Philippine National Railways
Railway company in the Philippines
Philippine National Railways
The Philippine National Railways (PNR) (Filipino: Pambansang Daang-bakal ng Pilipinas; Spanish: Ferrocarril Nacional de Filipinas) is a state-owned railway company in the Philippines which operates one commuter rail service between Laguna and Quezon, and local services between Sipocot, Naga, Lupi, and Legazpi in the Bicol Region. It is an attached agency of the Department of Transportation, formerly known as the Ferrocaril Manila-Dagupan Line, and less well-known Manila Railroad (MRR). Philippine National Railways traces its roots to the Ferrocarril de Manila-Dagupan, founded on November 24, 1892, during the Spanish colonial period, and later becoming the Manila Railroad Company (MRR) during the American colonial period. Founded on June 20, 1964, by virtue of Republic Act No. 4156, the PNR used to operate over 1,100 km (684 mi) of route from La Union to the Bicol Region. However, neglect reduced the railway's service, and persistent problems with informal settlers in the 1990s and natural...
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