LRT-2 to offer free rides on Independence Day

The Light Rail Transit 2 (LRT-2) will offer free rides on June 12 in celebration of the country’s 127th Independence Day.

LRT-2 confirmed this to GMA News Online on Tuesday, which was first announced by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) during a press conference on Monday.

The free ride will be from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in all LRT-2 stations.

MRT-3 and LRT-1 have yet to announce if they will offer free train rides on June 12.

The Philippines’ independence from Spain was declared on June 12, 1898, with the unveiling of the Philippine flag at the house of Emilio Aguinaldo in Kawit, Cavite. —Mariel Celine Serquiña/LDF, GMA Integrated News