The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will receive the first trains for the PNR Clark Phase 1 (Tutuban-Malolos) by the first week of December.

The first trainset of the Rolling Stock Contract of the PNR Clark Phase 1 is now undertaking a series of Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) in Japan to ensure it is correctly and fully functioning prior to shipment of the trains.

The trainset is scheduled to depart at Yokohama Port this month.

The P106 billion PNR Clark phase 1 project, a 38-kilometer railway connecting Tutuban Station in Manila and Malolos in Bulacan, is on target to be completed by the second quarter of 2024.

PNR North 1 has 10 stations, which will cut across the cities of Manila, Caloocan, Valenzuela and the municipalities and cities of Meycuayan, Marilao, Bocaue, Balagtas, Guiguinto and Malolos in Bulacan.

Once completed, the project is expected to serve 300,000 passengers daily and will cut travel time from Malolos to Manila from an hour and 30 minutes to 35 minutes.

PNR Clark Phase 1 will be seamlessly connect with the P150 billion PNR Clark Phase 2 (Malolos-Clark) and PNR Calamba, forming one integrated commuter railway system that will serve commuters traveling to, from, and within NCR, Region III, and Region IV-A.

PNR Clark Phase 1 and Phase 2 form part of the massive 147-km. North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) line, which will have 35 stations and operate 464 train cars, with 58 eight-car train sets configuration.

The NSCR System is the single largest infrastructure project funded by the Asian Development Bank and is the longest greenfield commuter railway project to be financed by the Japan International Cooperation Agency.

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First PNR Clark trains to arrive early December
Source: Filipino Daily Inquirer