The Davao People Mover is a proposed 16-station

monorail A monorail (from "mono", meaning "one", and "rail") is a railway in which the track consists of a single rail or a beam. Colloquially, the term "monorail" is often used to describe any form of elevated rail or people mover. More accurately, ...

line to be built in

Davao City Davao City, officially the City of Davao ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Dabaw; ), is a first class highly urbanized city in the Davao Region, Philippines. The city has a total land area of , making it the largest city in the Philippines in terms of lan ...

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. Once completed, it will be the city's first

rapid transit Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as heavy rail or metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas. A rapid transit system that primarily or traditionally runs below the surface may be c ...

line and the first monorail system in the Philippines.

History

The

government requested for a Korean firm to operate a light rail system in the city, following the success of the

Manila Light Rail Transit System The Manila Light Rail Transit System ( fil, Sistema ng Magaang Riles Panlulan ng Maynila), commonly known as the LRT, is an urban rail transit system that primarily serves Metro Manila, Philippines. Although categorized as a light rail system ...

. The Korean firm recommended to build a

instead of a true light rail system. It was first announced to the public on October 23, 2018.

Design

The line will be long and will begin near the intersection of

Pan-Philippine Highway The Pan-Philippine Highway, also known as the Maharlika Highway ( tl, Daang Maharlika; ceb, Dalang Halangdon), is a network of roads, expressways, bridges, and ferry services that connect the islands of Luzon, Samar, Leyte, and Mindanao in t ...

and Davao–Cotabato Road (known locally as MacArthur Highway). It will traverse the latter road to Davao Poblacion where it will pass by City Hall. It will also pass through a number of roads in the area before aligning with J.P. Laurel Avenue until it ends near

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. Construction for the line will cost around ₱30 billion (US$600 million). It was expected to begin construction by 2020 and be complete by 2022. As of March 2019, the line is still waiting for government approval as counter proposals had to be considered.

Stations

The line will have 16 stations which are located apart. The western terminus, Bangkal, will have a bus connection to the Mintal railway station of the

Mindanao Railway The Mindanao Railway, previously known as the Trans-Mindanao High Speed Railway, is a proposed inter-city rail system in Mindanao, the southernmost major island of the Philippines. Originally proposed in 1936 as part of Manuel L. Quezon's ef ...

's Davao City–Digos section. Stations will be built near University of Mindanao – Matina Campus, Ateneo de Davao University – Jacinto Campus, and near Davao City Hall. The eastern terminus will be located near

. The locations of the other 12 stations are to be disclosed.

References

{{Urban Rail Transit in ASEAN Monorails in the Philippines Proposed public transportation in the Philippines Transportation in Davao City