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DOST Hybrid Electric Road Train
🇵🇭 Philippines ·built by Isuzu· Filipino experimental transit unit
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DOST HERT hybrid electric road train: Department of Science and Technology - S&T Media Service· Public domain
what is it?
The Hybrid Electric Road Train (HERT) is a hybrid trackless train developed by the Department of Science and Technology of the Philippines for public transport. The headquarter office is located at New Clark City under the town of Capas, Tarlac, Philippines.
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
- 40 m long: about 9 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 240: 5 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- —
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- bi-mode
- origin
- 🇵🇭 Philippines
- builders
- Isuzu
- designer
- DOST–MIRDC
- top speed
- 50 km/h
- power
- —
- formation
- 5 cars consisting of 1 power car and 4 passenger cars
- length
- 40 m
- weight
- 10 t
- capacity
- 240 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q60753514, Wikipedia: DOST Hybrid Electric Road Train (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.