Rail

by Maria Romero @tribunephl_mbr, 23 Jan 2021 Some are doubtful that the Philippines could have its own subway system. But the Department of Transportation (DoTr) is confident that Filipinos could finally board the country’s first underground train line by year-end.

by Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star) – 12 Dec 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Railways (PNR) is moving full steam with the modernization of its fleet with the arrival of two trains from Indonesia, officials said yesterday.

Will we see these railways completed within the lifetime of the current administration? by Loreben Tuquero, Sep 10, 2019 MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has allocated P100.6 billion or 98% of its 2020 infrastructure budget to its ongoing railway projects, 5 times its railway allocation for 2019.

by Iris Gonzales, The Philippine Star, Dec 22, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — The man, in his 60s, walks with a swagger and looks dapper in his chambray long-sleeved polo shirt and vintage blue jeans.

by Boo Chanco, the Philippine Star, Jan. 27, 2017 Read the article here.

MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino took up the cudgels yesterday for Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya for the mess involving the country’s light railway system.

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — After over a month of suspending operations, the Philippine National Railways (PNR) conducted a test run of the commuter line from stations Tutuban to Buendia Friday morning (June 19).

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THAT worked out as well as we expected. Almost exactly a year ago, we wrote that the Philippine National Railways (PNR) was a classic government failure of ownership and management. This was at the time when Congress was getting ready to vote on extending the PNR’s operation mandate and life for another 25 years. Of…

The extension serves an additional 3,000 to 5,000 passengers daily MANILA, Philippines – As the Metro South Commuter Train service extends to Calamba, Laguna, the Philippine National Railways (PNR) sees a 7% rise in passenger volume.

THE government has dashed all hopes of private-sector participation in the proposed expansion and modernization program of Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT 3).

President Aquino’s legacy no doubt will be marked by high prices in goods and services in which he made no effort to stop them from rising too much.

The Transport Department unveiled Friday a “comprehensive rehabilitation” plan for Metro Rail Transit 3 and Light Rail Transit 1 lines costing a combined $1.5 billion.

MANILA, Philippines – The plains of the countryside, the landscapes of hills and coconut trees, the serenity of remote villages, views of the sea and high bridges – these were some of the scenes that were unique to passengers aboard a Philippine National Railways (PNR) train which left Tutuban station in Manila a few minutes…

The current PNR general manager should probably be given a medal for his heroic efforts to make the government-owned railroad company run its trains again all the way to Bicol. He is most probably of my generation, albeit a few years younger, to feel so passionately about the Bicol Express. There is something romantic about…

Authorities of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) have blamed “overloading” for the frequent malfunctioning of their trains.

I don’t know why the DOTC Usec/spokesman even dared to appear on TV Patrol last Tuesday evening if he cannot explain his department’s position on the proposed MRT fare increase. He also looked so pathetic as he failed to explain on a live nationwide newscast why DOTC is proposing to give a private sector company…

STATE-RUN Philippine National Railway (PNR) has secured multibillion-peso funding from the national government to revive its defunct line from Manila to Bicol.

MANILA, Philippines – State-run Philippine National Railways (PNR) will have 50 more train cars in the coming months as part of a government donation agreement with the East Japan Railway Co. (JR-East).

Joey Sarasola, a former PNR general manager, sent me further clarification on the role of Japanese assistance to PNR during his watch.

THE Aquino administration on Thursday approved the reduction of the fare hike at the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) Line 3 to P25 from an earlier proposal of P30.

MANILA, Philippines—(UPDATE 3) The government has approved the new rates for Metro Manila’s train lines, which will take effect by the first week of March.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) said yesterday the scheduled Light Rail Transit (LRT) and Metro Rail Transit (MRT) fare increases would be put off indefinitely after steadfast opposition by various sectors during a two-day public consultation.

THE Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) on Friday said it may lower the planned fare hike at the country’s mass rail systems after various nongovernment and student organizations expressed opposition.

MANILA, Philippines – Averages can hide as well as reveal patterns in data. The recently approved increase for Light Rail Transit (LRT) and Metro Rail Transit (MRT) fares, which average about 56%, is a good example of this truism.

MANILA, Philippines – The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) board approved yesterday a hefty fare increase for the EDSA-bound Metro Rail Transit (MRT) and the Light Railway Transit (LRT) Lines 1 and 2, pegging the maximum fare at all three rail lines at P30 to take effect on March 1.

MANILA, Philippines – Days after the toll rates on several road networks were hiked, railroad commuters in Metro Manila face an impending fare increase, too.

Shipment cost of donated trains from Japan MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine National Railways (PNR) has secured the funding it needs to ship to the country donated trains from Japan that will augment the train line’s current passenger and cargo capacity.

THE government has postponed the fare increases on the Metro Rail Transit and Light Rail Transit lines to the first quarter next year because there’s little time to do it, Transport Secretary Jose de Jesus said Thursday.

Taxpayers are shouldering the subsidy of the daily 150,000 “ghost riders” of Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT-3) for the past few years, a senator yesterday revealed.