LRT Line 6

{{short description|Proposed Manila metro line}} {{Copy edit|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox rail line | box_width = | name = LRT Line 6 | color = | logo = | logo_width = | image = | image_width = | caption = | type = [[Rapid transit]] | system = [[Manila Light Rail Transit System]] | status = Proposed | locale = [[Cavite]] | start = [[Niog station|Niog]] | end = Pala-Pala | stations = 8{{efn|Up to 48 proposed stations, with only 8 in the main line.}} | routes = 5 | daily_ridership = 200,000 (2015 estimate) | planopen = 2027 (partial) | close = | owner = [[Light Rail Transit Authority]] | operator = | character = [[Elevated railway|Elevated]] | stock = [[Electric multiple unit]]s | linelength_km = 23.5 | linelength_footnotes = {{efn|System length is at {{Convert|86|km|mi|abbr=on}}.}}  | tracks = [[Double-track railway|Double-track]] | gauge = {{RailGauge|sg|allk=on}} | electrification = {{750 V DC}} [[overhead line]]s | speed_km/h = 70 | elevation = | minradius_m = 50 | map = {{Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 6}} | map_state = collapsed }}

The '''Light Rail Transit Line 6''' is a proposed [[rapid transit]] system in [[Cavite]], Philippines.<ref name="emb1">{{Cite web |title=Project Description for Scoping (Line 6A and 6B/C) |url=http://eia.emb.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/LRT-Line-6-PD-for-Scoping.v2.pdf |publisher=Environmental Management Bureau, [[Department of Environment and Natural Resources]] |website=eia.emb.gov.ph |date=January 31, 2019 |accessdate=February 18, 2021 |archive-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116002228/http://eia.emb.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/LRT-Line-6-PD-for-Scoping.v2.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> There have been two proposals for the line, with the first one shelved immediately in 2018.<ref name="g1">{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W2n8tsqNhTTU-E5xBmf1WJQdoNMA5y2L/view |title=SBB No. 1-2018 |date=September 20, 2018 |publisher=[[Department of Transportation (Philippines)]] |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref> Another proposal emerged in 2017 and is currently under review by the [[National Economic and Development Authority]] (NEDA).

==Background and history== The province of [[Cavite]] is known as a "[[commuter town|bedroom community]]" for those who work in [[Metro Manila]]. Over the recent decades, [[urbanization]] has been widespread in the country and [[urban sprawl]] has been most evident within the [[Greater Manila Area]]. The LRT Line 6 aims to provide [[rail transport]] options to 45 percent of Cavite's population which are concentrated on the cities of [[Bacoor]], [[Imus]] and [[Dasmariñas]].<ref name="ppp1">{{Cite web |title=LRT Line 6 Project |url=https://ppp.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/LRT-Line-6-Project-Briefer.pdf |website=ppp.gov.ph |date=November 30, 2015 |accessdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref>

===Early trains in Cavite=== {{See also|List of Philippine National Railways stations#Paco-Naic branch}} Trains belonging to the [[Philippine National Railways#History|Manila Railroad Company]] previously plied the Naic line from [[Paco station]] in [[Manila]] to Naic station in [[Naic]], Cavite. The [[commuter rail]] line was opened in 1909 by the virtue of Insular Government Act No. 1905.<ref>{{cite act |type=Act No. 1905 |date=May 19, 1909 |legislature=[[Philippine Commission]] |title=AN ACT GRANTING THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY CERTAIN ADDITIONAL CONCESSIONS FOR RAILROAD LINES IN THE ISLAND OF LUZON |page= |url=https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l91a2 |language=en-US}}</ref> It had 19 stations over {{Convert|44|km|mi|abbr=on}} of track. There was also a branch line to [[Cavite City]] which would have branched off at [[Noveleta]]. Some of these trains passed by once towns of [[Parañaque]] and [[Las Piñas]] in [[Manila (province)|Manila]], as well as [[Bacoor]] in Cavite. The line ended operation by 1936 and much of the line has been built over in the following decades, such as the expansion of the [[Nichols Field]]. Some of the historical right-of-way is now shared between the [[Colonel Jesus Villamor Air Base]] and [[Ninoy Aquino International Airport]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Railways of old in Manila and Rizal |url=https://d0ctrine.com/2011/11/08/railways-of-old-in-manila-and-rizal/ |website=www.d0ctrine.com |date=November 8, 2011 |accessdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=What if PNR trains reached Naic? |url=http://pariwara.net/what-if-pnr-trains-reach-naic/ |website=Pariwara |date=October 13, 2019 |accessdate=February 18, 2021 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

=== 1990s proposal === There were no plans to rebuild a line to Cavite until the 1990s, when the 1993 Updated Traffic and Transport Management Plan, which proposes the network of five LRT lines, including the sixth line that would run from [[Baclaran]] to [[Zapote]] in [[Las Piñas]] for {{convert|8|km|sp=us}}, was proposed by the Public Estates Authority (PEA, now the Philippine Reclamation Authority), and the Australia-based TGM completed the pre-feasibility study in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Urban Railway Projects In Bangkok - Measures for Securing Financial Resources |url=https://www.jica.go.jp/Resource/jica-ri/IFIC_and_JBICI-Studies/jica-ri/english/publication/archives/jbic/report/oecf/pdf/25_e.pdf}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=MMUTIS Appendices |url=https://openjicareport.jica.go.jp/pdf/11580461_02.pdf |access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=フィリピン国マニラ首都圏鉄道標準化調査事前調査報告書 |url=https://openjicareport.jica.go.jp/pdf/11535408_04.PDF}}</ref> The project was also identified in the Metro Manila Urban Transportation Integration Study by the [[Japan International Cooperation Agency]] in 1999.<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://openjicareport.jica.go.jp/pdf/11580446.pdf |title=Final Report Summary |last=Iwata |first=Shizuo |date=March 5, 1999 |publisher=[[Japan International Cooperation Agency]] |access-date=October 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002110225/https://openjicareport.jica.go.jp/pdf/11580446.pdf |archive-date=October 2, 2021 |url-status=live |work=Metro Manila Urban Transportation Integration Study}}</ref>

===LRT Line 1 Cavite extension=== {{Main|LRT Line 1#Cavite extension}}

In 2004, Canadian firm [[SNC-Lavalin]] proposed an extension of the existing Line 1 to Cavite. However, the Arroyo administration rejected the study in 2005.<ref>{{cite news |last=Valencia |first=L. B. |title=LRT1 Extension Expected to Start Construction by 2005 |newspaper=Manila Bulletin |date=September 15, 2004}}</ref> In 2012, the [[LRT Line 1 (Metro Manila)|LRT Line 1]] south extension project was approved as a [[public-private partnership]] project. It aims to extend the line to [[Bacoor]], Cavite with a target start of construction in 2014 and opening date in mid-2015.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Gov't invites investors to bid for LRT-1 extension |url=https://www.rappler.com/business/6425-come-bidders-invite-finally-out-for-lrt-line-1-cavite-extension/ |website=[[Rappler]] |date=June 4, 2012 |access-date=February 18, 2021}}</ref> However, the bidding process failed and the government repeatedly postponed the project starting in 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Judith|last=Balea|title=LRT-1 Cavite extension bidding 'a failure'|url=https://www.rappler.com/business/industries/37598-lrt1-bidding-failure/|work=Rappler|date=29 August 2013|access-date=12 May 2022}}</ref> It was not until 2019 when construction for the LRT Line 1.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Emmie V.|last=Abadilla|title=LRT-1 Cavite extension is 62% complete — DOTr|url=https://mb.com.ph/2022/01/11/lrt-1-cavite-extension-is-62-complete-dotr/|work=Manila Bulletin|date=2022-01-11|access-date=2022-01-13}}</ref> The phase 1 of the extension became operational on November 16, 2024 and is targeted to be fully operational by 2031.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Piad |first=Tyrone Jasper C. |date=2024-06-08 |title=LRT line to Cavite still 7 years from becoming operational |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1949499/lrt-line-to-cavite-still-7-years-from-becoming-operational |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=Jun 18, 2024 |title=DOTR: Partial operations of LRT-1 Cavite Extension expected by October 2024 |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/6/18/dotr-partial-operations-of-lrt-1-cavite-extension-expected-by-october-2024-1502 |access-date=July 6, 2024 |work=ABS-CBN News}}</ref>

===First Line 6 proposal=== The first mention of a separate LRT Line 6 in Cavite was when then-president [[Benigno Aquino III]] approved the construction of the LRT Line 6 in Cavite after a [[National Economic and Development Authority]] board meeting on September 6, 2015.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Aquino OK's 5 big projects |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/719612/aquino-oks-5-big-projects |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |date=September 6, 2015 |accessdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref> The project would have cost an estimated [[PHP]]64 billion or [[US$]]1.42 billion.<ref name="ppp">{{cite web |title=LRT Line 6 Project Construction, Operation and Maintenance |url=http://ppp.gov.ph/?ppp_projects=lrt-line-6-project |accessdate=2 July 2015 |publisher=Public–Private Partnership Center}}</ref> In December of that year, the Department of Transportation and Communications (later the [[Department of Transportation (Philippines)|Department of Transportation]]) started bidding by inviting interested firms to bid on the project.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Desiderio |first=Louella |title=Bidding for LRT-6 starts |url=https://www.philstar.com/business/2015/12/21/1535096/bidding-lrt-6-starts |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> But there were repeatedly delays due to deadlines being extended several times in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paz |first=Chrisee De La |date=2016-03-04 |title=LRT6 PPP bidding postponed |url=https://www.rappler.com/business/industries/124664-lrt6-ppp-bidding-delayed-dotc/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Amojelar |first=Darwin G. |date=2016-05-06 |title=LRT Line 6 bidding deferred |url=https://manilastandard.net/?p=205037 |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Manila Standard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=LRT 6 delayed |url=https://ppp.gov.ph/in_the_news/lrt-6-delayed/}}</ref>

Although sixteen firms showed interest in the LRT Line 6 project by sending representatives to a pre-qualification conference last February, namely: Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc.; [[Ayala Corporation]]; [[Bombardier Transportation|Bombardier]]; CFP Transaction Advisors; Daelim Industrial Company Ltd. (now [[DL E&C]]); [[DMCI Homes|DMCI]]; [[Egis Group|Egis]]; First Metro Investments Corporation; Metro Builders Corporation; [[Metro Pacific Investments]]; [[Mott MacDonald]]; [[Arup Group|Ove Arup & Partners]]; Prime Asset Ventures, Inc.; [[Robinsons Land]]; [[San Miguel Corporation]]; and [[SYSTRA]].<ref name=":0" />

The first proposal was described as a {{Convert|19|km|mi|abbr=on}} [[commuter rail]] line along the route of the [[Aguinaldo Highway]]. It will start from Niog station, which is separate from the [[Niog station|Line 1 station]] and the two lines will not share tracks. The next stations will be Tirona, Imus, and Daang Hari stations in [[Imus]]; and Salitran, Congressional Avenue, and Governor's Drive in Dasmariñas.<ref name="ppp1" /> Procurement of rolling stock to facilitate operations, and rolling stock was expected to be [[electric multiple unit]]s using [[Overhead line|overhead catenary]] traction power.<ref name="ppp1" /> This project however was shelved indefinitely in 2018, citing issues such as [[Right-of-way (property access)|right-of-way]] and congestion along that highway.<ref name="g1" />

===Modified Line 6A and 6B+C proposal=== In 2018, [[Manuel Villar|Villar]]-led Prime Asset Ventures Inc. came up with an alternative proposal for the said railway line.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Investment council to decide on 13 unsolicited proposals by 2019 —PPP Center|date=December 20, 2018 |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/economy/678890/investment-council-to-decide-on-13-unsolicited-proposals-by-2019-ppp-center/story/}}</ref> The new mainline consists of 23.5 km (14.6 mi) long, nine (9) stations, passing through the less congested arterial road of Molino–Paliparan Road, including the large-scale vacant properties in Bacoor and Dasmariñas, Cavite. The new proposal will branch out its railway network in Las Piñas, Muntinlupa, and Parañaque where large-scale subdivisions are situated. As of December 2020, the proposal has passed the stringent qualifications set by the [[Department of Environment and Natural Resources]], prompting to issue an Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) on February 7, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=UPDATED LIST OF ENVIRONMENTAL CRITICAL PROJECTS (EPs) WITH ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE (ECC)|url=http://eia.emb.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/FINAL-MASTER-LIST-ECPs-as-of-DEC-2020.pdf}}</ref> The project is now under review by the NEDA-ICC alongside other unsolicited proposals such as the [[SkyTrain (Metro Manila)|Metro Manila SkyTrain]] and the [[MRT Line 10]]. Unless stated otherwise, the entire line will be most likely a separate line from Line 1, like the previous proposal.

==Proposed stations== The present Line 6 proposal is {{Convert|23.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} long, with 9 stations as part of the initial proposal. The main line is so-called ''Modified Line 6'', formerly called ''Line 6A''. It is {{Convert|23.5|km|mi|sp=us|abbr=off}} long, starting at Niog station that is connected to the LRT Line 1 Cavite extension and ending at Governor's Drive station. Due to alignment changes, the new Governor's Drive station in [[Dasmariñas]] is relocated to Barangay Paliparan, {{Convert|4.4|km|mi|sp=us|abbr=off}} east of the original station in Pala-Pala area in Barangay Sampaloc I.<ref name="emb1"/> There would be also [[#Line 6A Extension|an extension of the line to Tagaytay]], although only this section of the line has been presented to the government.<ref name="emb2">{{Cite web|date=August 15, 2019|title=LRT6-Executive Summary English|url=http://eia.emb.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/LRT-6-Executive-Summary-English.pdf|publisher=Environmental Management Bureau, Department of Environment and Natural Resources|accessdate=February 19, 2021}}</ref>

Three stations have been named after locations outside the line's actual right of way: San Pedro, Alabang and GMA. San Pedro being named after the city of [[San Pedro, Laguna]], Alabang after the [[Alabang|eponymous]] [[barangay]] in [[Muntinlupa]], and GMA station after the town of [[General Mariano Alvarez, Cavite]]. It was however stated in the unsolicited proposal that Alabang Line 6 station is actually located in Barangay Molino IV in Bacoor, while San Pedro will be located in [[Salawag]] and GMA in Paliparan IV, both are barangays of Dasmariñas.<ref name="emb1"/> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of stations |- ! width=160px | Name ! width=130px | Structure type ! width=280px | Connections ! width=140px | Location |- style = "background:#a9a9a9; height: 2pt" | colspan="4" | |- | {{stn|Niog}} | Elevated | {{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">Proposed interchange with {{rint|metro}} [[Manila Light Rail Transit System|Manila LRT]]</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true | {{rint|manila|1}} }} | rowspan=5|[[Bacoor]], [[Cavite]] |- | Bacoor City Hall | Elevated | {{n/a|none}} |- | San Nicolas | Embankment | {{Collapsible list| title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of bus routes in Metro Manila|Bus routes]]</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true | {{RouteBox|32||#223A29|white}} SAMC }} |- | Daang Hari | Embankment | {{Collapsible list| title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of bus routes in Metro Manila|Bus routes]]</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true | {{RouteBox|32||#223A29|white}} SM City Molino }} |- | San Pedro | Elevated | rowspan="4" {{n/a|none}} |- | Alabang | Embankment | rowspan="4" | [[Dasmariñas]], [[Cavite]] |- | La Salle | Elevated |- | GMA | Elevated |- | Governor's Drive | Elevated | {{Collapsible list| title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of bus routes in Metro Manila|Bus routes]]</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true | {{RouteBox|32||#223A29|white}} Carissa Homes }} |}

==Expansion== Both the Filipino proponents and the Japanese consultants also included their proposed expanded network to their documents. It includes Line 6B, an [[airport rail link]] extension of Line 6 to [[Ninoy Aquino International Airport]]; Line 6C, a [[branch line|spur line]] near the Parañaque–Muntinlupa border; Line 6D, another spur line to Alabang, near the [[Alabang station]] of the [[Philippine National Railways]]; and the Line 6 extension to Tagaytay.<ref name="emb2"/> Line 6D is also being developed by the Japanese firm as a separate line.<ref name="meti">{{Cite web|date=February 2020|title=CAVITE-LAGUNA PUBLIC TRANSPORT MASTER PLAN AND THE PRELIMINARY FEASIBILITY STUDY OF MEDIUM-CAPACITY RAIL SYSTEM IN THE REPUBLIC OF PHILIPPINES|url=https://www.meti.go.jp/meti_lib/report/2019FY/000798.pdf|publisher=[[Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry]]|accessdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref> Altogether, the combined line length is at approximately {{Convert|86|km|mi|abbr=on}} with a combined track length of around {{Convert|169|km|mi|abbr=on}}.<ref name="emb1"/> According to the 2020 Japanese study, the expansion is set to be completed by 2040.<ref name="meti"/>

===Line 6B=== Line 6B will run between [[Ninoy Aquino International Airport]] in [[Pasay]] and San Nicolas Line 6A station in Bacoor, Cavite. The line is {{Convert|16|km|mi|sp=us|abbr=off}} long with 10 stations and will have a [[single-track railway|single track]] section between NAIA and [[Dr. Santos Avenue|Sucat Road]].<ref name="emb2"/>

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{{Collapsible list| title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of bus routes in Metro Manila|Bus routes]]</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true | {{RouteBox|44||#89C35C|white}} SM City Sucat }} | rowspan=2|Parañaque |- | Canaynay | Elevated | style="text-align: left" | {{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">Proposed interchange with {{rint|metro}} [[Manila Light Rail Transit System|Manila LRT]]</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true | {{RouteBox|''6C''||#b6b6b4|black}} }} |- | Naga | Elevated | rowspan="6" {{n/a|none}} | rowspan=6|[[Las Piñas]] |- | Daang Hari | Elevated |- | Alabang–Zapote | Elevated |- | Marcos–Alvarez | Elevated |- | Apollo | Elevated |- | Queen's Row | Elevated |- | San Nicolas | Embankment | style="text-align: left" | {{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">Proposed interchange with {{rint|metro}} [[Manila Light Rail Transit System|Manila LRT]]</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true | ''{{rint|manila|6}}'' }} | [[Bacoor]], [[Cavite]] |}

===Line 6C=== Line 6C will run along the right-of-way of [[Dr. Santos Avenue]] in Parañaque. A {{Convert|7.7|km|mi|abbr=on}} 6-station spur of Line 6B, it will split with Line 6B between Canaynay and El Grande stations. While a majority of the area would not have a right-of-way issue for an elevated railway, a two-way ramp leading to the Sucat exit of the [[Skyway (Metro Manila)|Metro Manila Skyway]] will cause a section of the line leading to Lake Front station to be built as an [[Subway (underpass)|underpass]].<ref name="emb1"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of stations |- ! width=160px | Name ! width=130px | Structure type ! width=280px | Connections ! width=140px | Location |- style = "background:#a9a9a9; height: 2pt" | colspan="4" | |- | Sucat (NAIA) | Elevated | style="text-align: left" | {{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">Proposed interchange with {{rint|metro}} [[Manila Light Rail Transit System|Manila LRT]]</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true | {{RouteBox|''6B''||#b6b6b4|black}} }}

{{Collapsible list| title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of bus routes in Metro Manila|Bus routes]]</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true | {{RouteBox|44||#89C35C|white}} SM City Sucat }} | rowspan="5" |Parañaque |- | Canaynay | Elevated | style="text-align: left" | {{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">Proposed interchange with {{rint|metro}} [[Manila Light Rail Transit System|Manila LRT]]</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true | {{RouteBox|''6B''||#b6b6b4|black}} }} |- | El Grande | Elevated | style="text-align: left" | {{Collapsible list| title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of bus routes in Metro Manila|Bus routes]]</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true | {{RouteBox|44||#89C35C|white}} WalterMart Sucat }} |- | San Antonio | Elevated | {{n/a|none}} |- | President | Elevated | {{n/a|none}} |- | St. James | Elevated | style="text-align: left" | {{Collapsible list| title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of bus routes in Metro Manila|Bus routes]]</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true | {{RouteBox|44||#89C35C|white}} SM City BF }} |- | Lake Front | Depressed | style="text-align: left" | {{Collapsible list |title=<div style="font-size:90%;">{{rint|rail}}  [[Philippine National Railways|PNR]]</div> |liststyle=margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom:4px; |expand=true | [[North–South Commuter Railway|{{RouteBox|''NSCR''||orange|black}}]] {{stn|Sucat}} }}

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===Line 6D=== Line 6D is connected to Line 6B at Marcos–Alvarez station in Las Piñas. It will be {{Convert|5|km|mi|abbr=on}} with 4 stations along the [[Alabang–Zapote Road]] in Las Piñas and [[Muntinlupa]]. This line will have a targeted opening date by 2030.<ref name="emb2"/>

This branch in particular is also the subject of the Japanese feasibility study published by METI in 2020. Line 6D's Starmall station is located on a vacant lot beside Alabang exit of the [[South Luzon Expressway]]. The study also proposed a footbridge connection to the future [[Alabang station]] of the [[North–South Commuter Railway]]. It is also proposed to be converted into a separate line in the future named the '''Alabang–Zapote Line'''. Once this extension is approved, the Alabang–Zapote Line will reach the [[Cavite Economic Zone]] in [[Rosario, Cavite]]. The total length would also be at {{Convert|23|km|mi|sp=us|abbr=off}}. The expansion is targeted to be completed by 2040.<ref name="meti"/>

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==Technical== ===Rolling stock=== The line will use electric multiple units that will be powered through overhead lines, but the type of the rolling stock used remains unspecified. In the 2015 study, Line 6 trains will use {{750 V DC}} electrification, similar to [[LRT Line 1 (Metro Manila)|LRT Line 1]] as well as some [[light rail]] and [[medium-capacity rail system|light rapid transit]] systems used overseas. The trainsets will also be arranged into a four-car formation reflective of newer-generation [[light rail]] vehicles (LRVs) used on Line 1. The use of the term "commuter rail" for the rolling stock made it ambiguous as to whether or not the line will use LRVs or high-capacity trainsets.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LRT 6 Project Info Memorandum |url=https://dotr.gov.ph/images/PPP/2015/LRT6/ProjectInfoMemorandum_LRT6_FINAL.pdf |publisher=[[Department of Transportation (Philippines)|Department of Transportation and Communications]] |date=May 2015 |accessdate=February 20, 2021 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In the 2019 proposal, it is also left unspecified as to use LRVs or rapid transit trainsets. The project proposes to use a single-articulated, six-axle, standard floor car type with eight passenger doorways (four on each side). Vehicles will be capable of multiple unit operations. consisting of up to four cars with a total length of 100 m, while each end of the car will be equipped with an operator's position. Each car will have a passenger capacity of 347 and an operating speed ranging from 35 to 70 km/h.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT {{!}} LRT Line 6-A and Line 6-B+C Project |url=https://eia.emb.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/LRT-6-EIS.pdf}}</ref> An [[automated guideway transit]] was also given as an option for Line 6D in the 2020 Japanese study presented by METI. The 2020 study also recommended the use of 4-car trainsets as with the 2015 proposal. The 2020 study also made allowances for coupling two trains into 8-car sets. The maximum passenger capacity of the trainsets is at 300 per car or 1,200 people per set. In comparison, the [[LRTA 13000 class]] has a maximum capacity of 1,388 passengers. The use of the AGT, light rail vehicles, or heavy rail trainsets is currently under assessment by NEDA.<ref name="meti"/>

===Station design=== The 2020 study recommends that the line will use [[island platform]]s due to its compact size and costs less to construct. The design for the elevated stations will be based on the [[Yurikamome]] [[automated guideway transit]] system in [[Tokyo]]. All elevated stations will feature ''eki-naka'' <small>([[:ja:駅ナカ|ja]])</small> commercial development.<ref name="meti"/> Three stations would be grade-separated by [[embankment (earthworks)|embankment]] instead of being fully-elevated stations through a [[viaduct]]. These are San Nicolas, Daang Hari, and Alabang stations. This is because these stations will be built over private property.<ref name="emb1"/> Lake Front station of Line 6C will also be built partially underground due to the conflicting pillars of the [[Skyway (Metro Manila)|Metro Manila Skyway]] Sucat exit ramp.<ref name="emb2"/> Other than these four stations, the line shall be built with a viaduct.

===Line 6 system length=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! width=160px | Line ! width=130px | Stations ! width=200px | Line length ! width=140px | Track length |- | Line 6A | 9 | {{Convert|23.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} | {{Convert|47|km|mi|abbr=on}} |- | Line 6A Extension | 4 | {{Convert|18.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} | {{Convert|37|km|mi|abbr=on}} |- | Line 6B | 10 | {{Convert|16|km|mi|abbr=on}} | {{Convert|29|km|mi|abbr=on}}{{efn|An approximated {{Convert|3|km|abbr=on}} section of the line will be built as single-track.}} |- | Line 6C | 6 | {{Convert|7.7|km|mi|abbr=on}}{{efn|{{Convert|2.7|km|mi|abbr=on}} will be shared with line 6B.}} | {{Convert|15.4|km|mi|abbr=on}} |- | Alabang–Zapote Line (6D) | 4 | {{Convert|5|km|mi|abbr=on}} | {{Convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}} |- | Alabang–Zapote–CEZ Line<br>(6D Extension) | 15 | {{Convert|18|km|mi|abbr=on}} | {{Convert|36|km|mi|abbr=on}} |- ! Total ! 48 ! {{Convert|86|km|mi|abbr=on}} ! {{Convert|169|km|mi|abbr=on}} |- |}

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==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:Manila Light Rail Transit System|Line 6]] [[Category:Proposed public transportation in the Philippines]] [[Category:Rail transportation in Metro Manila|Light Rail Transit System Line 6]] [[Category:Transportation in Cavite]] [[Category:Transportation in Manila|Light Rail Transit System Line 6]] [[Category:Transportation in Luzon]]