New PNR route from Naga City to Lupi opens in November

By Connie Calipay

LEGAZPI CITY --- The Philippine National Railways (PNR) will soon cater to more passengers when the Naga City to Lupi Viejo route in Camarines Sur opens on Nov. 5.

PNR General Manager Deovanni Miranda on Wednesday said commuters’ travel time on this route would take about an hour and 39 minutes, faster than other means of transport, which takes almost two hours.

“We are continuously improving the infrastructure of the PNR so that we can provide affordable, safe, and efficient public transportation to more commuters,” Miranda said in a statement.

The PNR will pick up and drop off passengers at stations in Lupi Viejo, Sipocot, Libmanan, Pamplona, and Naga.

The same goes for flag stops in Lupi Nuevo/Tapi, Malaguico, Azucena, Awayan, Mantalisay, Camambugan, Rongos, Malansad, Mambulo, Borabod and Sampaloc.

The train will operate three times a day on the route:

Naga to Lupi Viejo: 4:29 a.m., 9:49 a.m., and 3:14 p.m. and Lupi Viejo to Naga: 6:23 a.m., 11:43 a.m., and 5:08 p.m.

Regular fares from Naga to Lupi Viejo will range from PHP15 to PHP75.

Fare of students, persons with disabilities, and senior citizens will be discounted and will start from PHP12 to PHP60. (PNA)