The
Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 2, also known as
LRT Line 2,
LRT-2, or
Megatren, is a
rapid transit line in
Metro Manila in the
Philippines, generally running in an east-west direction along the Radial Road 6 and a portion of the Circumferential Road 1. Although operated by the
Light Rail Transit Authority, resulting to it being called as "LRT-2", it is actually a
heavy rail,
rapid transit system owing to its use of
Electric multiple units instead of light rail vehicles used in earlier lines and is currently the only line utilizing such type of system in the country. Envisioned in the 1970s as part of the Metropolitan Manila Strategic Mass Rail Transit Development Plan, the eleven-station, line was the third rapid transit line to be built in Metro Manila when it started operations in 2003. It is operated by the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA), a government-owned and controlled corporation under the
Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) under a
Official development assistance scheme.