The Cebu Monorail Transit System, simply known as the Cebu Monorail, is a proposed monorail rapid transit system to be built in Metro Cebu, Philippines. Originally proposed by the Japanese in 2015 as the Cebu MRT System, it was revised to a light rail line in the late 2010s, dubbed the Cebu Light Rail Transit System or Cebu LRT. It was then again revised to its present form in late 2019. The system consists of two lines, one in mainland Cebu named the Central Line and another leading to Mactan–Cebu International Airport, named the Airport Line. The system was originally set to begin construction in 2021 and to partially open before year-end. The entire system sought for full operations by May or June 2022. As of February 2021, the project is still awaiting approval with relevant government bodies. Background The island of Cebu was historically served by the Cebu Line of the Philippine Railway Company between 1911 and 1942. After the war has destroyed the system, it was never repaired and was eventually dismantled. Since the 1970s, there were already proposals to rebuild the Cebu Line although none of these plans went into fruition. Development The first contemporary proposal to rebuild a rail-based public transit system in Cebu was when the Japan International Cooperation Agency created The Roadmap Study for Sustainable Urban Development in Metro Cebu and proposed it to the Aquino administration in April 2015. JICA introduced a five-line concept as part of the study. The proposal would have included four MRT lines: North, South, Central, and Mactan lines, as well as an automated guideway transit line named the AGT-CML Line. The first to be constructed would have been the AGT-CML Line with a target completion date by 2021, followed by the MRT Central Line between 2021 and 2030. The other MRT lines are supposed for opening before 2050. Proposals for such an MRT system were later abandoned, and the Cebu Light Rail Transit System (Cebu LRT) was introduced by the Cebu City government in 2018. The line would have featured the same characteristics as Manila LRT Line 1, and were complemented by the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit System and a monorail leading to Lapu-Lapu City in Mactan. The project initially had a targeted opening date by 2020 but it was postponed. On May 26, 2019, plans for the Metropolitan Cebu Development and Coordinating Board to be legally reorganized