transit authority type state owned industry public transport founded philippines 12 july 1980 headquarters pasay city philippines key people honorito d. chaneco administrator revenue php 5 664 808 per regular day number of employees 1 707 of which 43 are permanent regular employees 1 586 contractual personnel and 78 contract of services employees website www.lrta.gov.ph the light rail transit authority 1 lrta is a public transport operator that is in charge of operating and maintaining the manila light rail transit system composed of the lrt 1 and the lrt 2 . founded by philippine president ferdinand e. marcos on july 12 1980 it is also responsible for monitoring the progress of construction of all lrta lines . currently it is not directly however in charge of the upkeep of the manila metro rail transit system or mrt 3 of which those duties are relegated to the metro rail transit corporation a private enterprise under mrt 3 s build operate transfer agreement . yet this line s operations is possible to be transferred to this agency this 2011 . as of january 13 2010 the chief of lrta took over as oic of mrt 3 . 2 although it has the naming format of a government agency the lrta is organized as a government owned and or controlled corporation under the department of transportation and communications dotc as an attached agency . see also edit manila light rail transit system references edit executive order no. 603 s. 1980 . the lawphil project . lrta chief takes over mrt 3 . businessworld . january 13 2011 . external links edit light rail transit authority v t e department of transportation civil aeronautics board civil aviation authority of the philippines land transportation office land transportation franchising and regulatory board light rail transit authority metro rail transit corporation manila international airport authority maritime industry authority philippine coast guard philippine national railways philippine ports authority toll regulatory board department of transportation and communications v t e transportation in the philippines government department of transportation department of public works and highways office for transportation security road roads expressways ah26 highways metro manila roads luzon roads visayas roads mindanao roads vehicles jeepney kalesa kuliglig taxicab tricycle trisikad uv express organizations land transportation office land transportation franchising and regulatory board toll regulatory board bus companies other bridges road space rationing cebu bus rapid transit system vehicle registration plates driving license speed limits rail railways philippine national railways stations metro commuter panay railways rail transit manila lrt line 1 line 2 line 3 mrtc line 4 line 6 line 7 stations organizations light rail transit authority metro rail transit corporation water ports philippine nautical highway system shipping lines pasig river ferry philippine ports authority maritime industry authority aviation airports airlines civil aviation authority civil aeronautics board manila international airport authority clark international airport corporation payment beep related articles metro manila dream plan strong republic transit system italics indicate defunct proposed or under construction . this tram streetcar or light rail related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this asia rail related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title light rail transit authority & oldid 727987817 categories department of transportation philippines government owned and controlled corporationsrail transport in metro manilatram stubsasia rail transport stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages tagalog edit links this page was last modified on 2 july 2016 at 11 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view