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PNR EM1000 class
🇵🇭 Philippines ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 2028· Philippine train type
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. PNR Clark: Department of Transportation (Philippines)· Public domain
what is it?
The PNR EM1000 class is an electric multiple unit commuter trainset that will be operated by the Philippine National Railways on the North–South Commuter Railway. Prior to the reveal of its numbering scheme in October 2021, the train was known as the PNR Sustina Commuter. Set to enter service by 2028, it will be PNR's first trainset to be run on standard gauge and powered by electric traction.
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 -2 years ago, in 2028.
- 160 m long: about 36 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 2,266: 45 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
- 2028
- in service from
- 2028
- number built
- 120
- kind
- multiple unit
- origin
- 🇵🇭 Philippines
- builders
- Japan Transport Engineering Company
- designer
- Japan Railway Technical Service
- operators
- Philippine National Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- formation
- 8 cars per trainset, Tc–M–M–T–T–M–M–Tc
- length
- 160 m
- capacity
- 2,266 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q109422049, Wikipedia: PNR EM1000 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-11-14.