Philippine National Railways facts for kids
.svg) |
|
| Industry | Rail transport |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1892 (as Ferrocarril de Manila-Dagupan) 1964 (as Philippine National Railways) |
| Headquarters | , |
|
Area served
|
Metro Manila Calabarzon Bicol Region |
|
Key people
|
Ret. P/Dir. Gen. Roberto T. Lastimoso, PNP, Chairman Junn B. Magno, General Manager |
| Services | Current: Commuter rail Suspended: Inter-city rail Freight services |
| Owner | Government of the Philippines under DOTr |
The Philippine National Railways (abbreviated as PNR), is a railway system in the Philippines, which is under the Department of Transportation (DOTr) as an associated agency. The present form of PNR was established in 1984. It currently runs 479 kilometers of the railway on the island of Luzon.
- Inter-city services have been suspended since 2014 and freight since 1971. The Manila-Clark Railway will be the first intercity service since the discontinuation of the Bicol Express in September 2014. Construction of the line shall commence by late 2017. There are also plans to revitalize to freight service. See Freight revival for more information.
Images for kids
-
Passengers posing in front of the "Ferrocarril de Manila y Dagupan" (c. 1885).
-
PNR Executive Building in Manila
-
SS Mayon, one of two ferries used to link two segments of the South Main Line prior to unification in 1938.
-
Entire line map of PNR with major stations. Includes defunct lines.
-
Monogram of the PNR used in the 1960s. The modern PNR seal altered its colors to blue and orange.
-
DEL 921 and 203-series coach sporting the 2011-type navy blue livery.
-
A Hyundai Rotem DMU with the Filtrack livery (2010)
-
Scale model of the CRRC Zhuzhou DMU in 2019
-
2019 scale model of the NSCR train, featuring a blue livery
-
A PNR EM10000 class train with the revised red-orange livery in 2021
