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The Bicutan AGT is an automated guideway transit (AGT) system under development as of 2024[update] within the City of Taguig in the Philippines. It will serve as test track for the second mass transit system to be built and developed in the country by local engineers.[2]
Bicutan Automated Guideway Transit System | |
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Overview | |
Status | Under construction |
Locale | Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines |
Service | |
Type | Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) |
Services | Taguig C-6 (planned) |
Technical | |
Track length | 372 m (1,220 ft)[1] (test track) 6.9 km (4.3 mi) (planned) |
Number of tracks | 1 |
Operating speed | 50–60 km/h (31–37 mph) (planned) |
Highest elevation | 10 m (33 ft) |
Despite some media reports calling it a monorail, the system uses two parallel concrete beams to form a track.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Tamayo, Rodnel. "Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) System" (PDF). Electronic Freedom of Information. Metals Industry Research and Development Center. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
- ^ Regidor, Anna Kristine. "UPD monorail project begins". 2011-07-27. University of the Philippines Diliman. Archived from the original on September 24, 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2012.