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6. Arrival and Departure

6.1 General

• Public transportation in the Philippines is available by land
(train and Metrorail, bus, jeepney, taxi, tricycle), sea (boat, ferry
and fastcraft) and air (Philippine Air Lines and other domestic
carriers such as Air Philippines and Cebu Pacific). Public trans-
port vehicles are normally overcrowded, and in particular the fer-
ries plying the waters between islands can be unsafe.

Major bus companies provide travel services covering the entire
Philippines from Luzon in the north to Mindanao in the south.
Bus tickets can be bought at terminals, and for the major routes
between Metro Manila and the neighboring provinces, can be
purchased from the bus conductors.
The most popular mode of transport is the jeepney. It is efficient,
hassle-free and cheap despite perennial traffic jams in the
metropolis.

Ang [oras] ng biyahe ng The [time] train to...has been
tren sa…ay naantala ng delayed by (about)...minutes
(halos)…minuto.
Ang tren patungo sa…ay The train to...is now arriving
parating na sa plataporma… at platform...
Ang tren mula sa…ay parating The train from...is now
na sa plataporma… arriving at platform...
Ang tren patungo sa…ay aalis The train to...will leave from
mula sa plataporma… platform...
Ngayon, ang pang[oras] na Today the [time] train to...will
tren patungo sa…ay aalis leave from platform...
mula sa plataporma…
Ang susunod na estasyon ay… The next station is...

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