Manila International Airport station (also known as MIA station) is an under-construction
Manila Light Rail Transit (LRT) station situated on
Line 1. It is a part of the Line 1 South Extension Project. As the name implies, this station is planned to connect Line 1 to
Ninoy Aquino International Airport
Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA , ; fil, Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Ninoy Aquino or ''Pandaigdigang Paliparan ng Ninoy Aquino''; ), originally known and still commonly referred to as Manila International Airport (MIA), is the main ...
. However, it will not directly connect Line 1 to the airport. The station would be built in
Parañaque
Parañaque, officially the City of Parañaque ( fil, Lungsod ng Parañaque, ), is a first class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 689,992 people.
It is ...
.
History
Manila International Airport (MIA) station was first planned as part of the
Line 1 South Extension plan, which calls for a mostly elevated extension of approximately . The extension will have 8 passenger stations with an option for 2 future stations (
Manuyo Uno and
Talaba).
The project was first approved on August 25, 2000, and the implementing agreement for the project was approved on January 22, 2002.
However, construction for the extension was repeatedly delayed until the project was shelved years later.
The plans for the southern extension project were restarted as early as 2012 during the
Aquino administration and was expected to begin construction in 2014, but was delayed due to right of way issues. The issues were resolved in 2016 and the project broke ground on May 4, 2017. Meanwhile, construction works on the south extension began on May 7, 2019, after the
right-of-way
Right of way is the legal right, established by grant from a landowner or long usage (i.e. by prescription), to pass along a specific route through property belonging to another.
A similar ''right of access'' also exists on land held by a gov ...
acquisitions were cleared.
, the project is 75.3% complete. The extension is slated for partial operations by September 2024
and full operations by second quarter of 2027.
See also
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List of Manila LRT and MRT stations
The following is a list of rail transit stations in the Greater Manila Area, which incorporates the Manila Light Rail Transit System, the Manila Metro Rail Transit System and the Philippine National Railways Metro Commuter Line. The list inclu ...
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Manila Light Rail Transit System
References
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Manila Light Rail Transit System stations
Airport railway stations
Proposed railway stations in the Philippines