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DOST Hybrid Electric Train
🇵🇭 Philippines ·built by Department of Science and Technology· from 2018· is a hybrid electric train built by the Department of Science and Technology of the Philippines
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DOST Hybrid Electric Train at the PNR Alabang Station: JC John Sese Cuneta· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. DOST Hybrid Electric Train Passenger Car: JC John Sese Cuneta· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. DOST Hybrid Electric Train Power Coach: JC John Sese Cuneta· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. DOST Hybrid Electric Train at Station: JC John Sese Cuneta· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. DOST Hybrid Electric Train at the PNR Alabang Station 02: JC John Sese Cuneta· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. DOST Hybrid Electric Train at the PNR Biñan Station on its maiden trip 01: JC John Sese Cuneta· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. DOST Hybrid Electric Train at the PNR Biñan Station on its maiden trip 02: JC John Sese Cuneta· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. DOST Hybrid Electric Train Car Connections: JC John Sese Cuneta· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. DOST Hybrid Electric Train First Car: JC John Sese Cuneta· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. DOST Hybrid Electric Train Inauguration at the PNR Biñan Station 01: JC John Sese Cuneta· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Hybrid Electric Train (HET) is a hybrid electric train built by the Department of Science and Technology's Metals Industry Research and Development Center. It is the first train crafted and designed locally by Filipino engineers with parts imported from abroad. It was officially turned over to the Philippine National Railways on June 20, 2019.
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 8 years ago, in 2018.
- 932 kW is about 11 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 60 m long: about 13 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 220: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 3 years (2018–2021).
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2018
- in service from
- 2018
- retired
- 2021
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- kind
- carriage / wagon
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇵🇭 Philippines
- builders
- Department of Science and Technology
- designer
- DOST–MIRDC
- operators
- Philippine National Railways
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 932 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- Tc-T-T-T-Mc
- length
- 60 m
- weight
- 25.5 t
- capacity
- 220 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q63382962, Wikipedia: DOST Hybrid Electric Train (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.