The Taguig Integrated Terminal Exchange (TITX),[3] originally conceptualized as the South Integrated Transport System (ITS-South), is a proposed intermodal transport terminal in Arca South, Taguig. It is primarily a bus terminal for buses going to and from Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao but connected to the FTI station and the under-construction Metro Manila Subway.[2] Originally scheduled for completion by 2022, construction has yet to begin as pre-construction activities were temporarily suspended due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but it was lifted in July 2023.[4]
Taguig Integrated Terminal Exchange (TITX) | |
|---|---|
| Intermodal | |
| General information | |
| Location | Arca South, Western Bicutan, Taguig Philippines |
| Owned by | Arca South Integrated Terminal, Inc[1] |
| History | |
| Opening | TBA |
| Passengers | |
| 160,000 (projected)[2] | |
History
editIn August 2014, five companies bought bid documents for a public-private partnership project of proposed integrated transport terminal in FTI. The five companies were given until October 2014 to submit their bids to finance, build, operate, and maintain the proposed terminal.[5] It was then announced in January 2016 that Ayala Land won the project in November 2015.[1]
Construction
editInitially, the construction was supposed to begin in September 2016,[1] but the groundbreaking ceremony was held in January 2018. The project would cost at least ₱5.20 billion and was expected to be operational by 2020.[2] However, pre-construction activities were temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] It resumed in 2024.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Ayala to start building ITS-South terminal by September". Rappler.com. Rappler. Archived from the original on January 18, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Taguig transport terminal breaks ground". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Inquirer.net. Archived from the original on March 9, 2024. Retrieved January 17, 2018. Cite error: The named reference "INQTITX" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Pateña, Aerol John (December 16, 2018). "DOTr pursues various transpo projects to tackle PH traffic woes". Philippine News Agency. Archived from the original on July 9, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ a b "South Integrated Transport System (ITS) Project (Taguig Integrated Terminal Exchange) | PPP Center". ppp.gov.ph. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
- ^ "5 firms eye P4B ITS-South Terminal project". Rappler.com. Rappler. Archived from the original on January 18, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2018.