MRT Line 8
Overview
Other name	PNR East-West Rail
Status	Proposed
Owner	Philippine National Railways
Locale	Manila,Quezon City
Stations	11
Service
Operator(s)	East West Rail Transit Corporation
Rolling stock	4-carEMUs
Daily ridership	600,000 (projected)
History
Planned opening	TBA
Technical
Line length	9.4 km (5.8 mi)
Track length	18.8 km (11.7 mi)
Number of tracks	Double-track
Character	Elevated andunderground
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Route map Diliman Depot   San Jose Del Monte University Avenue Quezon Memorial North Avenue   EDSA 3 MMS  Quirino Highway - FTI  NAIA Terminal 3 North Avenue - Taft Avenue   Timog A. Roces G. Araneta Banawe Welcome Rotonda Quezon City Manila Antipolo Street Gov. Pascual-Valenzuela / Tutuban   FTI / Alabang / Calamba University of Santo Tomas   Fernando Poe Jr-North Avenue Lerma Antipolo Dr Santos- Niog This diagram: view talk edit

TheMetro Rail Transit Line 8, orMRT-8, also known asPNR East-West Line, is a proposedrapid transit line in thePhilippines. It would be a 9-kilometer (5.6 mi) railway system connectingSampaloc, Manila andDiliman, Quezon City viaCommonwealth Avenue,Quezon Avenue, andEspaña Boulevard.

The railway line was formerly designated asMRT-9, which has since been designated to theMetro Manila Subway.

The right-of-way of Line 8 can be traced to the original MRT Line 4 proposal in the late 20th century. In 1999, the former Line 4 was to be located betweenRecto Avenue inManila andBatasan Hills inQuezon City.^[1] The proposed line was eventually renumbered as Line 8, withLine 4 redefined as the rapid transit alignment betweenPasig andTaytay, Rizal after its approval in 2019.^[2][3]

An unsolicited proposal for the project was submitted to the Philippine government by Malaysia-based construction engineering company AlloyMTD group in 2016,^[4][5] and is awaiting approval by theNational Economic Development Authority (NEDA). According to MTD Philippines, Inc. President Patrick Nicholas David, the project would cost₱60 billion.^[6]

It was then announced in 2020 that the line will undergo detailed design phase starting 2021. Construction would then commence the following year and the line shall open by 2027.^[7]

A private company named Private Equity Investments and Development Corporation reported on its website on June 3, 2021 that the East West Rail Transit Corporation has sought French manufacturerAlstom to be one of its partners. They are expected to be involved in the project as an electromechanical supplier.^[8]

Another proposal, from the MRT-7, as part of its future expansion, will tread the same path with the exception of starting from West Avenue onwards towards Pier 4, instead of Quiapo. Like with the MRT-8, this proposed expansion from the MRT-7 are still pending approvals. However, MRT-7 has already began construction works along West Avenue for its turnback tracks, and the guideway is the possible starting point of its proposed expansion.

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Line 8 would have 12 stations, all located inQuezon City orManila.

List of stations

Name	Distance (km)		Structure type	Connections	Location
	Between stations	Total
University Avenue	—	—	Depressed	Proposed interchange withManila MRT Bus Routes  6  7  17  34  49 TechnoHub	Quezon City
Quezon Memorial Circle	—	—	Depressed	Proposed interchange withManila MRT Bus Routes  6  7  17  34  49 Quezon City Hall Quezon City Bus Service  1  2  4  5  6  7  8 Quezon City Hall
Triangle Park	—	—	Depressed	Manila MRT 3Quezon Avenue  MMS Quezon Avenue EDSA Carousel  1  Quezon Avenue Bus Routes  6  7  17  34  49 Eton Centris
Timog	—	—	Elevated	Bus Routes  6  7  17  34  49 Timog Avenue
FPJ Avenue	—	—	Elevated	Bus Routes  6  7  17  34  49 Fisher Mall
Gregorio Araneta	—	—	Elevated	Bus Routes  6  7  17  34  49 Gregorio Araneta Avenue
Banawe	—	—	Elevated	Bus Routes  6  7  17  34  49  Banawe
Welcome Rotonda	—	—	Elevated	Bus Routes  6  7  17  34  49  53 Welcome Rotonda
Maceda	—	—	Elevated	PNR España Bus Routes  6  7  17  34  49  53 Blumentritt Road  5  14  38  40  52  54  San Diego Street	Manila
Lacson	—	—	Elevated	Bus Routes  6  7  17  34  49  53 Lacson Avenue  5  14  38  40  52  54  Dimasalang Road
Lerma	—	—	Elevated	Manila LRT Doroteo Jose Recto Bus Routes  6  7  17  34  49  53  Morayta  5  14  38  40  52  54  A.Mendoza Street
Hidalgo	—	—	Elevated	Bus Routes  2  3 Hidalgo Street  13  19  20  21  Avenida  42  Doroteo Jose  5  6  7  14  17  34  38  40  49  52  53  54  Quiapo

According to a November 12, 2020 meeting withbarangay captains of Manila, the line will use 4-car trainsets.^[9] Due to a 2016National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) directive, all conventional rail lines including Line 8 will use standard-gauge track.^[10]

• Rail transportation in Metro Manila
• Proposed public transportation in the Philippines

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