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LRTA 1000 class
🇵🇭 Philippines ·built by Ateliers de Constructions Electriques de Charleroi· from 1984· Oldest rolling stock operating at LRT-1
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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Rizal Ave. - LRT-1 Tracks With First-Generation Train (Santa Cruz, Manila; 2014-10-17): Patrick Roque ( talk ) ( Uploads )· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. LRT-1 Carriedo 1G 2023-06-11: LMP 2001· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Doroteo Jose LRT-1 LRT Station Southbound Platform LRTA Class 1000: Matthew Gan· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Line 1 Class 1000 Train at EDSA Curve: TU official· CC BY 3.0
- 5. LRT1 1G (1000 class) train at Pedro Gil station: Collaboration between Koressha and a user who wishes to stay anonymous.· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. LRT1 Baclaran station and 1000 class: Angge (longcakeHigad)· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. LRTA Class 1000 LRT-1 Night: Matthew Gan· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The LRTA 1000 class is the first-generation class of high-floor light rail vehicles (LRV) of the Manila LRT Line 1. Purchased under soft loans from the Belgian Government, the trains first entered service under the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) in 1984. It has undergone two refurbishments; the first from 1999 to 2008, and the most recent by the Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) from 2016 to 2017.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 42 years ago, in 1984.
- 1.3 MW is about 15 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 59.6 m long: about 13 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 374: 7 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 16 years (1984–2000).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1984
- in service from
- 1984
- retired
- 2000
- status
- retired
- number built
- 64
- kind
- Light rail vehicle
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇵🇭 Philippines
- builders
- Ateliers de Constructions Electriques de Charleroi, La Brugeoise et Nivelles
- operators
- Meralco, Light Rail Transit Authority, Light Rail Manila Corporation
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- 1.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′+2′+2′+Bo′
- formation
- 2/3 cars per trainset
- length
- 59.6 m
- weight
- 41 t
- capacity
- 374 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q22125620, Wikipedia: LRTA 1000 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.