The Philippine National Railways (PNR) (Filipino: Pambansang Daambakal ng Pilipinas; Spanish: Ferrocarril Nacional de Filipinas) is a state-owned railway company in the Philippines which operates one commuter rail service between Laguna and Quezon, and local services between Sipocot, Naga and Legazpi in the Bicol Region. [5]

In the decade of the 70s government priorities shifted and a pan-Philippine highway was built. And the railroad was relegated to its own backwaters as the buses and trucks and the much faster airliners took over. By the late 1990s to the present decade, PNR trains and the railroad looked battered and reeling from neglect, mismanagement, and ...

The old PNR Tanza station still stands at 257 Tramo, Tanza, Cavite. It is a station on the defunct Naic line. The line from Salinas to Tanza (Santa Cruz de Malabon) in 1911 until 1936 cessation of services.

With the closure of the Manila-Dagupan line in the early 1990s, the Tutuban to Muntinlupa line is now the oldest railroad line still in operation here in the Philippines. The present Paco Railroad Station building was constructed starting in 1912 and by 1915, the station was already complete.

From its birth in the late 19th century to its current efforts to modernize, the PNR has shaped the country’s transportation and economy. Let’s take a look at the long and winding history of the PNR, exploring its key moments and how they’ve influenced the Philippines.

1892 Route Map of Philippine National Railways (PNR) Main Line North. Source: Philippine Railways (2014). [...] Land use and transport integration has been considered a must-have approach in...

October 14, 1967 - PNR started replacement of its tracks from 32 to 34 kilograms. December 1967 - The first 5 of the 10 Alsthom locomotives arrived. January 1968 - The last 5 of the Alsthom locomotives arrived, completing its fleet.

2020年1月26日 · The Filtrack era would only be shortlived, with a change in management seeing the original PNR logo returned, including a gold disk. It mean't only a small change for the ROTEM sets, the locos and rollingstock getting a full coating of blue with gold lining.

Did you know that the first trip made by a train (in a long distance travel) of the Philippine National Railway (PNR) was between Manila bound to Dagupan, Pangasinan? And that the PNR was already in full operation even before the start of the revolution against the Spain on 1896.

Although the present-day Philippine National Railways (PNR) started in 1964, the history of railway transport in the country dates back to 1875 when King Alfonso XII of Spain decreed that a railway system be constructed in the island of Luzon. In 1892, the Northrail (Ferrocaril de Manila-Dagupan) was opened.