Commuter rail

A PNR Hyundai Rotem DMU used for the Metro Commuter Line at Blumentritt station
Main articles: Philippine National Railways and Philippine National Railways Metro Commuter
Line
The Philippine National Railways is a state-owned railway system in the Philippines, organized
under the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) as an attached agency.
Established during the Spanish colonial period, the modern PNR was developed only in 1984. It
formerly operated around 479 kilometres of track on the island of Luzon, where most Philippine
rail infrastructure is located. Because of this, PNR has become synonymous with the Philippine
rail system.
A portion of the PNR network, specifically the Metro Manila portion of the network called as the
Metro Commuter Line, is part of the Strong Republic Transit System (SRTS),[15] and overall
public transport system in the metropolis. It forms the backbone of all of Metro Manila's regional
rail services, which extend to its suburbs and to provinces such as Laguna. However, other than
reducing growing traffic congestion due to the rising number of motor vehicles in Metro
Manila,[16] PNR also aims to link key cities within the Philippines efficiently and to serve as an
instrument in national socio-economic development.[17]
However, the meeting of that goal has been beset with problems regarding degraded
infrastructure and a lack of government funding,[18] problems that are being rectified with current
rehabilitation efforts. The rehabilitation of PNR, which has been touted by various
administrations, seeks to not only tackle those problems, but also to spur Philippine economic
growth through an efficient railway system. In 2007 the Philippine government initiated a
rehabilitation project aiming to remove informal settlers from the PNR right-of-way, revitalize
commuter services in Metro Manila, and restore the Manila-Bicol route as well as lost services in
Northern Luzon. In July 2009, PNR unveiled a new corporate identity and inaugurated new
rolling stock.[19]

Rapid transit
LRTA System
Main articles: Manila Light Rail Transit System, Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 1 and
Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 2

An LRT-1 train of the LRTA System at the Blumentritt Station

A MRT-2 train at the platform of the J. Ruiz Station

A MRT-3 train at the platform of the North Avenue Station

UP Diliman AGT
The Manila Light Rail Transit System is the main metropolitan rail system serving the Metro
Manila area of the Philippines. There are two lines to the system: LRT-1, called the Yellow Line,
and MRT-2, called the Purple Line. Although the system is referred to as a "light rail" system,
arguably because the network is mostly elevated, the system is more akin to a rapid transit
(metro) system in European-North American terms. The Manila LRTA system is the first metro
system in Southeast Asia, built earlier than the Singapore MRT by three years. Quick and
inexpensive to ride, the system serves 605,000 passengers each day. Every day around 430,000
passengers board the Yellow Line, and 175,000 ride the Purple Line.[20][21]
Its 31 stations along over 31 kilometers (19 mi) of mostly elevated track form two lines. LRT
Line 1, also called the Yellow Line, opened in 1984 and travels a northsouth route. All of the

stations of the LRT-1 and MRT-2 are elevated, except for the Katipunan Stations (which is
underground). They follow one of two different layouts. Most Yellow Line stations are
composed of only one level, accessible from the street below by stairway, containing the station's
concourse and platform areas separated by fare gates.[22]
Many passengers who ride the system also take various forms of road-based public transport,
such as buses, to and from a station to reach their intended destination.[23] A reusable plastic
magnetic ticketing system has replaced the previous token-based system, and the Flash Pass
introduced as a step towards a more integrated transportation system.
The system is not related to the Manila Metro Rail Transit System, or the Blue Line, which
forms a completely different but linked system of the Philippine National Railways.

MRTC System
Main article: Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 3
The Manila Metro Rail Transit System has a single line, MRT-3 or the Blue Line. Although it
has characteristics of light rail, such as the type of rolling stock used, it is more akin to a rapid
transit system. It is not related to the Manila Light Rail Transit System, a separate but linked
system.
One of its original purposes was to decongest Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA), one of
Metro Manila's main thoroughfares and home to the MRT-3, and many commuters who ride the
system also take road-based public transport, such as buses, to reach the intended destination
from a station. The system has been only partially successful in decongesting EDSA, and
congestion is further aggravated by the rising number of motor vehicles.[16] The expansion of the
system to cover the entire stretch of EDSA is expected to contribute to current attempts to
decongest the thoroughfare and to cut travel times. The single line serves 13 stations on 16.95
kilometres (10.5 mi) of line.[24] It is mostly elevated, with some sections at grade or underground.
The line commences at North Avenue and ends at Taft Avenue (Taft on the map), serving the
cities that EDSA passes through: Quezon City, Mandaluyong, Makati, and Pasay. By 2004
MRT-3 had the highest ridership of the three lines, with 400,000 passengers daily.[25]

AGT System
Main article: University of the Philippines Diliman Automated Guideway Transit System
The automated guideway transit system in UP Diliman will be the first of its kind to be built in
the Philippines. Plans for the system were revealed as early as December of 2010. The
groundbreaking ceremony was held on July 18, 2011. It is still currently under construction and
it will be developed within the campus of the University of the Philippines Diliman in Quezon
City. It will serve as test track for the first mass transit system to be built and developed in the
country by local engineers.[26]

Proposed subway system

MMDA Chairperson Francis Tolentino said that a proposal to build a subway from the Bonifacio
Global City in Taguig to an area near a shopping mall in Quezon City. Tolentino also said that
the proposal has been complete with geological study showing that a subway is feasible, and that
the project is supported by DPWH Secretary Rogelio Singson.[27]