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MRTC 3000 class

🇵🇭 Philippines ·built by ČKD· from 1999· MRTC Rolling Stock operating at Manila Line 3

🚋 tram / light rail ✓ in service
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Line 3 North Avenue Station Class 3000 Train: TU official· CC BY 4.0
  2. 2. MRT-3 RT8D5M Ortigas Interchange 2025-08-19: LMP 2001· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. Manila MRT-3 3000 class 4 cars Kamuning 2022-04-02: LMP 2001· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. Manila MRT-3 3000 class Kamuning 2021-11-13: LMP 2001· CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. 5. MRT-3 MRTC Class 3000 COVID-19 Physical Social Distancing: Matthew Gan· CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. 6. MRT-3 MRTC Class 3000 North Avenue MRT Station: Matthew Gan· CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. 7. MRT3 3000 class Ortigas 2014-11-29: LMP 2001· CC BY-SA 4.0
  8. 8. MRTC 3000 class (spotted Santolan flyover) 2021-07-16: LMP 2001· CC BY-SA 4.0
  9. 9. MRTC 3000 trains from Kamuning footbridge: PhiliptheNumber1· Public domain
  10. 10. MRTC Class 3000 (Metro Manila; 2023-08-15) E911a 25: E911a· CC BY-SA 4.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
MRTC 3000 class, photo 1 of 10
1/10 TU official· CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The MRTC 3000 class, also known as the Tatra RT8D5M, is the class of first-generation high-floor uni-directional light rail vehicles in use on the Manila MRT Line 3 and built by Czech tram manufacturer ČKD Tatra. The LRVs are owned and operated by the Department of Transportation (DOTr). Until 2025, the RT8D5M LRVs were owned by the Metro Rail Transit Corporation (MRTC) pursuant to its build-lease-transfer contract with the DOTr.

who runs it

Department of TransportationMetro Rail Transit Corporation

base stats

  • speed 65 km/htop speed
  • weight 46.8 tin working order
  • seats 74passengers
  • built 74made in total

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 27 years ago, in 1999.
  • Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 95.2 m long: about 21 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Still in service after 27 years.

tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.

spec sheet

built
1999
in service from
1999
status
in service
number built
74
kind
Light rail vehicle
origin
🇵🇭 Philippines
builders
ČKD, ČKD Tatra
designer
Patrik Kotas, cs
operators
Department of Transportation, Metro Rail Transit Corporation
top speed
65 km/h
power
—
formation
3/4 cars per trainset
length
95.2 m
weight
46.8 t
capacity
74 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q1142053, Wikipedia: MRTC 3000 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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