LIGHT Rail Manila Corp. (LRMC), the consortium led by Manuel Pangilinan’s Metro Pacific Light Rail Corp. (MPLRC), has taken over the operations and maintenance of the country’s first and oldest rail system in the country, the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1).

The turnover of LRT-1 operations from the Light Rail Transit Authority and Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) was made on Saturday, Sept. 12.