PH railway system to be digitalized

THE Philippine railway system would undergo massive digitalization, said Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista.

«Digitizing Philippine railway operations means building a solid and fully connected technology-stacked rail sector. Digitalization and technology-driven innovations are expected to improve the country's railway systems to become at par with those of Japan. In order for the Philippines' railway system to achieve enhanced system efficiency, we need to embrace this digital evolution towards a people-centric transport sector transformation,» Bautista said in his speech during the event titled «RailDX 2024: Upskilling Rail Workers for the Digital Age» on Tuesday.

In preparation, the country's railway operators have been training with simulators from the Japanese government, acquired as a grant to the Philippine Railways Institute.

«It is imperative that we upgrade areas where bottlenecks in the sector occur and implement proper infrastructure to increase capacity. To accelerate the digitization of the country's railways, we must change how we operate the sector,» Bautista added.

Bautista said that digitalization is the key to optimizing services to passengers.

He said the Department of Transportation would also digitalize the country's aviation, land transport and maritime sectors.