" Sta. Cruz Bridge "

so this was taken on a grey saturday morning whilst inside the train.
I always wanted to take a photo of this from above but during rush hour,
you're lucky if you can get a seat, the train is most of the time,
cramped and unventilated.
I'm glad I was early that day. ^0^




This is the Sta. Cruz bridge overlooking the Escolta side,
that's a high-rise condo unit on your right,
if you look further, that's the Jones bridge.
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" Longer Route "

There is the short and long version,
but I prefer to take the latter,
less pollution and traffic.
This is one of the passageways on the way to LRT and MRT (railway stations)
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" Strike a pose! "

somehow an ordinary scenario here while waiting for the train to arrive.
and like always, it's packed with people during rush hour
while on the other side, all seem quiet.
This security guard though, dedicated and alert on his job in maintaining
peace and order.
cute pose though don't you think?! ^0^

ps: again, sorry for not commenting back...
will be back with you shortly.. ^0^
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" Perspective "

...Minutes before it arrives and while I patiently wait for the train...
I look up and saw these dizzying yellow grid steels and attractive adverts,
one way to set your mind off boredom.



Happy weekend everyone! ^0^

melody: Buses and Trains - Bachelor Girl

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" Train "

two trains diverged on these tracks,
one was arriving, the other departing.

** the blurry grey on top and below are grid fences.


melody: Drops of Jupiter-Train

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" Have a sit "

This is the interior of how our LRT train looks like,
still unhurried at this hour,
not crowded, so, we were pretty lucky to get comfortable seats.

The guard stretching out his right arm is politely asking the old guy
to move further ahead as seating there isn't allowed.

There's a regulation here that prioritization on the first row are for
senior citizens, children and disabled people only.

that's why most of the passengers were turning their heads, curious about the
slight commotion.



and then the rest of the seats on the first carriage are strictly for women passengers only.

and so, here we are waiting for the next stop. ^0^


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"choo-choo"

PNR- Philippine National Railways, one of the oldest conventional transporation here in Metro Manila.
It is a state-owned railway system and was only developed modernly in 1984.
It operates on two different rail lines. (the North and South rail line.)

The government is actively pursuing the rehabilitation of PNR through various investments and projects designed to revive Philippine rail transport. The situation however is still hampered because of the large numbers of slum dwellers on the rail tracks throughout the entire rail system, although some portions of the southrail line, where informal settlers were successfully relocated to housing settlements outside Metro Manila.

This is a sample of what the old train looks like.


The Entrance


The side view of the old train




The PNR logo gate outside


My short field trip today was to visit the Train's headquarter which is located here in Manila.
I've never been to this side of town for awhile and was at first hesitant because it's not the usual route that i would go to.
Commuting for a train here is a little passe and uncommon unlike India which is very busy,
because there are more accesible and cheaper rides you can choose.
Before, It used to be uninviting, dilapidated, old and inaccessible.
But now, I'm surprised to see for myself how it's improved.
The new change would be that there are more "new" train engines coming thus, opening more routes all the way to the provinces like Sorsogon and La union.
I'm glad the gov't has found ways of progress and new developements.
I hope these "new hopes" won't be gone to waste in the future.

*Have you ever rode on a train before? What was it like? ^0^

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