HISTORY

OF
RAILWAY SYSTEM
B Y: L I D A S A N , S I T T I E A S M A H K .
LOCOMOTIVE STEAM
 1st developed in Great Britain during the early 19th century and the middle of 20th century.
 Richard Trevithick a Cornish inventor who made the first locomotive steam.
 Locomotive steam first used on February 02, 1804, after 3 years of making the locomotive
road.
 Locomotive steam is being fueled by a - Burning combustible material, such as wood, coal,
and an oil.
 HISTORY OF THE RAILWAY
SYSTEM IN THE PHILIPPINES
Spanish Regime

Horse Drawn Streetcars

Railway in the Philippines started in 1878, when Leon

Monssour, the official of the Department of Public Works of
Spain, submitted a proposal to Madrid for the Manila
streetcar system. Inspired by the same systems in New York
and Paris, the proposal envisioned a five-line network with
a central station outside the walls of Intramuros.
 Steam Powered Trains

The 1890's witnessed the promotion of studies and projects for new railway lines on Luzon and
on other islands in the archipelago, including that of a railway line in Mindanao going to Iligan
City.

The General plan for railways on the island of Luzon, planned by Eduardo Lopez Navarro in
1876 (See photo to the left), which contemplated the construction of the lines considered of
the lines considered to be most essential. Among these were the Manila – Dagupan (North)
line, and the Manila – Taal (South) line, which were classified as being the first to be built, and
as soon as possible (Gardner, 2004). These areas where the extents of the railway reach are the
fertile agricultural lands, so more than commuters, the trains would bring in goods from the
provinces into the Port of Manila.
American Regime

During the Philippine-American War in the 1900s, the train stations served as bases to be won
and the railways are the battle grounds. The Manila-Dagupan Line was the axis of the war that
advanced in Luzon (Corpuz, 2013).

A line between Manila and Antipolo commenced in 1903, and should be finished in 3 years.
The 35-kilometer line shall have stations at Sampaloc, Santa Mesa, San Felipe Nery, San Juan
Del Monte, Marikina, Cainta and Taytay; and four bridges across the rivers of San Juan,
Marikina, Cutcut and Cayticlin.
Electricity-Powered Tranvia

By March 24, 1903, a 50-year franchise was awarded to the Manila Electric Railway and Light
Company, a New Jersey Company (now more commonly known as Meralco), to supersede the
entire railway system running around Manila - taking over the properties of La Compaña de las
Tranvias de Filipinas.
Japanese Regime

Destruction of Railways In 1942, the Manila-Dagupan Line was a

witness of the tortures of Filipinos and American soldiers by the
Japanese colonizers. From Bataan, the death march ended in San
Fernando, where the prisoners of war were compacted inside the
“Death Trains” bound to Capas, Tarlac.
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1. LRT – Light Railway Transit

2. MRT – Metro Railway Transit
3. PNR – Philippine National Railway
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