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Rail transportation in the Greater Manila Area is a major part of the transportation system in Metro Manila and its surrounding areas.The railway network, collectively known as the Greater Capital Region Railway System, [3] [4] [5] consists of the Manila Light Rail Transit System (LRT), Manila Metro Rail Transit System (MRT), and Philippine National Railways lines within the region.
Line 3 stations have a standard platform length of 130 meters (426 ft 6 in), enough to accommodate four-car train operations, although the line is currently operating with three-car trains. [22] The Metro Manila Subway will have a platform length of 210 meters (689 ft 0 in) to accommodate eight-car trains. [23]
There are two rapid transit systems operating in the country: the Manila Light Rail Transit System, and the Manila Metro Rail System, both serving passengers in Metro Manila. Many passengers who ride the systems also take various forms of road-based public transport, such as buses, to and from a station to reach their intended destination. [62]
The stations are also designed for an expansion to 6 cars. The car length for each train is 20 meters (65 ft 7 in) including couplers, which would mean a total length of 100 meters (328 ft 1 in) for the initial 5-car trains and 120 meters (393 ft 8 in) for the 6-car trains. A 5-car train is capable of carrying 1,000 passengers. To achieve the 4 ...
An American trolley in a Manila street, 1905 Canoes in a river in Manila, circa pre-1935. The transportation system in Metro Manila covers the road network, rail network, ferries, ports and airports located within the metropolitan Manila area. Road transportation in Metro Manila is diverse, composed of many types of private and public transport ...
The four-car trains are the more modern second-generation Hyundai Precision and Adtranz , the third-generation Kinki Sharyo / Nippon Sharyo , [59] [60] and the fourth-generation Mitsubishi / Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles trains. There are 259 railway cars grouped into 70 trains serving the line: 63 of these are first-generation ...
The intercity rail used to provide services on Luzon, connecting northern and southern Luzon with Manila; on the other hand, the tramway served what is known today as Metro Manila. In 1988, the railway line to northern Luzon became disused and later the services to Bicol were halted although plans to revive the southern line are around as of 2017.
The first batch of two three-car trainsets arrived in the country on September 6, 2021. [54] The trains were then brought from the Port of Manila to Commonwealth Avenue and were laid on the tracks near the Tandang Sora station from September 11 and 12. [55] On the other hand, the trains are seen to begin test runs by April 2022.