Metro Manila/Railways

A southbound MRT Train on its way to the Quezon Avenue station

Metro Manila has at least three railway lines, under the Strong Republic Transit System: the Philippine National Railways (PNR), the Metro Rail Transit System (MRT), and the Light Rail Transit System (LRT)The other terms for Light Rail Transit System is "Light Rail Manila Corporation" (LRMC). The PNR operates the metro North and South commuter mainline, The Lucena-San Pablo Line and the Naga-Sipocot line. The LRT operates two lines (Line 1 & 2), while the MRT operate one line (Line 3). As of December 2022, more lines and extension have been approved and in construction stages, the southern extension for LRT Line 1 of LRMC(Cavite Extension), The North South Commuter Railway of PNR (NSCR), The Metro Manila Subway, The Metro Rail Transit 7,And The Metro Rail Transit 4 is in construction stages.

Tagging railways and related infrastructure

Based on the London public transport tagging scheme article.

Nodes

Station entrances

Station entrances must belong to the relevant stop area relation, but it does not require a role.

Key	Value	Recommendation	Notes
railway	subway_entrance	Compulsory
bicycle	dismount	Recommended	Folded bicycles may or may not be allowed, depending on the policies imposed by the operator.
bicycle:conditional	Condition, see notes	Recommended
oneway	yes	Ignore this tag if it does not apply.
ref	Exit number or letter	Ignore this tag if it does not apply.
wheelchair	yes/no	Recommended	yes: Step-free entry or exit. no: No step-free entry or exit.

Examples to be added soon

Stop positions

Stop positions must belong to the relevant stop area relation under the role "stop".

Key	Value	Recommendation	Notes
public_transport	stop_position	Compulsory
subway, train, etc.	yes	Compulsory
ref	Platform number or letter	Compulsory where applicable and if known

Examples to be added soon

Ways

Rail platforms

Please continue to use railway=platform with public_transport=platform because the Standard tile layer (not to be confused with Mapnik) currently does not yet render the latter.

Platforms must belong to the relevant Stop area relation under the role "platform".

Key	Value	Recommendation	Notes
public_transport	platform	Compulsory
railway	platform	Compulsory
area	yes	Compulsory	Please represent platforms as polygons, and use this tag to tell Mapnik to render it as a polygon.
ref	Platform number or letter	Compulsory when known
subway, train, etc.	yes	Compulsory	These tags refer to the mode of transport that the platform serves.
wheelchair	yes/no/limited	Recommended	yes: The difference (from train to platform) is level, and it is possible to change to at least one platform. limited: The difference has a noticeable step or gap, and it is possible to change to at least one platform. no: You cannot change to at least one platform, no matter if difference is level or not.

Examples to be added soon

Rail stations

Station buildings (or the multi-polygon that represents it) must belong to the relevant stop area relation.

Please consult station areas for PNR stations with no significant buildings.

Key	Value	Recommendation		Notes
		LRT/MRT	PNR
public_transport	station	Compulsory	Compulsory
railway	station	Compulsory	Compulsory
name	Individual name	Compulsory	Compulsory
area	yes	Compulsory where applicable	Compulsory where applicable	Station areas must be represented as polygons. Use only where there is no station building.
building	transportation/train_station	Compulsory where applicable	Compulsory where applicable	Station buildings must be represented as polygons. Use railway=subway_entrance for entrances.
network	Name of network	Compulsory	Compulsory
operator	Main operator of station (e.g. Light Rail Transit Authority, Philippine National Railways)	Compulsory when known	Compulsory when known
ref	Reference	Compulsory where applicable and if known	Compulsory where applicable and if known
wheelchair	yes/no/limited	Recommended	Recommended	yes: There is full step-free access. limited: There is limited step-free access. no: There is no step-free access... at all.
addr:street	Street	Recommended	Recommended
addr:city	city	Recommended	Recommended

Examples to be added soon

Rail station areas

Station areas may only represent PNR stations with no significant buildings. They must belong to the relevant stop area relation.

Key	Value	Recommendation	Notes
public_transport	station	Compulsory
railway	station	Compulsory
name	Individual name	Compulsory
network	Name of network	Compulsory	You may use semicolons for multiple values.
operator	Main operator of station (e.g. Philippine National Railways, Light Rail Transit Authority)	Compulsory when known
addr:street	Street	Recommended
addr:city	city	Recommended

Examples to be added soon

Relations

Stop area

Key	Value	Recommendation		Notes
		LRT/MRT	PNR
type	public_transport	Compulsory	Compulsory
public_transport	stop_area	Compulsory	Compulsory
name	Individual name	Compulsory	Compulsory
network	Name of network	Compulsory	Compulsory
operator	Main operator of station (e.g. Philippine National Railways, Light Rail Transit Authority)	Compulsory when known	Compulsory when known
ref	Reference	Compulsory where applicable and if known	Compulsory where applicable and if known

List of railway and light rail lines

Name	Color	Year operations started	Route	Distance	Stations
LRT Line 1LRT Line 1 (LRT-1)	Yellow	1984 (Baclaran - Central Terminal) 1985 (Central Terminal - Monumento) March 2010 (Monumento - Balintawak) October 2010 (Balintawak - Roosevelt) 2011 (Roosevelt - North Avenue)	Baclaran - Central Station - Monumento - Balintawak - Roosevelt - North Avenue	18.56 KM	20
LRT Line 2LRT Line 2 (LRT-2)	Purple	2003 (Santolan - Araneta Center/Cubao) 2004 (Araneta Center/Cubao - Claro M. Recto)	Claro M. Recto - Araneta Center/Cubao - Santolan	13.48 KM	11
MRT Line 3MRT Line 3 (MRT-3)	Blue	1999 (North Avenue - Buendia) 2000 (Buendia - Taft Avenue)	North Avenue - Buendia - Taft Avenue	16.88 KM	13
PNR Metro CommuterPNR Metro Commuter (PNR)	Orange	2009 (Caloocan - Biñan City) early 2010's (Biñan City - Calamba City)	Caloocan - Biñan City - Calamba City	35.84 KM	26
PNR Northrail	Green	1892	Caloocan - Malolos City		6
(Note: more information can be found here)

List of railway and light rail stations

LRT Line 1

Name	Node	Notes	Location
North Avenue		Proposed northern terminus, under construction	Quezon City
Roosevelt	454183199	Current northern terminus	Quezon City
Balintawak	361337750		Quezon City
Malvar		Planned	Caloocan
Monumento	34012457	Former northern terminus (1985-2010)	Caloocan
5th Avenue	34012453		Caloocan
R. Papa	34012444		Manila
Abad Santos	34012436		Manila
Blumentritt	34012428		Manila
Tayuman	34012425		Manila
Bambang	34012422		Manila
Doroteo Jose	34012419		Manila
Carriedo	34012414		Manila
Central Terminal	34012404		Manila
U. N. Avenue	34012392		Manila
Pedro Gil	254527375		Manila
Quirino Avenue	34012389		Manila
Vito Cruz	34012386		Manila
Gil Puyat	34012380		Pasay
Libertad	34012377		Pasay
EDSA	261027793		Pasay
Baclaran	25388541	Current southern terminus	Pasay

LRT Line 2

Name	Area	Wikipedia link	Location	Notes
Recto Recto	179240108 179240108	yes  Recto LRT Station	Manila	Current western terminus
Legarda Legarda	28788659 28788659	yes  Legarda LRT Station	Manila
Pureza Pureza	188168854 188168854	yes  Pureza LRT Station	Manila
V. Mapa V. Mapa	188168855 188168855	yes  V. Mapa LRT Station	Manila
J. Ruiz J. Ruiz	188168853 188168853	yes  J. Ruiz LRT Station	San Juan
Gilmore Gilmore	188169761 188169761	yes  Gilmore LRT Station	Quezon City
Betty Go-Belmonte (Boston) Betty Go-Belmonte (Boston)	113358959 113358959	yes  Betty Go-Belmonte LRT Station	Quezon City
Cubao Cubao	184582280 184582280	yes  Araneta Center-Cubao LRT Station	Quezon City
Anonas Anonas	188169786 188169786	yes  Anonas LRT Station	Quezon City
Katipunan Katipunan	184582282 184582282	yes  Katipunan LRT Station	Quezon City
Santolan Santolan	30411347 30411347	yes  Santolan LRT Station	Marikina	Current eastern terminus
Emerald			Cainta, Rizal	Will open at 2017
Masinag			Antipolo, Rizal	Will be the eastern terminus when opened at 2017