It's about time to close some of the original Green Line (LRT-1) stations to improve travel time & timing.
Quirino Station no doubt have the least traffic & income. 5th Ave, Carriedo, Bambang, UN, Abad Santos are candidates too
@youronlyone @pilipinas @philippines That doesn't make sense though. The point of having these stations is so you won't have to travel farther just to use the train. If they're low volume stations, it's good actually because they don't have to wait longer for passengers, but at least those passengers have a choice.
Removing this convenience just makes using private transport a more compelling option.
@adgaps However, trains were not supposed to have a station every major intersection. If you look at the old stations, a lot of them are too close to each other. And also prevents them from going faster.
If it's the reason for keeping these stations, then we should have more stations for MRT-7, the NSCR, and other future projects. They should give in to the request of Caloocan City to add a station between Monumento and Balintawak. (The LRTA is refusing because (a) timing; (b) per their studies, the station will stay in the negative.)
The timing for the Green Line is also off. A well-planned train line shouldn't have regular instances where the train has to stop longer at a station and/or stop in-between stations. (We're not counting train issues or passengers stopping the doors.)
In other countries, they don't shy away from closing stations. Maybe the stations were useful when the Line was first built, but things change. We know better how to design a train system. The operational costs, the timing, can trains reach close to their top speed between stations.