LEGAZPI CITY: Eight years after it was destroyed by Typhoon Reming in 2006, the Bicol Express Train service of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) remains in limbo.

To this day, the proposed train service from Naga City to Legazpi has not started and some say it may never push through in the light of fears that the newly installed railroad ties are unsafe and pose a threat to passengers.

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