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DOTr launches 2 free shuttle service routes to, from PITX

Some 1.7 million passengers are expected to pass through the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX) during the Holy Week, PITX Corporate Affairs head Jason Salvador said on Sunday.

The P5.6-billion Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange, the country’s first landport, can accommodate 200,000 passengers. (File photo by MARIANNE BERMUDEZ / Philippine Daily Inquirer)

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Thursday launched free shuttle services between the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX) and two destinations within Metro Manila.

The DOTr’s “Serbus” project on will deploy three air-conditioned bus units each from Mondays to Fridays (6 a.m. to 11 a.m.;  4 p.m. to 9 p.m.) for the following  routes:

  1. Lawton – Baclaran – PITX, and vice-versa
  2. Monumento – EDSA – Baclaran – PITX, and vice-versa.

For the Monumento – EDSA – Baclaran – PITX route, there will be designated stops in Muñoz, Paramount, Trinoma, Ortigas, Guadalupe, Ayala and Pasay.

The project is a joint initiative of the DOTr, Junior Chamber International Senate Philippines (JCISP) and Megawide Corporation Foundation, Inc.

Aside from the Serbus project, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) are also providing free shuttle services from SM Mall of Asia to PITX from Mondays to Fridays, 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.  / gsg

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