North–South Commuter Railway

North–South Commuter Railway
North–South Commuter Railway
	Construction of the railway station in Balagtas, Bulacan
Overview
Status	Under construction
Owner	Department of Transportation (Philippines)
Locale	Central Luzon; Metro Manila; Calabarzon;
Termini	New Clark City; Clark International Airport; Tutuban; Calamba
Stations	36
Website	https://nscr.com.ph
Service
Type	Commuter rail; Airport rail link;
System	Clark–Calamba Railway
Services	4
Operator(s)	Philippine National Railways
Depot(s)	Malanday (Main depot); Mabalacat; Banlic
History
Commenced	February 15, 2019
Planned opening	2027 (partial) ; 2029 (full)
Technical
Line length	147 km (91 mi)
Number of tracks	Double
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Loading gauge	4,150 mm × 3,000 mm (13 ft 7 in × 9 ft 10 in)
Minimum radius	Mainline: 260–400 m (850–1,310 ft)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead lines ;
Operating speed	Commuter:: 120 km/h (75 mph) ; Airport Express:: 160 km/h (100 mph)
Signalling	Hitachi Rail STS/Alstom Atlas 200 ETCS-2 ;
Highest elevation	130 m (430 ft) at Clark International Airport station
Maximum incline	25‰
Average inter-station distance	4.11 km (2.55 mi)

The North–South Commuter Railway (NSCR), also known as the Clark–Calamba Railway, is a 147-kilometer (91-mile) commuter rail system under construction on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Running from New Clark City in Tarlac province, to Calamba City in Laguna province, with 36 stations and four services, the railway is designed to improve connectivity within the Greater Manila Area and will be integrated with the composite railway network of the region. The entire system is expected to be completed by 2031.^[3]

Gallery

Construction of PNR Clark 1 at Malolos, Bulacan in February 2024
Construction of the North–South Commuter Railway along Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) in Mabalacat, Pampanga
A PNR train at the factory in Yokohama, Japan for the NSCR Line

References

↑ BIDDING DOCUMENTS FOR PROCUREMENT OF PACKAGE CP NS-02 | Philippine National Railways (PDF), archived from the original on 2022-01-04, retrieved 2025-02-17{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
↑ Malolos-Tutuban rail contract bagged by Japan's Hitachi Rail | BusinessWorld
↑ Dela Cruz, Raymond Carl (August 11, 2022). "DOTr assures North-South Commuter Railway on-time completion". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved November 30, 2022.

[1] BIDDING DOCUMENTS FOR PROCUREMENT OF PACKAGE CP NS-02 | Philippine National Railways (PDF), archived from the original on 2022-01-04, retrieved 2025-02-17{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[2] Malolos-Tutuban rail contract bagged by Japan's Hitachi Rail | BusinessWorld

[3] Dela Cruz, Raymond Carl (August 11, 2022). "DOTr assures North-South Commuter Railway on-time completion". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved November 30, 2022.

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