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MRTC 3100 class
🇵🇭 Philippines ·built by CRRC Dalian Co., Ltd.· from 2016· Light rail vehicle built by CRRC Dalian
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. MRT-3 Dalian 8MLB Ortigas 2025-07-31: LMP 2001· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. MRT-3 CRRC Dalian 8MLB North Avenue 2026-02-06: LMP 2001· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. MRT-3 Dalian MRTC Class 3100 Night: Matthew Gan· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. MRTC Class 3100 MRT-3 Night Dalian: Matthew Gan· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The MRTC 3100 class or CRRC Dalian 8MLB LRV is the class of second-generation uni-directional light rail vehicles (LRVs) built by CRRC Dalian. Owned by the Philippine government and operated by the Department of Transportation (DOTr), these are used on Line 3 of the Manila Metro Rail Transit System since 2016. The trains were involved in legal issues and numerous controversies owing to its weight and incompatibility with the existing system, which the Metro Rail Transit Corporation (MRTC) raised that same year.
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 10 years ago, in 2016.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 95.2 m long: about 21 cars parked nose to tail.
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 2016
- in service from
- 2016
- status
- in service
- number built
- 48
- kind
- Light rail vehicle
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇵🇭 Philippines
- builders
- CRRC Dalian Co., Ltd.
- operators
- Department of Transportation
- top speed
- 65 km/h
- power
- —
- formation
- 3/4 cars per trainset
- length
- 95.2 m
- weight
- 49.7 t
- capacity
- 74 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q38278740, Wikipedia: MRTC 3100 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.