The Makati-Taguig Skytrain is a proposed automated people mover line that will connect the city of Makati and Bonifacio Global City area in Taguig, Metro Manila. The line (which has also been referred to as a monorail) will be approximately 1.87 km with two stations. It will connect to Line 3 and the Makati Intra-city Subway at Guadalupe Station in Makati City to Uptown Bonifacio in Taguig, next to Uptown Station of the planned Metro Manila Subway Project. The line will form part of the expanded Metro Manila mass transit system.
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News archive
2024
Alliance Global to invest more for proposed Skytrain project – [29/05/24]
“Alliance Global Group Inc. (AGI), the holding company of tycoon Andrew Tan, expects to spend more money for the development of its planned monorail project that will link Fort Bonifacio to the MRT Guadalupe Station.”
AGI still keen on Skytrain monorail project – [21/05/24]
“Alliance Global Group Inc. (AGI), the holding company of tycoon Andrew Tan, remains keen on pushing through with its Skytrain monorail project that will link Fort Bonifacio to the MRT Guadalupe Station even after almost seven years since the unsolicited proposal was submitted to the government.”
2021
Makati Subway eyes link to Guadalupe Sky Train – [28/10/21]
“The proposed Makati Subway and Sky Train will share a common station in Guadalupe with Metro Rail Transit Line 3.”
2020
Groundbreaking for Skytrain seen in H2 – [04/03/20]
“Infracorp Development Inc., the infrastructure arm of Andrew Tan-led conglomerate Alliance Global Group Inc. (AGI), is looking to break ground for its Makati City-Taguig City monorail project by the second half of 2020.”
AGI‘s Makati-Fort Bonifacio monorail Skytrain up for NEDA-ICC nod – [03/03/20]
“The two-kilometer Skytrain monorail project which would connect Makati City to Fort Bonifacio in Taguig City, proposed by Alliance Global Group Inc.’s (AGI) infrastructure arm Infracorp Development Inc., was up for approval by the National Economic and Development Authority-Investment Coordination Committee (NEDA-ICC).”
2019
Common station linking Makati subway, Taguig sky train eyed – [13/12/19]
“The proposed common station of the two train systems will also have access to the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) Guadalupe Station as well as the Pasig River ferry system.”
AGI to break ground for Makati-Fort Bonifacio monorail Skytrain in January 2020 – [21/06/19]
“Alliance Global Group Inc.’s (AGI) infrastructure arm Infracorp Development Inc. is eyeing to break ground for its two-kilometer Skytrain monorail project by January next year as the company is confident it can best potential rivals in a Swiss Challenge.”
2018
Construction of Makati-Taguig skytrain may begin Q4 2019 – [18/12/18]
Fort Bonifacio – Makati Skytrain Feasibility Study – [09/09/18]
“The project consists of a 1.873-km public transit system between the vicinity of the Line 3 Guadalupe Station and Fort Bonifacio (Uptown Mall area). It generally follows the existing roads within the vicinity i.e., J.P. Rizal Avenue, Lawton Avenue, 8th Avenue, and 38th Street. The technology adopted for this project is an Automated People Mover (APM) with two (2) stations at each end and operating at a maximum speed of 40 to 50 km/h.”
Makati-Taguig Skytrain may begin construction this year: Alliance Global – [28/05/18]
“Alliance Global Group Inc said Monday its infrastructure arm could begin construction on a P3-billion monorail in the capital as early as this year, after it secured “original proponent status” from the government.”
2017
Philippine conglomerate pitches monorail in congested Manila – [11/10/17]
“Alliance Global told the local stock exchange it submitted an unsolicited proposal to the government to build Skytrain, a monorail that will link its township Uptown Bonifacio development in Taguig City to a Metro Rail Transit station in Makati City.”
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