ref>COA, 1998: n.p.</ref> !Package no. !Scope of work !Contractor !Date of award !Notes |- |1 |Depot |{{flagicon|Japan}} Sumitomo Corporation | rowspan="3" |1997 |Marshalling Yard was also constructed by Fujita.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Philippines {{!}} Projects {{!}} Fujita |url=https://www.fujita.com/projects/country/philippines/ |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Fujita Corporation |language=en}}</ref> |- |2 |Substructure | rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|South Korea}} Hanjin<br>{{flagicon|Japan}} Itochu | |- |3 |Superstructure and stations |Rizzani de Eccher and its subsidiary, Deal S.r.l. of Italy, also designed and constructed the viaduct superstructure, including the provision of labor, precast and erection equipment, and engineering services.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Metro Manila Mass Rail Transit - Line 2 |url=https://rde.it/en/projects/metro-manila-mass-rail-transit-line-2/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Rizzani de Eccher |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |4 |Systems, vehicles (rolling stock), and trackwork |{{flagicon|Japan}} Marubeni<br>{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Balfour Beatty<br>{{flagicon|Japan}} Toshiba<br>{{flagicon|South Korea}} Daewoo Heavy Industries (now merged with Hyundai Rotem for the rolling stock division)<br>{{flagicon|Philippines}} DMCI |2000 |'''Electronic systems pacakge:''' {{flagicon|Singapore}} Singapore Technologies Engineering (for the communications system, SCADA system, automatic fare collection system, and the management information system)<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |author=Singapore Technologies Electronics. |title=Electronics Systems Package for Manila Line 2, Philippines |url=http://www.stee.stengg.com/lsg-grp/capabilities/pdf/transport/rail/13022006/eSys_Package-Manila-LRT-Line2.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061118052824/http://www.stee.stengg.com/lsg-grp/capabilities/pdf/transport/rail/13022006/eSys_Package-Manila-LRT-Line2.pdf |archive-date=November 18, 2006 |access-date=February 6, 2022 |website=Singapore Technologies Engineering}}</ref> |} Construction started with a groundbreaking ceremony on November 15, 1997, after the LRTA signed the first three packages of the agreement with Sumitomo Corporation delivering Package 1 in which covers the construction of the depot and its facilities,<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=日本財団図書館（電子図書館）マニラ首都圏の公共交通整備に関する研修用ソフト制作事業利用手引書 |url=https://nippon.zaidan.info/seikabutsu/2001/00478/contents/00025.htm |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=nippon.zaidan.info |language=japanese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Package 1 - Depot |url=http://www.lrta.gov.ph/projects/proj_mmsmrtdp_pack1.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060505004155/http://www.lrta.gov.ph/projects/proj_mmsmrtdp_pack1.htm |archive-date=May 5, 2006 |access-date=December 23, 2021 |work=Metro Manila Strategic Mass Rail Transit Development Project Line 2 - Megatren |publisher=Light Rail Transit Authority}}</ref> while the Hanjin–Itochu joint venture delivered packages 2 and 3 in which covers the substructure and the superstructure plus the stations respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Package 2 - Substructure |url=http://www.lrta.gov.ph/projects/proj_mmsmrtdp_pack2.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060505004210/http://www.lrta.gov.ph/projects/proj_mmsmrtdp_pack2.htm |archive-date=May 5, 2006 |access-date=December 23, 2021 |work=Metro Manila Strategic Mass Rail Transit Development Project Line 2 - Megatren |publisher=Light Rail Transit Authority}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Package 3 - Superstructure and Stations |url=http://www.lrta.gov.ph/projects/proj_mmsmrtdp_pack3.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060505004202/http://www.lrta.gov.ph/projects/proj_mmsmrtdp_pack3.htm |archive-date=May 5, 2006 |access-date=December 23, 2021 |work=Metro Manila Strategic Mass Rail Transit Development Project Line 2 - Megatren |publisher=Light Rail Transit Authority}}</ref>

The project suffered delays in 1998 when the fourth package of the project, which includes the communications and fares systems, vehicles, and trackworks, were alleged to be anomalous, according to Senator Juan Ponce Enrile.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1998-02-03 |title=Anomaly in LRT-2 bidding - Enrile |work=Today}}</ref> Although it was promptly corrected by the Estrada administration after it assumed power in the middle of that year, it encountered similar problems two years later. In April 2000, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) met with officials from the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC). Out of the eight bidders, only two, Ansaldo; and Mitsui with Siemens, passed the technical evaluation process. To accommodate more bidders, especially that another two were disqualified, NEDA Secretary Felipe Medalla reportedly planned to lower the pre-qualification criteria from seventy percent to fifty percent, a move strongly opposed by the DOTC which reiterated that the seventy percent passing mark was only approved by the JBIC. However, Medalla reportedly justified his actions, saying that the JBIC was dissatisfied with the two qualified bidders and would stop all loans to the Philippines if more bidders were not added.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2000-05-03 |title=LRT 2 bidding hounded by alleged anomalies |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2000/05/03/87816/lrt-2-bidding-hounded-alleged-anomalies |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref>

Finally, in September 2000, Package 4 was awarded to the ''Asia-Europe MRT Consortium'' (AEMC), a consortium led by Marubeni and composed of Balfour Beatty, Toshiba, Daewoo Heavy Industries, and a local company which was D.M. Consuji Incorporated (DMCI).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Baetiong |first=May Czarina A. |date=2000-09-13 |title=Marubeni-led consortium bags light railway contract |work=Business World}}</ref><ref name="up-research" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Package 4 - Systems, Vehicles and Trackworks |url=http://www.lrta.gov.ph/projects/proj_mmsmrtdp_pack4.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060505004214/http://www.lrta.gov.ph/projects/proj_mmsmrtdp_pack4.htm |archive-date=May 5, 2006 |access-date=December 23, 2021 |work=Metro Manila Strategic Mass Rail Transit Development Project Line 2 - Megatren |publisher=Light Rail Transit Authority}}</ref> AEMC, through Marubeni Corporation, entered into a contract with Singapore Technologies Engineering on December 12 of that year to supply and install the communications system, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system, automatic fare collection system, and the management information system.<ref name=":2" /> The consortium provided the eighteen four-car trainsets built by Rotem and Toshiba.

During construction, the LRTA, along with the project consultants oversaw all the design, construction, equipping, testing, commissioning, and technical supervision of the project activities. Halcrow was appointed in 1997 as the lead consultant for the project.<ref name="halcrow">{{Cite web |title=Manila light rail transit – Purple Line |url=http://www.halcrow.com/Our-projects/Project-details/Manila-LRT-Philippines/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426021331/http://www.halcrow.com/Our-projects/Project-details/Manila-LRT-Philippines/ |archive-date=April 26, 2010 |access-date=April 5, 2022 |publisher=Halcrow}}</ref> The consultancy services were also provided by De Leuw Cather and the Japanese consultants Katahira & Engineers International and Tonichi Engineering for the civil engineering.<ref name="post-evaluation-jica" /><ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-05 |title=Tonichi Engineering Consultants, Inc. - 株式会社トーニチコンサルタント |url=https://www.tonichi-c.co.jp/en/ |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=株式会社トーニチコンサルタント - 都市づくり、街づくりにおいて欠かすことのできない交通分野と、これに関連する業務全般を得意とする建設コンサルタントです |language=en}}</ref>

The pre-casting segmental method, a method used to launch girders and connect them to create a full span, was used in the construction of the original {{convert|13.8|km|mi|sp=us|adj=on}} line.<ref name="lrt2maintenance2017" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name="lrta-rail-ops" />

On April 5, 2003, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo inaugurated the line, effectively opening the first {{convert|4.3|km|mi|sp=us}} from {{stn|Santolan|3=LRT}} to {{stn|Araneta Center-Cubao|3=LRT}}. Accompanying the president were former president Corazon Aquino, Transportation Secretary Leandro Mendoza, LRTA chief Teddy Cruz Jr., and other officials, who were the first official passengers of the "Megatren". Fares were free of charge until April 9.<ref>{{Cite news|title=GMA leads Megatren inauguration|first=Marichu A. |last=Villanueva |date=April 6, 2003 |url=https://www.philstar.com/metro/2003/04/06/201659/gma-leads-megatren-inauguration |work=The Philippine Star |access-date=June 27, 2024}}</ref>  All remaining stations opened on April 5, 2004,<ref name="lrta-rail-ops">{{cite web|title=Railway Operations|url=https://www.lrta.gov.ph/railway-operations/|publisher=Light Rail Transit Authority|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724021116/https://www.lrta.gov.ph/railway-operations/|archive-date=July 24, 2021|access-date=September 3, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> except for Recto which opened on the following October 29.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Metro Manila Strategic Mass Rail Transit Development Line 2 Project|url=http://www.lrta.gov.ph/projects/proj_mmsmrtdp.htm|publisher=Light Rail Transit Authority|access-date=December 23, 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060517095706/http://www.lrta.gov.ph/projects/proj_mmsmrtdp.htm|archive-date=May 17, 2006}}</ref><ref name="mrt-2">{{cite news|author=Bergonia, Allan|date=October 28, 2004|title=Line 2 Recto Station Opens|work=People's Journal|url=http://www.lrta.gov.ph/news/news_item_102804_RectoStationsOpens.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050308020226/http://www.lrta.gov.ph/news/news_item_102804_RectoStationsOpens.htm|archive-date=March 8, 2005|access-date=May 11, 2006|via=lrta.gov.ph}}</ref> However, ridership was initially moderate yet still far below expectations, since the passenger volume in this line is not yet fully achieved.<ref name="post-evaluation-jica" />

To address passenger complaints on the lack of universal access on earlier train lines, the LRTA made sure during the construction phase that the stations were equipped with universal access by putting up escalators and elevators for easier access, as well as making passenger fares at par with the other existing lines. However, while all stations have elevators to and from the platform, not all stations have elevators to and from the station concourse on both sides of the road.

===Extension to Antipolo=== [[File:Manila Line 2 Emerald Station construction (Marcos Highway, Pasig)(2018-12-17).jpg|thumb|Construction of Marikina–Pasig station in December 2018]] Plans to extend the line to Antipolo in the province of Rizal were first laid out in 1999 as part of the Metro Manila Urban Transportation Integration Study Master Plan by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).<ref>{{Cite news|first=Emmie V.|last=Abadilla|title=P4.5-B LRT-2 East Extension to start operation next week|url=https://mb.com.ph/2021/07/01/p4-5-b-lrt-2-east-extension-to-start-operation-next-week/|work=Manila Bulletin|date=2021-07-01|access-date=2021-07-01|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309201028/https://mb.com.ph/2021/07/01/p4-5-b-lrt-2-east-extension-to-start-operation-next-week/|archive-date=2022-03-09}}</ref> The MMUTIS study endorses the proposed expansion, which includes three stations, one of which was intended for the Vermont Royale Executive Village, but the proposal did not come to fruition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MMUTIS Appendices |url=https://openjicareport.jica.go.jp/pdf/11580461_04.pdf |access-date=June 3, 2025}}</ref>

The extension was first approved by the Investment Coordination Committee (ICC) board of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) in October 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MRT Line 2 East Extension Project |publisher=Light Rail Transit Authority |url=http://www.lrta.gov.ph/projects/proj_l2eastex.htm |access-date=February 18, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031017102039/http://www.lrta.gov.ph/projects/proj_l2eastex.htm |archive-date=October 17, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first=Abigail L. |last=Ho |title=Extension of LRT Line 2 to Antipolo gets NEDA backing |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=http://www.lrta.gov.ph/news/news_item_101403_ExtLine2NEDAbacking.htm |access-date=February 18, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312213710/http://www.lrta.gov.ph/news/news_item_101403_ExtLine2NEDAbacking.htm |date=October 14, 2003 |archive-date=March 12, 2007}}</ref> On August 3, 2006, the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) announced its intention to extend the line eastward to Antipolo and westward to Port Area, Manila.<ref name="2006extensions">{{Cite news|title=Gov't planning to extend LRT Line 2 |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/content/12296/gov-t-planning-to-extend-lrt-line-2/story/ |work=GMA News |date=August 3, 2006 |access-date=April 4, 2022}}</ref> In May 2011, LRTA secured commitments from the Philippine National Bank, Development Bank of the Philippines, and the Land Bank of the Philippines to fund the extension project.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Govt secures commitments for LRT 2 extension funds |date=May 9, 2011 |first=Darwin G. |last=Amojelar |url=https://ppp.gov.ph/in_the_news/govt-secures-commitments-for-lrt-2-extension-funds/ |work=The Manila Times |access-date=February 18, 2022 |via=Public-Private Partnership Center}}</ref> JICA then released a feasibility study report the following October.<ref name=":0" /> The {{convert|3.8|km|mi|sp=us|adj=on}} extension, starting from the eastern terminus of {{stn|Santolan|3=LRT}} up to Antipolo station in Antipolo, called for two additional stations: Emerald (now {{Stn|Marikina–Pasig}}) in Marikina near Sta. Lucia Mall, Robinsons Metro East and Ayala Malls Feliz; and Masinag (now {{Stn|Antipolo}}), in Antipolo near SM City Masinag. The ₱9.7 billion project, at its current form, was approved by the National Economic and Development Authority chaired by then-President Benigno Aquino III on September 4, 2012.<ref name="nedalrt">{{cite news|url=http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/top-news/32326-neda-board-oks-9-big-projects |title=Neda Board OKs 9 big projects |last=Gonzalez |first=Mia M. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906032601/http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/top-news/32326-neda-board-oks-9-big-projects |date=September 4, 2012 |archive-date=September 6, 2012 |access-date=September 6, 2012 |work=Business Mirror}}</ref> The Philippine national government funded the civil works contracts, while JICA funded the contract for the electrical and mechanical systems as part of its Capacity Enhancement of Mass Transit Systems in Metro Manila Project (CEMTSMMP) through a ¥43.2-billion loan for various projects of railway lines in Metro Manila.<ref name="eextnfree" /><ref>{{Cite report|title=Status of LRT Projects as of December 31, 2021|date=January 19, 2022|page=4|access-date=January 31, 2022|url=https://www.lrta.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/project-status-as-of-December-31-2021.pdf|publisher=Light Rail Transit Authority|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131070307/https://www.lrta.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/project-status-as-of-December-31-2021.pdf|archive-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> The project aimed to accommodate an additional 80,000 passengers and reduce traffic congestion along Marcos Highway.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Ong|first=Ghio|date=2021-01-10|title=3 LRT-2 stations set to reopen|url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2021/01/10/2069357/3-lrt-2-stations-set-reopen|access-date=2021-01-12|website=Philstar.com}}</ref> The lead consultant is a Korean consortium consisting of Foresight Development and Surveying, Soosung Engineering, and Korea Rail Network Authority.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Agcaoili |first=Lawrence |title=DOTC OKs LRT-2 consulting contract to Korean group |url=https://www.philstar.com/business/2014/05/04/1319009/dotc-oks-lrt-2-consulting-contract-korean-group |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref>

The first two packages, awarded to D.M. Consunji Incorporated (DMCI), covered the design and construction of the viaduct and stations.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|title=DMCI bags P2.3-B LRT-2 extension project|website=ABS-CBN News|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/business/01/27/15/dmci-bags-p23-b-lrt-2-extension-project|date=January 27, 2015|access-date=July 8, 2021}}</ref><ref name="EEPgroundbreaking2" /> Unlike the original line which used the pre-casting segmental method of construction, the east extension viaduct made use of AASHTO girders with a deck slab above the girders.<ref name=":0">{{cite report|url=http://open_jicareport.jica.go.jp/pdf/1000023377_01.pdf|title=PREPARATORY STUDY FOR LRT LINE2 EXTENSION PROJECT : FINAL REPORT|author=Japan International Cooperation Agency|author-link=Japan International Cooperation Agency|date=October 2011|access-date=November 8, 2021}}</ref> Meanwhile, the third package, awarded to Marubeni and DMCI, covered the design and installation of the railway tracks and electrical and mechanical (E&M) systems of the extension.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=LRT Line 2 East Extension Project Awarded to Marubeni-DMCI|url=https://marubeniphil.com/news-and-resources/lrt-line-2-east-extension-project-awarded-marubeni-dmci|website=Marubeni Philippines Corporation|date=March 7, 2019|access-date=July 8, 2021}}</ref> The project broke ground on June 9, 2015, with an original 2017 deadline.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Next stop, Antipolo: LRT-2 begins expansion|first=Jacque|last=Manabat|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/business/06/09/15/next-stop-antipolo-lrt-2-begins-expansion|work=ABS-CBN News|date=June 9, 2015|access-date=April 27, 2022|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602183132/https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/06/09/15/next-stop-antipolo-lrt-2-begins-expansion|archive-date=June 2, 2016}}</ref> On May 30, 2017, another groundbreaking ceremony was held to mark the start of construction of the two stations.<ref name="EEPgroundbreaking2">{{Cite web|title=DOTr AND LRTA BREAKS GROUND FOR LRT2 EAST EXTENSION PROJECT - PACKAGE 2|url=https://dotr.gov.ph/10-press-releases/240-dotr-and-lrta-breaks-ground-for-lrt2-east-extension-project-package-2.html|website=dotr.gov.ph|agency=Department of Transportation|access-date=July 8, 2021|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184600/https://dotr.gov.ph/10-press-releases/240-dotr-and-lrta-breaks-ground-for-lrt2-east-extension-project-package-2.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The final phase of construction, covering the installation of the tracks, electrical and mechanical systems, commenced on April 16, 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Final phase of LRT-2 extension project starts|first=Richmond|last=Mercurio|url=https://www.philstar.com/business/2019/04/17/1910589/final-phase-lrt-2-extension-project-starts|work=The Philippine Star|date=17 April 2019|access-date=30 November 2021}}</ref> During construction, on March 10, 2017, a truck slammed in a concrete post of the east extension viaduct, killing one and injuring two.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Marlly Rome C.|last=Bondoc|title=One dead, two injured as dump truck slams into LRT-2 post in Marikina|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/metro/602635/one-dead-two-injured-as-dump-truck-slams-into-lrt-2-post-in-marikina/story/|work=GMA News|date=March 10, 2017|access-date=November 10, 2021}}</ref> {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:95%; border: none;" |+List of contractors !Package no. !Scope of work !Contractor !Date of award |- |1. |Construction of the viaduct | rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|Philippines}} DMCI |January 2015<ref name=":3" /> |- |2. |Construction of the stations |June 2017<ref name="EEPgroundbreaking2" /> |- |3. |Electrical and mechanical (E&M) systems |{{flagicon|Japan}} Marubeni<br>{{flagicon|Philippines}} DMCI |March 2019<ref name=":4" /> |} The initial 2017 deadline was not met, largely due to delays in the station's construction and the installation of the electrical and mechanical systems. It was repeatedly moved to 2020, before being delayed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Quismorio|first=Ellson|title=Anticipating Antipolo: DOTr hypes up April opening of new LRT-2 stations|url=https://mb.com.ph/2021/02/26/anticipating-antipolo-dotr-hypes-up-april-opening-of-new-lrt-2-stations|date=February 26, 2021|access-date=March 2, 2021|website=Manila Bulletin|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521014954/https://mb.com.ph/2021/02/26/anticipating-antipolo-dotr-hypes-up-april-opening-of-new-lrt-2-stations/|archive-date=May 21, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/778277/lrt2-east-extension-to-commence-ops-on-april-27/story|title=LRT2 East Extension to commence ops on April 27|first=Ted|last=Cordero|work=GMA News|date=March 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Rey, Aika |title=COVID-19 curbs delay LRT2 East Extension opening to June 23 |url=https://www.rappler.com/business/covid-19-curbs-delay-lrt2-east-extension-opening-june-2021/ |publisher=Rappler |date=16 April 2021 |access-date=16 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=LRT-2 East Extension Project inauguration moved; weekend closures announced|url=https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2021/6/21/lrt-2-extension-project-inauguration-postponed.html|publisher=CNN Philippines|date=June 21, 2021|access-date=June 22, 2021|archive-date=June 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621175511/https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2021/6/21/lrt-2-extension-project-inauguration-postponed.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Nevertheless, the extension was inaugurated by President Rodrigo Duterte on July 1, 2021, before formally opening four days later with free rides for two weeks.<ref name="EEP-opened">{{Cite news|first=Leandre|last=Grecia|title=The new LRT-2 stations in Marikina and Antipolo are now operational|url=https://www.topgear.com.ph/news/motoring-news/lrt-2-east-extension-opening-a4354-20210705|work=Top Gear Philippines|date=2021-07-05|access-date=2021-07-05}}</ref><ref name="marubeniEEPopen">{{Cite news|title=Manila Light Rail Transit Line 2 East Extension Line Starts Operation|url=https://www.marubeni.com/en/news/2021/release/00059.html|website=Marubeni Corporation|date=July 6, 2021|access-date=July 8, 2021}}</ref><ref name="eextnfree">{{Cite news|title=Duterte: Free rides from Antipolo to Santolan stations, vice versa for 2 weeks|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/metro/793717/duterte-free-rides-from-antipolo-to-santolan-stations-vice-versa-for-2-weeks/story/|website=GMA News|date=July 1, 2021|access-date=July 1, 2021}}</ref>

In the following two months since its opening, a shuttle service was implemented between Antipolo and Santolan pending the completion of signaling integration, with one train running within the line's extension. This arrangement caused passenger complaints concerning its inefficiency, which was further exacerbated by the lack of operational trains.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.topgear.com.ph/news/motoring-news/lrt-2-east-extension-first-day-operations-a4354-20210705|title=New LRT-2 stations riddled with long queues on first day of operations|work=Top Gear Philippines|first=Leandre|last=Grecia|date=July 5, 2021|access-date=November 24, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Clara|last=Rosales|title=Free Rides, Fares, More: LRT-2 Marikina, Antipolo Stations Open Today|url=https://www.reportr.world/news/lrt-2-marikina-antipolo-stations-opening-what-you-need-to-know-a4373-20210702|work=reportr.world|access-date=November 24, 2021|date=July 2, 2021}}</ref> Seamless end-to-end services were initially expected to begin within two weeks after opening,<ref name="More trains to operate in LRT-2 east extension after July 18 – LRTA">{{Cite news|title=More trains to operate in LRT-2 east extension after July 18 – LRTA|url=https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2021/7/5/More-trains-operate-LRT-2-East-Extension-after-July-18---LRTA-.html|publisher=CNN Philippines|date=July 5, 2021|access-date=July 6, 2021|archive-date=July 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706020744/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2021/7/5/More-trains-operate-LRT-2-East-Extension-after-July-18---LRTA-.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> but only started two months later on September 3, after integration works were completed.{{efn|The date when the end-to-end operations between Antipolo and Recto and vice versa began varies per source. According to LRTA, it began on September 3, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|website=Light Rail Transit Authority|title=Updated LRT-Line 2 Operating Hours (Implementation of Full-line Operations)|url=https://www.lrta.gov.ph/updated-lrt-line-2-operating-hours-implementation-of-full-line-operations/|date=September 3, 2021|access-date=September 9, 2021}}</ref> Meanwhile, some news outlets state that end-to-end services begun on September 7.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Full-line operation of LRT-2 East Extension stations begin|url=https://www.untvweb.com/news/full-line-operation-of-lrt-2-east-extension-stations-begin/|first=Aileen|last=Cerrudo|date=September 7, 2021|access-date=September 9, 2021|work=UNTV News and Rescue|archive-date=September 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909052504/https://www.untvweb.com/news/full-line-operation-of-lrt-2-east-extension-stations-begin/|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}

==== Extension to Cogeo ==== Plans for the extension to Cogeo were mentioned in 1992.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 18, 1992 |title=DOTC told to speed up on LRT phase II |work=Manila Standard |pages=15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=August 22, 1992 |title=LRT II to be constructed by year' end |work=Manila Standard |pages=7}}</ref> The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has also proposed for a second phase of the east extension to extend the line to Cogeo and downtown Antipolo. There are provisions at the end of the current rail line at Antipolo station for an extension. Two proposals were presented by JICA: a {{convert|3|km|sp=us|adj=on}}, one-station underground extension, and a {{convert|6|km|sp=us|adj=on}}, five-station extension, both originating from Antipolo station.<ref name="EEPhase2">{{Cite web|date=March 2014|title=ROADMAP FOR TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FOR METRO MANILA AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS (REGION III&REGION IV-A)|url=https://openjicareport.jica.go.jp/pdf/12149654.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=July 18, 2021|page=14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627170121/https://openjicareport.jica.go.jp/pdf/12149654.pdf|archive-date=June 27, 2020}}</ref> As of February 2025, the feasibility study is nearing its conclusion. The extension would have three stations and the alignment is still being finalized.<ref name="cogeo2">{{Cite news|title=LRT-2’s second Antipolo extension plan progressing |first=Elijah Felice |last=Rosales |work=The Philippine Star |date=February 15, 2025 |url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2025/02/15/2421636/lrt-2s-second-antipolo-extension-plan-progressing |access-date=February 15, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Antipolo discusses LRT-2 extension project, sees great benefits for the city |url= https://southluzon.politics.com.ph/2022/09/30/antipolo-discusses-lrt-2-extension-project-sees-great-benefits-for-the-city/ |date=September 30, 2022 |access-date=October 1, 2022 |work=Politiko South Luzon}}</ref><ref name="LRT-2 extension under study">{{cite news |title=LRT-2 extension under study |url=https://www.bworldonline.com/the-nation/2023/08/21/540777/lrt-2-extension-under-study/ |work=BusinessWorld Online |date=21 August 2023}}</ref> <!--

On May 29, 2023, the Department of Transportation (DOTr), Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) and Korean consultants conducted a collaborative joint inspection together with the Antipolo local government unit to study the potential locations for the 3 stations to be construct as part of the LRT-2 Cogeo East extension project. The said joint inspection paved the way for the possibility of integrating the new stations with the Southeast Metro Manila Expressway.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jun-Andeng Ynares |url=https://www.facebook.com/junynaresofficial/posts/pfbid02kuigkMCSyg2Ui6FMQDM1o7Jey8ZNL1ykWKHGTHPsWaiKcMe363KxFZ484Xis8wdXl |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref>

With the extension complete, the plans for expanding all the way to Infanta are underway. -->

==Route== {{Rapid transit OSM map  | frame-lat = 14.600 | frame-long = 121.025 | frame-width = 330 | frame-height = 450 | zoom = 11 | stations = y  | single_line = y | text = Route of LRT Line 2 | plain = no | frame-align = right }}

thumb|A train approaching {{stn|Katipunan}} The rail line serves the cities that Radial Road 6 passes through: Manila, San Juan, Quezon City, Marikina, Pasig (depot), and Antipolo. The rails are mostly elevated and erected either over or along the roads covered, with sections below ground before and after the {{stn|Katipunan}} station, the only underground station on the line.

===Stations=== The line serves 13 stations along its {{convert|17.6|km|mi|sp=us|adj=on}}-route.<ref name="fy2021">{{cite report|url=https://www.lrta.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Accomplishment-Report-2021.pdf |title=YEAR-END ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORT |publisher=Light Rail Transit Authority |date=December 31, 2021 |access-date=March 8, 2022}}</ref> The western terminus of the line is the {{stn|Recto}} station at Recto Avenue, while the eastern terminus of the line is the {{stn|Antipolo}} station along Marikina–Infanta Highway.

Three stations serve as connecting stations between other lines in the metro. {{stn|Pureza}} is within walking distance to the {{stn|Santa Mesa}} station of the PNR Metro Commuter Line; {{stn|Araneta Center–Cubao|3=LRT}} is indirectly connected to the station of the same name on the MRT Line 3 through local streets and inter-connected mall passageways inside Araneta City; and {{stn|Recto}} is indirectly connected to the {{stn|Doroteo Jose}} station of the LRT Line 1 through a covered walkway. No stations are connected to other rapid transit lines within the paid areas.

{| class="wikitable" |+ LRT Line 2 stations timeline ! Date opened !! Project !! Stations |- | April 5, 2003 || Phase 1 || {{stn|Santolan}} – {{stn|Araneta Center–Cubao|3=LRT}} |- | April 5, 2004 || rowspan="2" | Phase 2 || {{stn|Betty Go-Belmonte}} – {{stn|Legarda}} |- | October 29, 2004 || {{stn|Recto}} |- | July 5, 2021 || East Extension || {{stn|Marikina–Pasig}} – {{stn|Antipolo}} |}

{| class="wikitable" style="border: none; text-align:center;font-size:100%;" |+ Legend |- | style="background-color:#ddffdd" |† |Existing terminus |}

{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="border: none; text-align:center;font-size:95%;" |+ class="nowrap" | List of stations |- ! rowspan="2" | Station Code ! rowspan="2" | Station Name ! colspan="2" | Distance (km) ! rowspan="2" | Connections ! rowspan="2" | Location |- ! class="nowrap" | Between<br>stations ! class="nowrap" | Total |- style = "background:#{{rcr|Manila LRT|2}}; height: 2pt" | colspan="6" | |- | style="text-align:center;" | {{Manila MRT station code|PL|14}} | style="background-color:#ddffdd" | ''{{stn|Cogeo}}'' † | — | — | {{n/a|TBA}} | rowspan="2" | Antipolo, Rizal |- | style="text-align:center;" | {{Manila MRT station code|PL|13}} | style="background-color:#ddffdd" | {{stn|Antipolo}} † | — | 0.000 | style="text-align: left" | {{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|bus|1}} Bus routes</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true |{{PUV stop|city|3|56|name=SM Masinag|icon=no}}}} |- | style="text-align:center;" | {{Manila MRT station code|PL|12}} | {{stn|Marikina–Pasig}} | 2.232 | 2.232 | style="text-align: left" | {{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|bus|1}} Bus routes</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true |{{PUV stop|city|3|56|name=Robinsons Metro East|icon=no}}}} | Marikina |- | style="text-align:center;" | {{Manila MRT station code|PL|11}} | {{stn|Santolan|3=LRT}} | 1.795 | 4.027 | style="text-align: left" | {{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|bus|1}} Bus routes</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true |{{PUV stop|city|3|56|name=SM Marikina|icon=no}}}} | Marikina / Pasig |- | style="text-align:center;" | {{Manila MRT station code|PL|10}} | {{stn|Katipunan}} | 1.970 | 5.997 | style="text-align: left" | {{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|bus|1}} Bus routes</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true |{{PUV stop|city|3|name=Katipunan|icon=no}}|{{PUV stop|city|18|36|39|41|50|51|56|name=Aurora Boulevard|icon=no}}}} {{Collapsible list | title = <div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|bus|1}} Quezon City Bus Service</div> | liststyle = margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; | 2 = {{PUV stop|qc|7|name=Katipunan Interchange|icon=no}} | expand = true|{{PUV stop|qc|3|name=Katipunan Interchange|icon=no}} }} | rowspan="5" | Quezon City |- | style="text-align:center;" | {{Manila MRT station code|PL|9}} | {{stn|Anonas}} | 0.955 | 6.952 | style="text-align: left" | {{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|metro}} Manila MRT</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true | ''{{rint|manila|9}}'' ''{{stn|Anonas|3=Metro Manila Subway}}'' }}

{{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|bus|1}} Bus routes</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true |{{PUV stop|city|3|51|name=Anonas|icon=no}}}} {{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|bus|1}} Quezon City Bus Service</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true |{{PUV stop|qc|3|name=Anonas|icon=no}}}} |- | style="text-align:center;" | {{Manila MRT station code|PL|8}} | {{stn|Araneta Center–Cubao|3=LRT}} | 1.438 | 8.390 | style="text-align: left" | {{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|metro}} Manila MRT</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true | {{rint|manila|3}} {{stn|Araneta Center–Cubao|3=MRT}} }}

{{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|bus|1}} Bus routes</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true |{{PUV stop|city|3|name=Gateway Mall|icon=no}}|{{PUV stop|city|51|53|61|name=Farmers Plaza|icon=no}}}} |- | style="text-align:center;" | {{Manila MRT station code|PL|7}} | {{stn|Betty Go-Belmonte}} | 1.164 | 9.554 | style="text-align: left" | {{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|bus|1}} Bus routes</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true |{{PUV stop|city|3|name=Betty Go-Belmonte|icon=no}}}} |- | style="text-align:center;" | {{Manila MRT station code|PL|6}} | {{stn|Gilmore|3=LRT}} | 1.075 | 10.629 | style="text-align: left" | {{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|bus|1}} Bus routes</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true |{{PUV stop|city|3|name=Gilmore|icon=no}}}} {{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|bus|1}} Quezon City Bus Service</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true |{{PUV stop|qc|6|name=Robinsons Magnolia|icon=no}}}} |- | style="text-align:center;" | {{Manila MRT station code|PL|5}} | {{stn|J. Ruiz}} | 0.928 | 11.557 | style="text-align: left" | {{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|bus|1}} Bus routes</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true |{{PUV stop|city|3|name=J. Ruiz|icon=no}}}} | San Juan |- | style="text-align:center;" | {{Manila MRT station code|PL|4}} | {{stn|V. Mapa}} | 1.234 | 12.791 | style="text-align: left" | {{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|bus|1}} Bus routes</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true |{{PUV stop|city|2|3|name=SM City Sta. Mesa|icon=no}}}} | rowspan="7" | Manila |- | style="text-align:center;" | {{Manila MRT station code|PL|3}} | {{stn|Pureza}} | 1.357 | 14.148 | style="text-align: left" | {{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|rail}}  PNR</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true | {{rint|manila|pnr}} {{stn|Santa Mesa}} }} {{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|bus|1}} Bus routes</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true |{{PUV stop|city|2|3|name=Pureza|icon=no}}}} {{Collapsible list| title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|ferry}} Pasig River Ferry Service</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true | 20px|link=Pasig River Ferry Service PUP Ferry Station }} |- | style="text-align:center;" | {{Manila MRT station code|PL|2}} | {{stn|Legarda}} | 1.389 | 15.537 | style="text-align: left" | {{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|bus|1}} Bus routes</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true |{{PUV stop|city|2|3|name=Legarda|icon=no}}}} |- | style="text-align:center;" | {{Manila MRT station code|PL|1}} | style="background-color:#ddffdd" | {{stn|Recto}} † | 1.050 | 16.587 | style="text-align: left" | {{Collapsible list| title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|metro}} Manila LRT</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true | {{rint|manila|1}} {{stn|Doroteo Jose}} }}

{{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|metro}} Manila MRT</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true | ''{{rint|manila|8}}'' ''{{stn|Lerma|3=MRT}}'' }}

{{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|bus|1}} Bus routes</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true |{{PUV stop|city|13|19|20|21|42|name=Avenida/Recto|icon=no}}}} |- | style="text-align:center;" | — | ''{{stn|Tutuban|3=LRT}}'' | — | — | style="text-align: left" |{{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|rail}}  PNR</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true |''{{rint|manila|NSCR}}'' {{stn|Tutuban}} }}

{{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|bus|1}} Bus routes</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true |{{PUV stop|city|8|PNR 1|PNR 2|name=Divisoria|icon=no}}}} |- | style="text-align:center;" | — | ''{{stn|Divisoria}}'' | — | — | {{n/a|none}} |- | style="text-align:center;" | — | ''{{stn|Pier 4}}'' | — | — | style="text-align: left" | {{Collapsible list| title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|ferry}} Ferry services</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true | {{rint|ferry}} North Port Passenger Terminal }}

{{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|bus|1}} Bus routes</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true |{{PUV stop|city|35|name=Recto|icon=no}}|{{PUV stop|city|22|44|45|46|47|name=Manila Northport|icon=no}}}}  |- ! colspan="6" | {{nobold|<small>Stations, lines, and/or other transport connections in ''italics'' are either under construction, proposed, unopened, or have been closed.</small>}} |}

===Operations=== The line currently runs from 5:00 a.m. PST (UTC+8) until 9:30 p.m. on a daily basis.<ref name="OperationsSchedule">{{Cite news|first=Pia |last=Regalado |title=LRT-2 Extends Operating Hours at Night |url=https://www.reportr.world/news/lrt-2-extended-operating-hours-recto-antipolo-june-2022-a4832-20220617 |work=reportr.world |access-date=June 18, 2022 |date=June 17, 2022}}</ref> It operates almost every day of the year unless otherwise announced. Special schedules are announced via the PA system at every station and also in newspapers and other mass media. During Holy Week, a public holiday in the Philippines, the rail system is closed for annual maintenance, owing to fewer commuters and traffic around the metro. Normal operation resumes after Easter Sunday.<ref name="holyweek">{{cite news|title=MRT, LRT-2 to suspend operations during Holy Week holidays |date=March 13, 2023 |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/business/03/13/23/mrt-lrt-2-to-suspend-operations-during-holy-week-holidays |work=ABS-CBN News |access-date=March 13, 2023}}</ref> During the Christmas and year-end holidays, the operating hours of the line are modified and shortened, due to the low ridership of the line during the holidays.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Here are the LRT-1, LRT-2, MRT-3 schedules for Christmas 2021|first=Leandre|last=Grecia|url=https://www.topgear.com.ph/news/motoring-news/lrt-mrt-train-schedules-christmas-2021-a4354-20211221|work=Top Gear Philippines|date=21 Dec 2021|access-date=2021-12-21}}</ref>

==Station facilities, amenities, and services== thumb|Bridge linking the {{stn|Recto}} to the nearby {{stn|Doroteo Jose}}|alt=Elevated pedestrian walkway

=== Station layout and accessibility === Stations in the line are located above ground, except for {{stn|Katipunan}}, which is located underground. Stations have a standard layout, with a concourse level and a platform level. The concourse contains ticket booths and is usually below the platform except for the underground station, with stairs, escalators and elevators leading down to the platform level. The levels are separated by fare gates. All stations are barrier-free inside and outside the station, and trains have spaces for passengers using wheelchairs.

Most station platforms are {{convert|100|m|ft|sp=us}} long and {{convert|3.5|to|4.5|m|ft|sp=us}} wide, with some stations having a length of {{convert|120|to|150|m|ft|sp=us}}.<ref name="lrt2maintenance2017" /> All stations have side platforms, with the exception of {{stn|Santolan|3=LRT}}, which as an island platform. Part of the platform at the front of the train is cordoned off for the use of pregnant women, children, elderly, and persons with disabilities. At side-platform stations, passengers are able to switch platforms at the concourse level without leaving the closed system, while passengers can easily switch sides at stations with island platforms. Stations have toilets at the concourse level, both inside and outside the closed system.

All Line 2 stations have segregated public restrooms as well as at least one restroom for persons with disability at each station.<ref name="LRTRestroomsData">{{Cite web |title=Availability of Restrooms on LRT-1 and LRT-2 Stations |author=Light Rail Transit Authority |url=https://www.foi.gov.ph/agencies/lrta/availability-of-restrooms-on-lrt-1-and-lrt-2-stations/ |date=October 21, 2025 |access-date=October 22, 2025 |website=Freedom of Information Philippines |language=en}}</ref>

Folding bicycles are allowed to be brought into trains provided that it does not exceed the LRTA's baggage size limitations of {{convert|2|by|2|ft|in|sigfig=1}}.<ref name="lrta-folding-bike-baggage-size">{{Cite web |title=Wala pong limit sa diameter ng wheels. Kaugnay naman po ng bagahe, hanggang 2 feet x 2 feet po ang maximum dimension na pinapayagan sa LRT-2. |url=https://twitter.com/officiallrta/status/1253850058690162688 |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref> The last car of each train is also designated as "green zones", where folding bicycle users can ride with their bikes.<ref name="lrta-bike-o2">{{Cite web |last=Dedace |first=Sophia |title=Bikes, trains, and fewer cars with LRT's Bike O2 project |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/177274/lifestyle/bikes-trains-and-fewer-cars-with-lrt-s-bike-o2-project/ |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=GMA News Online |date=November 18, 2009 |language=en}}</ref>

The line has a total of 72 escalators and 40 elevators across all 13 stations.<ref name="more-conveyance" /> However, by 2021, only a few elevators and escalators remain operational due to anomalies and corruption involving the procurement contracts,<ref>{{Cite press release|title=LRTA management files corruption cases against agency execs, contractors linked to anomalous purchase of substandard equipment|url=https://www.lrta.gov.ph/lrta-management-files-corruption-cases-against-agency-execs-contractors-linked-to-anomalous-purchase-of-substandard-equipment/|publisher=Light Rail Transit Authority|access-date=2022-01-05|date=2021-12-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first=Karen|last=Villanda|title= LRTA files graft case due to anomaly purchase of LRT-2 equipment |url= https://www.ptvnews.ph/lrta-files-graft-case-due-to-anomaly-purchase-of-lrt-2-equipment/ |work=PTV News|date=2021-12-13|access-date=2022-01-05}}</ref> causing complaints from passengers.<ref name="defective">{{Cite news|title=LRTA apologizes for defective elevators, escalators; complaints filed vs officials allegedly involved in anomalous purchase|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/metro/817488/lrta-apologizes-for-defective-elevators-escalators-complaints-filed-vs-officials-allegedly-involved-in-a/story/|first=Ted|last=Cordero|work=GMA News|date=2022-01-08|access-date=2022-01-09}}</ref> The elevators and escalators are being repaired and restored since 2022,<ref>{{Cite news|title=28 more LRT-2 elevators, escalators restored|first=Raymond Carl|last=Dela Cruz|date=20 January 2022|url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1166006|work=Philippine News Agency|access-date=21 January 2022}}</ref> and more are being repaired and restored as of April 2022.<ref name="more-conveyance">{{Cite news|title=Escalators, elevators ng LRT-2, operational na simula Lunes |first=Mer |last=Layson |work=Pilipino Star Ngayon |language=fil |date=April 18, 2022 |url=https://www.philstar.com/pilipino-star-ngayon/metro/2022/04/18/2174843/escalators-elevators-ng-lrt-2-operational-na-simula-lunes |access-date=April 19, 2022}}</ref>

=== Shops and services === Stations have at least one stall or stand where people can buy food or drinks, which vary by station. Stations such as Recto (Isetann Cinerama Recto), V. Mapa (SM City Sta. Mesa), Gilmore (Robinsons Magnolia), Araneta Center—Cubao (Ali Mall, Farmers Plaza, Gateway Mall, Isetann Cubao, and SM Araneta City) being a primary interchange with MRT-3, Santolan (SM City Marikina), Marikina—Pasig (Robinsons Metro East, Ayala Malls Feliz and Sta. Lucia East Grandmall), and Antipolo (SM City Masinag) are connected to or are near shopping malls and/or other large shopping areas, where commuters are offered more shopping varieties.

It is also accessible to major transport terminals in Metro Manila such as Avenida Bus Terminal via Recto and Araneta City Bus Port via Araneta Center—Cubao.

Since November 19, 2001, in cooperation with the ''Philippine Daily Inquirer'', passengers have been offered copies of the ''Inquirer Libre'', a free, tabloid-size, Tagalog version of the ''Inquirer'', which is available at all stations.<ref name="libre">{{cite news |author=Ulanday, Abelardo S. |date=December 9, 2001 |title=The best things in life are Libre |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2479&dat=20011209&id=9302AAAAIBAJ&pg=1336,5097445 |access-date=August 14, 2014 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |via=Google News Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vega |first=Chito dela |date=2017-01-16 |title=Libre renews train distribution contracts |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/862482/libre-renews-train-distribution-contracts |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Philippine Daily Inquirer |language=en}}</ref>

==Ridership== The line is designed and was forecasted to carry 570,000 passengers daily.<ref name="post-evaluation-jica">{{Cite report|title=Metro Manila Strategic Mass Rail Transit Development (I), (II), (III) |author=Japan International Cooperation Agency |date=2009 |url=https://www.jica.go.jp/english/our_work/evaluation/oda_loan/post/2009/pdf/philippines08.pdf |access-date=April 4, 2022}}</ref> However, the line operates under its designed capacity since its opening,<ref name="undercapacity">{{cite report |url=https://www.climate-eval.org/sites/default/files/evaluations/429%20philippines08.pdf |author=Climate-Eval (GEF IEO) |title=Republic of the Philippines: Metropolitan Manila Strategic Mass Rail Transit Development-Line 2 |publisher=Author |date=August 2009 | access-date=August 18, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821050643/https://www.climate-eval.org/sites/default/files/evaluations/429%20philippines08.pdf |archive-date=August 21, 2014 |url-status=dead}} (Prepared by Sanshu Engineering Consultant)</ref> government officials have admitted that system extensions are overdue, although in the absence of major investment in the system's expansion, LRTA has resorted to experimenting with and/or implementing other solutions to maximize the use of the system, including having bus feeder lines.<ref name="busfeeder">{{cite report|url=http://www.lrta.gov.ph/upload/3.%202013%20Interrim%20Scorecard.pdf |author=Light Rail Transit Authority |title=Interim Performance Scorecard for CY 2013 |publisher=Author |date=October 29, 2013 |access-date=August 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821030757/http://www.lrta.gov.ph/upload/3.%202013%20Interrim%20Scorecard.pdf |archive-date=August 21, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On October 3, 2014, the line recorded its highest total average of daily passengers, where the ridership within the day reached 281,231 passengers.<ref>{{cite web |title=LRT Line 2 Records Highest Ridership Since Pandemic {{!}} Light Rail Transit Authority |url=https://www.lrta.gov.ph/lrt-line-2-records-highest-ridership-since-pandemic/ |date=1 May 2025 |access-date=5 May 2025}}</ref>

Before the pandemic, the line had a ridership of 200,000 passengers, but soon decreased in 2019 due to lack of trains and a power trip that closed three stations in October 2019 that was reopened in January 2021. The line served 33,267 passengers daily on average in 2021,<ref name="fy2021" /> with eight trains available for revenue service running at an operating speed of {{convert|60|kph|mph|sp=us}} in ten-minute intervals, and one train in reserve for rush hour services, which cuts the time intervals to a minimum of eight minutes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Status and availability of the Line 2 train fleet|url=https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEUxSVEEtMjIzNTE1ODA3OTY5DA|website=eFreedom of Information|publisher=Government of the Philippines|access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref> Since 2022, with the return of onsite schooling, ridership has steadily increased,<ref name="ridership">{{cite news |last1=Rosales |first1=Elijah Felice |title=LRTA revenue hits new high |url=https://www.philstar.com/business/2025/01/18/2414956/lrta-revenue-hits-new-high |work=Philstar.com |date=January 18, 2025 |access-date=21 January 2025}}</ref> and has returned to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels on 2025.<ref name="LRTA logs 58M passengers in 2025"/>

===Statistics=== {{ChartDirect | thumb | type = line | width = 500px | align = right | x = 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 | y1 = 9221, 61337, 116082, 132154, 147032, 161846, 171996, 175501, 176818, 194268, 197924, 201794, 172318, 185071, 182708, 177260, 156110, 45463, 33267, 88597, 138455, 147618, 162742 | y1Title = Daily average ridership }} {{ChartDirect | thumb | type = line | width = 500px | align = right | x = 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 | y1 = 2360000, 23030000, 41900000, 47570000, 52930000, 58590000, 62090000, 63360000, 63810000, 70330000, 71450000, 72850000, 62210000, 67000000, 65960000, 64700000, 56980000, 12500000, 11840000, 31630000, 49420000, 53290000, 58750000 | y1Title = Annual ridership }} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%;" |- ! Year ! Daily Average (% change) <ref name="ridership2">{{cite web |title=Monthly Ridership – Line 2 System Ridership |url=http://storage.googleapis.com/request-attachments/pglpfI11sSnmv7ikMGrREKdLOYLFxiYByQ5MzJpE5AeSOyYLc2jbUmwuM4kjK86ix9kVf2xrRYTu8bKmXcbvptuDCzlUFO353Qm0/20190104092425722.pdf |publisher=Light Rail Authority |access-date=January 4, 2019}}</ref> ! Yearly Total (% change) <ref name="ridership2" /> |- | 2003 | 9,221  | 2.36 million<ref>{{Cite news|title=LRT 2 Close to Hitting 2004 Ridership Target |url=http://www.lrta.gov.ph/news/news_item_080904_LRT2CloseToTarget.htm |newspaper=Daily Tribune |via=Light Rail Transit Authority |date=2004-08-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041112182040/http://www.lrta.gov.ph/news/news_item_080904_LRT2CloseToTarget.htm |archive-date=2004-11-12 |access-date=2022-03-29}}</ref> |- | 2004 | {{Increase}} 61,337 ({{Increase}} 565.19%) | {{Increase}} 23.03 million ({{Increase}} 875.85%) |- | 2005 | {{Increase}} 116,082 ({{Increase}} 89.25%) | {{Increase}} 41.90 million ({{Increase}} 81.94%) |- | 2006 | {{Increase}} 132,154 ({{Increase}} 13.85%) | {{Increase}} 47.57 million ({{Increase}} 13.53%) |- | 2007 | {{Increase}} 147,032 ({{Increase}} 11.26%) | {{Increase}} 52.93 million ({{Increase}} 11.27%) |- | 2008 | {{Increase}} 161,846 ({{Increase}} 10.08%) | {{Increase}} 58.59 million ({{Increase}} 10.69%) |- | 2009 | {{Increase}} 171,996 ({{Increase}} 6.27%) | {{Increase}} 62.09 million ({{Increase}} 5.97%) |- | 2010 | {{Increase}} 175,501 ({{Increase}} 2.04%) | {{Increase}} 63.36 million ({{Increase}} 2.05%) |- | 2011 | {{Increase}} 176,818 ({{Increase}} 0.75%) | {{Increase}} 63.81 million ({{Increase}} 0.71%) |- | 2012 | {{Increase}} 194,268 ({{Increase}} 9.87%) | {{Increase}} 70.33 million ({{Increase}} 10.22%) |- | 2013 | {{Increase}} 197,924 ({{Increase}} 1.88%) | {{Increase}} 71.45 million ({{Increase}} 1.59%) |- | 2014 | {{Increase}} 201,794 ({{Increase}} 1.96%) | {{Increase}} 72.85 million ({{Increase}} 1.96%) |- | 2015 | {{decrease}} 172,318 ({{decrease}} 14.61%) | {{decrease}} 62.21 million ({{decrease}} 14.61%) |- | 2016 | {{Increase}} 185,071 ({{Increase}} 7.40%) | {{Increase}} 67.00 million ({{Increase}} 7.70%) |- | 2017 | {{decrease}} 182,708 ({{decrease}} 1.28%) | {{decrease}} 65.96 million ({{decrease}} 1.55%) |- | 2018<ref>{{cite report|url=http://lrta.gov.ph/images/upload/Annual-Report-2018.pdf |title=Annual Report 2018 |publisher=Light Rail Transit Authority |page=20 |date=December 31, 2018 |access-date=January 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102203335/http://lrta.gov.ph/images/upload/Annual-Report-2018.pdf |archive-date=January 2, 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | {{decrease}} 177,260 ({{decrease}} 3.01%) | {{decrease}} 64.70 million ({{decrease}} 1.91%) |- | 2019<ref>{{cite report|url=https://www.lrta.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Accomplishment-Report-2019.pdf |title=Accomplishment Report - CY2019 |publisher=Light Rail Transit Authority |page=17 |date=December 31, 2019 |access-date=March 2, 2022}}</ref> | {{decrease}} 156,110 ({{decrease}} 11.93%) | {{decrease}} 56.98 million ({{decrease}} 11.93%) |- | 2020<ref name="fy2021"/> | {{decrease}} 45,463 ({{decrease}} 70.88%) | {{decrease}} 12.50 million ({{decrease}} 78.06%) |- | 2021<ref name="fy2021" /> | {{decrease}} 33,267 ({{decrease}} 26.83%) | {{decrease}} 11.84 million ({{decrease}} 5.28%) |- | 2022<ref name="ridership3">{{Cite news|title=MRT-3, LRT-2 post surge in ridership |first=Ghio |last=Ong |work=The Philippine Star |date=January 10, 2023 |url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2023/01/10/2236469/mrt-3-lrt-2-post-surge-ridership- |access-date=January 23, 2023}}</ref> | {{increase}} 88,597 ({{Increase}} 166.32%)  | {{increase}} 31.63 million ({{Increase}} 167.15%) |- | 2023 | {{increase}} 138,455 ({{Increase}} 56.28%)  | {{increase}} 49.42 million ({{Increase}} 56.24%) |- | 2024<ref name="ridership"/> | {{increase}} 147,618 ({{Increase}} 6.62%)  | {{increase}} 53.29 million ({{Increase}} 7.83%) |- | 2025<ref name="LRTA logs 58M passengers in 2025"/> | {{increase}} 162,742 ({{Increase}} 10.25%)  | {{increase}} 58.75 million ({{Increase}} 10.25%) |}

==Rolling stock== {{main|LRTA 2000 class}} [[File:LRT-2 Rotem-Toshiba EMU interior 2023-04-02.jpg|thumb|right|Interior of a 2000 class train]] The line runs sixteen electric multiple units made in South Korea by Hyundai Rotem powered by Toshiba-made VVVF inverters.<ref name="toshiba">{{Cite report|title=Power Systems and Industrial Equipment |url=https://www.global.toshiba/content/dam/toshiba/migration/corp/techReviewAssets/tech/review/2003/high2003/high2003pdf/0305.pdf |author=Toshiba |date=2003 |access-date=April 8, 2022}}</ref> The trains came in together with the fourth package during the system's construction. The four-car trains have a capacity of 1,628 passengers, which is more than the normal capacity of the rolling stock of Lines 1 and 3. These trains also prominently use wrap advertising.

The trains have a maximum design speed of {{convert|80|kph|mph|sp=us}} with typical operating speeds ranging from {{convert|45|to|60|kph|mph|sp=us}} under normal conditions. Some sections of the line however, encounter speed restrictions due to technical issues and ongoing maintenance activities.<ref name="SpeedLimit"/>

In 2017, the entire train fleet was retrofitted with the TUBE (formerly known as PARDS), a passenger information system powered by LCD screens installed near the ceiling of the train that shows news, advertisements, current train location, arrivals and station layouts.<ref name="PARDS">{{cite news |author= |title=Line 2 unveils PARDS for passengers |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/video/news/05/05/17/lrt-2-unveils-pards-for-passengers |publisher=ABS-CBN |agency=ANC |date=May 6, 2017 |access-date=May 23, 2020}}</ref>

In 2019, the train ventilation was upgraded to replace the aging air-conditioning units and to alleviate complaints of the commuters for uncomfortable hot rides.<ref>{{cite news |author=Rita, Joviland |title=Expect 'cooler' LRT2 trains as aircon units undergo temporary fix before being replaced |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/metro/687210/expect-cooler-lrt2-trains-as-aircon-units-undergo-temporary-fix-before-being-replaced/story/ |work=GMA News |date=March 7, 2019 |access-date=November 3, 2021}}</ref> Two years later, three train sets underwent refurbishment and resulted in new fitted propulsion systems and train monitoring systems from Woojin Industrial Systems.<ref name="3rehab">{{Cite web|first=Ted|last=Cordero|title=LRT2 to add more running trains by April, says LRTA|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/companies/779299/lrt2-to-add-more-running-trains-by-april-says-lrta/story/|work=GMA News|access-date=March 19, 2022|date=March 11, 2021}}</ref>

The LRTA is also acquiring 14 additional train sets by 2020 to augment the existing 18 sets, due to the expected increase of passengers ahead of the East Extension, and the West Extension.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1063887 |title=Expect more comfortable LRT-2 trains by April: LRTA |date=March 7, 2019 |first=Aerol John |last=Pateña |work=Philippine News Agency}}</ref> The purchase however was delayed to 2022.<ref name="14trains">{{Cite news |first=Arjay |last=Balinbin |title=LRT-2 extension 77% complete |url=https://www.bworldonline.com/lrt-2-extension-77-complete-2-new-stations-to-open-by-dec/ |website=Bworldonline.com |date=February 11, 2020 |access-date=March 9, 2021}}</ref> No updates were made as of 2024.

Included in the design-and-build contract of the west extension is the procurement of five four-car train sets.<ref name="westextn-design-and-build" />

===Depot=== The line maintains an at-grade depot in Barangay Santolan in Pasig, near Santolan station in the side of Barangay Calumpang in Marikina. The depot occupies approximately {{convert|10|ha|sp=us}} of space and serves as the headquarters for light and heavy maintenance.<ref name=halcrow/> Due to its location in a flood-prone area, the depot was raised {{convert|2|m|ft|sp=us}} above ground level.<ref name=halcrow/> It is connected to the mainline network by a spur line.

The depot is capable of storing 24 sets of electric multiple units, with the option to expand to include more vehicles as demand arises. They are parked on several sets of tracks, which converge onto the spur route and later on to the main network.<ref name="LRT LINE 2 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PROJECT">{{Cite report|title=LRT LINE 2 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PROJECT|author1=Department of Transportation and Communications|author-link1=Department of Transportation (Philippines)|author2=Light Rail Transit Authority|author-link2=Light Rail Transit Authority|url=https://dotr.gov.ph/images/PPP/2014/LRT2_OperationsMaintenance/masinag%20om%20pim%20final.pdf|date=September 2014|access-date=22 November 2021|archive-date=November 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122103848/https://dotr.gov.ph/images/PPP/2014/LRT2_OperationsMaintenance/masinag%20om%20pim%20final.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

There are eight decommissioned 1000 class and one set of 1100 class trains formerly used in LRT Line 1 being stored in this depot due to the non-availability of stabling tracks to store the new 13000 class trains at the Line 1 depot in Parañaque.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 7, 2022 |title=Status of LRTA's Key Projects as of July 31, 2022. |url=https://www.lrta.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/project-status-as-of-July-31-2022.pdf |website=Light Rail Transit Authority}}</ref>

==Other infrastructure== ===Signaling=== The line uses a fixed block system with automatic train control (ATC), which has three subsystems: automatic train protection (ATP), automatic train operation (ATO), and Rail9000 automatic train supervision (ATS). The ATO subsystem automatically drives the trains, while the opening and closing of doors is controlled by an onboard train attendant. The ATP system, meanwhile, maintains safe operations and monitors the train's speed. Lastly, the Rail9000 ATS system is located at the operations control center at the line's Santolan Depot, which directs train operations and monitors the train movement along the line.<ref name="lrt2maintenance2017" /> Other components of the signaling system includes train detection through track circuits and Westrace MK1 computer-based interlocking.<ref name="signalling2">{{Cite web |title=Request for Proposal (Negotiated Procurement) |url=https://www.lrta.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/RS-1220-016.pdf |publisher=Light Rail Transit Authority |date=March 3, 2021 |access-date=23 February 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908065108/https://www.lrta.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/RS-1220-016.pdf |archive-date=September 8, 2023}}</ref><ref name="LRT LINE 2 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PROJECT" />

The signaling equipment were manufactured by Westinghouse Signals (later Westinghouse Rail Systems, acquired by Siemens in 2013).<ref name="signalling">{{Cite report|title=Contract for the Supply of Various Signaling Equipment (Interlocking, Jointless Track Circuits, and Miscellaneous Wayside) or its approved equivalent |url=https://www.lrta.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/8527560.pdf |date=March 16, 2022 |publisher=Light Rail Transit Authority |access-date=March 22, 2022 |pages=40–46 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406140158/https://www.lrta.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/8527560.pdf |archive-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref>

The signaling system was upgraded with the replacement of its communication link and the upgrading of the Westrace interlocking module. The project started on February 15, 2022,<ref>{{Cite news|title=LRT-2 delays expected as signaling system undergoes upgrade|first=Jon Viktor D.|last=Cabuenas|work=GMA News|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/companies/821737/lrt-2-delays-expected-as-signaling-system-undergoes-upgrade/story/|date=2022-02-13|access-date=2022-02-13}}</ref> and was completed on March 29.<ref>{{Cite report|title=Year-End Accomplishment Report (CY 2022) |url=https://www.lrta.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Accomplishment-Report-2022.pdf |website=Light Rail Transit Authority |date=April 2023 |access-date=June 11, 2024}}</ref>

===Tracks=== The rails are {{convert|54|kg/m|lb/ft|sp=us|adj=on}} rails designed to the UIC 54 rail profile. The rails are supported by concrete plinths.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Rail Section Profiles from {{Cite report|title=TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS - DRAWINGS|url=https://dotr.gov.ph/images/Foreign_Assisted_Projects/2015/LRT2E-ExtnCE-Track-EM-Intgn/05-BidDocs_LRT2EastExtn-CEP_SGD-2-2.pdf|work=BIDDING DOCUMENTS - CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT OF MASS TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN METRO MANILA: PROCUREMENT OF TRACKWORKS, ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND INTEGRATION WITH EXISTING SYSTEMS FOR LRT LINE 2 EAST (MASINAG) EXTENSION PROJECT|access-date=February 3, 2022|archive-date=December 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227171303/https://dotr.gov.ph/images/Foreign_Assisted_Projects/2015/LRT2E-ExtnCE-Track-EM-Intgn/05-BidDocs_LRT2EastExtn-CEP_SGD-2-2.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Plans and proposals== ===West extension=== A {{convert|3.02|km|mi|adj=on|sp=us}} extension of the line to the Manila North Harbor in Tondo has been proposed. It was first announced in August 2006, when the LRTA announced the then-proposed east and west extensions,<ref name="2006extensions" /> and was approved by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) on May 19, 2015. The construction of this extension would create three stations, one near the Tutuban PNR station, one in Divisoria, and one near the North Port Passenger Terminal in Manila North Harbor's Pier 4 which would serve as its terminus.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.interaksyon.com/business/110789/president-aquino-approves-lrt2-extension-to-manila-port-area-6-other-infra-projects |first=Roices |last=Naguit |title=President Aquino approves Line 2 extension to Manila port area, 6 other infra projects |newspaper=Interaksyon |access-date=May 20, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522001634/http://www.interaksyon.com/business/110789/president-aquino-approves-lrt2-extension-to-manila-port-area-6-other-infra-projects |archive-date=May 22, 2015 |date=May 19, 2015 }}</ref> In an interview, LRTA Administrator Ret. Gen. Reynaldo Berroya stated that they are aiming to finish the project by 2022 to 2023. The project is now expected to start construction in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Piad |first=Tyrone Jasper C. |date=January 2024 |title=LRT 2 project linking Recto, Tondo kicking off in 2025 |url=https://business.inquirer.net/441888/lrt-2-project-linking-recto-tondo-kicking-off-in-2025 |website=Inquirer.net}}</ref>

The total project cost is estimated to be ₱10.12 billion.<ref name="westextn-july2022" /> In 2019, WESTRAX Joint Venture was awarded the contract for the consultancy services for the project.<ref name="LOOK: Gov't to build 3 more Line 2 stations" />

In October 2019, the project was under bidding process, consisting 3 stations, {{stn|Tutuban|3=LRT}}, {{stn|Divisoria}}, and {{stn|Pier 4}}, with the project scheduled to be completed by 2024.<ref name="LOOK: Gov't to build 3 more Line 2 stations">{{cite news |date=October 13, 2019 |title=Look: Gov't to build 3 more Line 2 stations |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/business/10/13/19/look-govt-to-build-3-more-lrt-2-stations |access-date=October 14, 2019 |work=ABS-CBN News}}</ref>

On August 27, 2020, the Light Rail Transit Authority published the bidding documents for the design-and-build contract for the west extension. According to the documents, the turn back area after the {{stn|Pier 4}} station will have three tracks; two of which are the main tracks and one serves as a pocket track. The three stations will feature side platforms.<ref name="westextn-design-and-build">{{Cite web |title=Bidding of the Design-and-Build Contract for One (1) Lot for LRT Line 2 West Extension Project |url=https://www.lrta.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/7203775.pdf |publisher=Light Rail Transit Authority |date=August 27, 2020 |access-date=March 15, 2022 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215221029/https://www.lrta.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/7203775.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The project was originally planned to be funded through a public-private partnership (PPP) scheme, in line with the Marcos administration's policy to use the said scheme to complete various infrastructure projects. The contract would have also covered the procurement of five new four-car trains, along with the maintenance of the line and the refurbishment of the trains.<ref name="westextn-july2022">{{Cite news|title=Bidders sought for P10 billion LRT upgrade, extension |first=Elijah Felice |last=Rosales |work=The Philippine Star |date=July 25, 2022 |url=https://www.philstar.com/business/2022/07/25/2197720/bidders-sought-p10-billion-lrt-upgrade-extension |access-date=July 25, 2022}}</ref> However, it was decided that the government will instead fund the project through the national budget.<ref name="cogeo2" />

In January 2025, LRTA stated that the process of right of way acquisition for the West Extension is now underway.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chica |first=Camille |date=2025-02-12 |title=Right-of-way acquisition for LRT-2 West Ext. underway |url=https://pia.gov.ph/right-of-way-acquisition-for-lrt-2-west-ext-underway/ |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=Philippine Information Agency |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosales |first=Elijah Felice |date=January 13, 2025 |title=LRTA gets P2 billion for early works of LRT-2 extension |url=https://www.philstar.com/business/2025/01/13/2413716/lrta-gets-p2-billion-early-works-lrt-2-extension |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=The Philippine Star}}</ref>

=== Privatization === The privatization of the operations and maintenance of Line 2 was planned by the then-Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC; later the Department of Transportation) as part of the agency's improvement and modernization of the railway lines in the Philippines. The bidding process for this project begun on September 13, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title=DOTC awards LRT-1 Cavex PPP; starts bid for LRT-2 O&M|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2014/09/13/dotc-awards-lrt-1-cavex-ppp-starts-bid-for-lrt-2-om/|website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines|date=13 September 2014|access-date=19 September 2021}}</ref> In this project, the interested companies were required to submit pre-qualification documents and submit a bid proposal if the company is qualified for the bidding. In January 2015, four companies submitted pre-qualification documents for the project. The bidders included Aboitiz Equity Ventures with SMRT Transport Solutions (Aboitiz Equity Ventures and SMRT International Pte Ltd. through SMRT Trains),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. and SMRT Transport Solutions Consortium|work=PRE-QUALIFICATION OF THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT LINE 2 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PROJECT|url=https://dotr.gov.ph/images/PPP/2014/LRT2_OperationsMaintenance/04-GBB_09-2015_PreQual_LRT2_OM_Aboitiz-Smart_021715.pdf|date=17 February 2015|access-date=3 February 2022|archive-date=December 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227155446/https://dotr.gov.ph/images/PPP/2014/LRT2_OperationsMaintenance/04-GBB_09-2015_PreQual_LRT2_OM_Aboitiz-Smart_021715.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> DMCI Holdings with Tokyo Metro, Light Rail Manila 2 Consortium (RATP and Metro Pacific),<ref>{{Cite web|title=LRM2 Consortium|work=PRE-QUALIFICATION OF THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT LINE 2 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PROJECT|url=https://dotr.gov.ph/images/PPP/2014/LRT2_OperationsMaintenance/06-GBB_09-2015_PreQual_LRT2_OM_LRM2_021715.pdf|date=17 February 2015|access-date=3 February 2022|archive-date=December 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227163029/https://dotr.gov.ph/images/PPP/2014/LRT2_OperationsMaintenance/06-GBB_09-2015_PreQual_LRT2_OM_LRM2_021715.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> and San Miguel Corporation with Korea Railroad Corporation. All bidders were pre-qualified for the bidding.<ref>{{Cite news|title=LRT-2 bidding postponed anew|first=Louella|last=Desiderio|work=The Philippine Star|date=April 2, 2016|access-date=September 19, 2021|url=https://www.philstar.com/business/2016/04/02/1568712/lrt-2-bidding-postponed-anew}}</ref> However, the project would eventually be shelved in 2016.

In 2017, it was reported that the Metro Pacific Investments Corporation was interested in a possible auction for the privatization of the line.<ref>{{Cite news|date=6 June 2017|first=Imee Charlee C.|last=Delavin|title=Metro Pacific interested in possible LRT-2 O&M auction|work=BusinessWorld|access-date=19 September 2021|url=https://ppp.gov.ph/in_the_news/metro-pacific-interested-in-possible-lrt-2-om-auction/|via=ppp.gov.ph}}</ref> The plan to privatize the operations and maintenance of the line was restarted in October 2019, following a power trip that damaged two rectifiers.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Solon pushes for LRT-2 privatization|first=Filane Mikee|last=Cervantes|date=October 8, 2019|work=Philippine News Agency|url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1082584|access-date=September 19, 2021}}</ref> Since then, no new reports have surfaced about this plan as of 2021.

===Capacity expansion and upgrade=== Due to the aging of the line, a capacity expansion project for the line was announced in April 2022. The project would include upgrades to the trains, signaling, telecommunications, power supply, overhead systems, railway tracks, and other system equipment. The project is still under the stages of the procurement of a consultant for the project, which would assess the current condition of the line.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Request for Expression of Interest (REI) for Consulting Services for the LRT Line 2 Capacity Expansion |url=https://www.lrta.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/8629711.pdf |publisher=Light Rail Transit Authority |date=April 27, 2022 |access-date=April 27, 2022}}</ref>

TÜV Rheinland has been shortlisted for the list of consultants and is the only consultant to be shortlisted in June 2022.<ref>{{Cite report|title=Consulting Services for the LRT Line 2 Capacity Expansion |url=https://www.lrta.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/8629711-2.pdf |publisher=Light Rail Transit Authority |date=2 June 2022 |orig-date=June 1, 2022 |access-date=2 June 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620032527/https://www.lrta.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/8629711-2.pdf |archive-date=June 20, 2022}}</ref>

Like the west extension, the upgrading of the train cars would be funded through a public-private partnership scheme. The contract would also cover the maintenance of the line and the construction of the west extension.<ref name="westextn-july2022" />

==Incidents== * On July 12, 2006, at 7:30 AM, lightning struck the power cables near the Santolan station, interrupting train operations.<ref name="lightningtwice" /> * On August 15, 2006, at 8:45 AM, lightning struck the power cables, which is the second incident reported in a month.<ref name="lightningtwice">{{Cite news|title=Lightning strikes twice: LRT-2 trips disrupted anew|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/13182/lightning-strikes-twice-lrt-2-trips-disrupted-anew/story/|publisher=GMA News and Public Affairs|date=15 August 2006|access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref> Normal operations were restored before 12:00 noon.<ref>{{Cite news|title=LRT-2 resumes normal operations|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/13195/lrt-2-resumes-normal-operations/story/|publisher=GMA News and Public Affairs|date=15 August 2006|access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref> * On May 20, 2008, at 6:45 PM, lightning struck the line's power supply, interrupting operations.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Lightning disrupts LRT Line 2 operation|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/108715/power-outage-disrupts-lrt-line-2-operations/story/|publisher=GMA News and Public Affairs|date=20 May 2008|access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref> * On July 23, 2008, a power interruption disrupted the line operations, leaving the Santolan-Cubao section only operational.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Power outage disrupts LRT Line-2 operations|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/96377/lightning-disrupts-lrt-line-2-operation/story/|publisher=GMA News and Public Affairs|date=23 July 2008|access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref> * On June 11, 2011, a man was severely injured after jumping in front of a moving train at the Araneta Center–Cubao station. This forced the line operations to be suspended.<ref>{{Cite news|first1=Dennis|last1=Datu|first2=Jon|last2=Ibanez|first3=Pia|last3=Gutierrez|title=Man jumps in front of LRT train|date=June 11, 2011|work=ABS-CBN News|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/nation/metro-manila/06/11/11/man-jumps-front-lrt-train|access-date=July 11, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media|title=Man jumps in front of LRT|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBaBIVeDHzs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/fBaBIVeDHzs |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|website=YouTube|medium=video|date=June 19, 2011|access-date=July 11, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * On May 9, 2017, at 4:03 PM, a tree fell to the tracks at the Anonas area, causing the line's operations to be disrupted and a 2000 class train nearby was hit. The Department of Public Works and Highways local office was doing roadworks at the site of the incident when they accidentally hit a tree that fell on the tracks. Partial operations between Recto and V. Mapa were implemented, until the line's operations were suspended an hour later. The incident area was cleared and full operations resumed at 7:41 PM.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Raoul|last=Esperas|title=LRT-2 operation resumes after clearing of tree branches|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/05/09/17/lrt-2-operation-resumes-after-clearing-of-tree-branches|work=ABS-CBN News|date=May 9, 2017|access-date=September 7, 2021}}</ref> * On May 30, 2018, a damaged cable between J. Ruiz and V. Mapa stations caused limited operations between Santolan and Araneta Center–Cubao stations at 11:46 AM. Normal operations resumed at 7:46 PM.<ref name="May302018">{{Cite news|url=https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2018/05/30/lrt-2-santolan-cubao-station.html|title=LRT-2 limits trips over damaged power lines|website=CNN Philippines|date=May 30, 2018|access-date=April 16, 2021|archive-date=April 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416130126/https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2018/05/30/lrt-2-santolan-cubao-station.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> * On May 18, 2019, two trains collided between Anonas and Cubao stations, injuring 34 passengers, with none in critical condition.<ref>{{cite news |last=Barcelon |first=Paolo |title=Authorities to probe Line 2 collision that injured 34 |url=https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2019/5/19/authorities-to-probe-LRT-2-collision.html |website=CNN Philippines |access-date=May 19, 2019 |date=May 19, 2019 |archive-date=May 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519091836/http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2019/5/19/authorities-to-probe-LRT-2-collision.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Rita |first=Joviland |title=Probe underway into Line 2 trains collision; 34 hurt |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/metro/694921/probe-underway-into-lrt-2-trains-collision-hurt-passengers-climb-to-31/story/ |work=GMA News Online |access-date=May 19, 2019 |date=May 19, 2019}}</ref> Revenue operations were suspended to give way to maintenance checks, and normal operations resumed at 10:47 AM the next day.<ref name="LRT2-resume319">{{cite news|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/05/19/19/lrt-2-resumes-operations-after-train-collision|title=LRT-2 resumes operations after train collision|website=ABS-CBN News|first=Bianca|last=Dava|date=May 19, 2019|access-date=March 7, 2021}}</ref> Trainset no. 18 returned to service in June 2021,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/PTERCOfficial/posts/2887717734810601|title=LRTA Line 2 TS #18 is back on track while TS #13 is 15% complete as of April 2021|website=Facebook |access-date=July 13, 2021}}</ref> while Trainset no. 13 returned to service in September 2021. * On October 2, 2019, at 9:43 am, lightning struck the {{stn|Gilmore|3=LRT}} station, causing the power transformers at the {{stn|J. Ruiz}} and {{stn|Araneta Center–Cubao|3=LRT}} stations to trip and disrupt the power supply. The operations of the line were suspended for safety checks and normal operations resumed at 10:11 AM.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ong |first=Ghio |title=Power glitches disrupt LRT-2, MRT-3 operations |url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2019/10/03/1956915/power-glitches-disrupt-lrt-2-mrt-3-operations |work=Philstar |date=October 3, 2019 |access-date=May 26, 2021}}</ref> * On October 3, 2019, another power trip caused rectifier substations located between Anonas and Katipunan stations and in the Santolan depot to catch fire at around 11 AM, cutting the line's power supply in the area. Line operations from Recto to Santolan were suspended at 11:24 am, and passengers were evacuated from the line with no injuries. The LRTA, MMDA and the Philippine Coast Guard immediately deployed shuttle buses to help ferry stranded passengers. Partial operations between Cubao and Recto stations resumed on October 8, 2019. The initial estimated amount of damages is at around PHP428 million.<ref name="powersupplyfire">{{cite web|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/metro/710303/lrt2-temporarily-halts-operation-due-to-power-supply-problem-caused-by-fire/story/|title=Line 2 temporarily halts operation due to power supply problem caused by fire |work=GMA News Online| language=en-US |date=October 3, 2019}}</ref> Santolan, Katipunan and Anonas stations reopened following multiple delays on January 22, 2021.<ref name=":1" /> * On October 8, 2020, a fire broke out in the electrical room at {{stn|Santolan|3=LRT}} causing the operations to be suspended at 5:10 AM. The fire damaged the station's uninterruptible power supply. Normal operations returned a few hours later.<ref name="LRT2incident10082020">{{cite web|url=https://www.topgear.com.ph/news/motoring-news/lrt-2-fire-santolan-station-a4354-20201008|title=LRT-2 operations suspended after fire breaks out at Santolan station|website=Top Gear Philippines|first=Leandre|last=Grecia|date=October 8, 2020|access-date=April 7, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1117936|title=LRT-2 back to normal ops hours after Santolan Station fire|website=Philippine News Agency|first=Raymond Carl|last=Dela Cruz|date=October 8, 2020|access-date=April 7, 2021}}</ref> * On April 7, 2021, the operations of the LRT-2 were halted due to an unspecified "technical problem." Normal operations resumed at 10:50 AM.<ref name="LRT2incident04072021">{{cite news|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/metro/782735/lrt2-halts-operations-due-to-technical-problem/story/|title=LRT2 halts operations due to technical problem|website=GMA News Online|date=April 7, 2021|access-date=April 7, 2021}}</ref> * On May 24, 2021, an unspecified technical problem at Santolan station limited the LRT-2 operations between Recto and Araneta Cubao stations. Full operations resumed the following day.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Operasyon ng LRT-2 balik-normal na matapos ang operational service|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/video/news/05/25/21/operasyon-ng-lrt-2-balik-normal-na-matapos-ang-operational-service|language=fil|website=ABS-CBN News|date=May 25, 2021|access-date=July 18, 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525030701/https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/05/25/21/operasyon-ng-lrt-2-balik-normal-na-matapos-ang-operational-service|archive-date=May 25, 2021}}</ref> * On June 17, 2021, a technical problem at the line's control center halted the LRT-2 operations. Normal operations resumed at 4:59pm.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Jon Viktor D.|last=Cabuenas|title=LRT2 operations suspended due to technical issues|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/serbisyopubliko/transportation/791918/lrt2-operations-suspended-due-to-technical-issues/story/|work=GMA News Online|date=June 17, 2021|access-date=June 20, 2021}}</ref> * On August 16, 2021, operations were suspended between Cubao and Santolan due to an unspecified technical problem. Operations resumed at 4:20pm.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Aika|last=Rey|title=LRT2 Anonas, Katipunan trips suspended over glitch|url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/lrt2-anonas-katipunan-trips-suspended-glitch-august-16-2021/|work=Rappler|date=August 16, 2021|access-date=August 16, 2021}}</ref> --> * On September 17, 2021, a defective catenary wire at the east extension area caused disruptions in operations. A shuttle service between Santolan and Antipolo was implemented at 9:43 AM. On the same day, the line's operations were briefly suspended at 11:36 AM after a tangled t-shirt was seen hanging at the contact wires between Cubao and Anonas stations. Operations with the shuttle service resumed at 11:49 AM, while full end-to-end operations were known to be resumed the following day.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Ghio|last=Ong|title=Tangled t-shirt stops LRT-2 train trips|url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2021/09/18/2127935/tangled-t-shirt-stops-lrt-2-train-trips|work=The Philippine Star|date=September 18, 2021|access-date=September 18, 2021}}</ref> * On October 9, 2021, an entangled balloon was discovered between V. Mapa and Pureza stations, causing the line's operations to be suspended for 30 minutes.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cordero |first=Ted |date=9 October 2021 |title=LRT2 stops ops on Saturday morning due to entangled balloon |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/metro/806326/lrt2-stops-ops-on-saturday-morning-due-to-entangled-balloon/story/ |work=GMA News |access-date=9 October 2021 }}</ref> * On November 3, 2021, operations of Line 2 were suspended at 6:00 AM due to a signaling system problem.<ref>{{Cite news|date=3 November 2021|first=Joviland|last=Rita|title=LRT2 temporarily stops operation due to signaling system issue|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/serbisyopubliko/transportation/809404/lrt2-temporarily-stops-operation-due-to-signaling-system-issue/story/|work=GMA News|access-date=3 November 2021}}</ref> Operations resumed at 7:57 AM.<ref>{{Cite news|date=3 November 2021|first=Jamil|last=Santos|title=LRT2 resumes full operation after signaling system issue|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/serbisyopubliko/transportation/809425/lrt2-resumes-full-operation-after-signaling-system-issue/story/|work=GMA News|access-date=3 November 2021}}</ref> * Multiple signaling system problems were reported on November 6,<ref>{{Cite news|title=LRT2 temporarily stops operations due to signaling system problem|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/serbisyopubliko/transportation/809850/lrt2-temporarily-stops-operations-due-to-signaling-system-problem/story/|publisher=GMA News and Public Affairs|date=6 November 2021|access-date=6 November 2021}}</ref> 14,<ref>{{Cite news|title=LRT2 stops operations temporarily due to signaling problem|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/serbisyopubliko/transportation/810820/lrt2-stops-operations-temporarily-due-to-signaling-problem/story/|publisher=GMA News and Public Affairs|date=14 November 2021|access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref> and 25, 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Ghio |last=Ong |title=Recurring glitches plague LRT-2 |url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2021/11/27/2144096/recurring-glitches-plague-lrt-2 |work=The Philippine Star |date=November 27, 2021 |access-date=April 8, 2022}}</ref> * On July 31, 2022, at 8:00 a.m., operations of Line 2 were limited from Cubao to Antipolo stations due to a broken catenary wire between Legarda and Pureza stations. Full operations resumed the following day at 5:00 a.m.<ref>{{cite news |first=Daphne |last=Galvez |title=LRT-2 resumes operations after technical glitch |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1638298/fwd-lrt-2-resumes-normal-ops-after-glitch |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=August 1, 2022 |access-date=August 1, 2022 }}</ref> * On May 14, 2023, at 5:30 AM, operations of Line 2 were limited from V. Mapa to Antipolo stations due to a fire that broke out in the vicinity of Recto station,<ref name="May14Prov">{{Cite web |date=May 14, 2023 |title=#LRTAdvisory: Kasalukuyang nagpapatupad ng provisionary service ang LRT-2 dahil sa nagaganap na sunog malapit sa Recto station. |url=https://www.facebook.com/OfficialLRTA/posts/pfbid0iGpPb8g7uPXZaVHtXrUwKHHHXmox2AWehe4ehoyVUi9EGoQ1Mc2xGwpSyx2mWf9Pl |access-date=May 14, 2023 |website=Light Rail Transit Authority}}</ref> affecting the power supply and signaling system up to Pureza station. The fire was declared under control at 6:40 AM<ref name="May14Report">{{Cite news |last=Tabile |first=Justine Irish |date=May 14, 2023 |title=LRT-2 services affected by nearby fire in Recto |work=BusinessWorld |url=https://www.bworldonline.com/the-nation/2023/05/14/522706/lrt-2-services-affected-by-nearby-fire-in-recto/ |access-date=May 14, 2023}}</ref> and line operations returned to normal at 1:15 PM.<ref name="May14Resume">{{Cite web |date=May 14, 2023 |title=#LRTAdvisory: Balik-normal na ang operasyon ng LRT-2 ngayong araw, May 14 matapos ang nangyaring sunog malapit sa Recto Station. |url=https://www.facebook.com/OfficialLRTA/posts/pfbid02mH7iWbyMzJjCoa1amvS18xvP8Aydu5EYRG5Jd4HwpPLnvEVnVyoPGKKkHjki3fcyl |access-date=May 14, 2023 |website=Light Rail Transit Authority}}</ref> * On January 12, 2024, Line 2 operations from Antipolo to Recto was halted by one hour due to technical problems with its power rectifier on the LRT-2 substation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-12 |title=LRT-2 operations delayed due to power supply issue |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/metro/893905/lrt-2-operations-delayed-due-to-power-supply-issue/story/ |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=GMA News Online |language=en}}</ref> Normal operation service resumed after an hour.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dela Cruz |first=Raymond Carl |title=LRT-2 resumes ops after power supply issue |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1216810 |website=Philippine News Agency}}</ref> * On August 17, 2024, a street dweller was spotted in between Pureza and Legarda stations. The situation forced to limit services from Antipolo to V. Mapa for a few hours.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ong |first=Ghio |title=LRT-2 limits trips as street dweller climbs post |url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2024/08/17/2378493/lrt-2-limits-trips-street-dweller-climbs-post |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> * On August 19, 2024, a catenary cable caught fire between Katipunan and Santolan stations. This led the line's operations to be limited from Recto to Cubao until the next morning.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-20 |title=LRT-2 on full line operation following catenary repair |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/metro/917618/lrt-2-on-limited-operation-due-to-catenary-repair/story/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=GMA News Online |language=en}}</ref> *On September 11, 2024, a power supply problem halted operations between V. Mapa and Recto stations for five hours.<ref>{{Cite news|title=LRT2 in partial ops due to power supply problem |first=Joviland |last=Rita |work=GMA Integrated News |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/metro/920042/lrt2-partial-ops/story/ |access-date=September 12, 2024 |date=September 11, 2024}}</ref> *On September 12, 2024, a damaged pantograph on a 2000 class train at J. Ruiz station caused a brief halt on operations.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Technical glitch stalls LRT2 operations anew |first=Joviland |last=Rita |work=GMA Integrated News |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/metro/920197/technical-glitch-stalls-lrt2-operations-anew/story/ |access-date=September 12, 2024 |date=September 12, 2024}}</ref> *On January 17, 2025, a train broke down, forcing commuters to ride other types of transport. This led to a "half-line" operation from 5:00 AM to 9:00 AM wherein the line would operate from Recto to Araneta Center–Cubao.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ong |first=Ghio |title=LRT-2 suffers breakdown |url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2025/01/18/2414992/lrt-2-suffers-breakdown |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> * On September 15, 2025, around 11:00pm, a 2000 class train derailed whilst arriving at Santolan station, causing damage to the both train and the tracks which resulted in limited operations between Recto station and Araneta Center–Cubao station until the following day.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rita |first=Joviland |date=2025-09-16 |title=LRT-2 offers free rides after repair in Santolan Station |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/metro/959248/lrt-2-offers-free-rides-after-repair-in-santolan-station/story/ |access-date=2025-09-16 |website=GMA News Online |language=en}}</ref>

==Notes== {{notelist}}

==References== {{Reflist}}{{Commons category}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20141011002758/http://www.lrta.gov.ph/line_2_system.php Official LRTA website on LRT Line 2]

{{SRTS}}{{Transportation in Metro Manila}}{{Urban Rail Transit in ASEAN}} {{Authority control}} Line 2 Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 2 Category:Transportation in Rizal (province) Category:Railway lines opened in 2003 Category:2003 establishments in the Philippines Category:Transportation in Luzon Category:1500 V DC railway electrification