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Manila LRT
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![A 'Slim Jim' leaves Manila's EDSA station on LRT Line 2, surrounded by competing modes of transport (coach, Jeepneys, motorcycle taxis, bicycle taxis, a minicab, and even an aeroplane). Notice the Lego-style building in the left background.<br><br>[Ken Strachan 11/01/2012]](/images/37000/37852.jpg "Manila")
![Quality and width: the wider of two new classes of tram on Manila's LRT Line 2 measures up at 10 feet 3 inches across. They are very roomy - and much more comfortable than their chief competitor, the Jeepneys seen below. At about 2p a stop, they're pretty good value, too. Photograph taken at Santolan station, which is currently a terminus.<br><br>[Ken Strachan 11/01/2012]](/images/37000/37875.jpg "Manila")
![This is what all that width gives you [see image 37875]: room for three rows of strap hangers inside. This was taken during a slack period one day in January 2012. Between 3 and 6 in the afternoon, you can't see from one side of the carriage to the other. A Filipina told me <I>'...we like the LRT, because an hour's journey by Jeepney only takes two minutes by train'</I>.<br><br>[Ken Strachan 11/01/2012]](/images/38000/38114.jpg "Manila")
![A 'wide boy' unit [see image 37875] is caught in the driver's passenger boarding mirror at Santolan terminus on line 2. Line 2 to Recto goes ahead to the right; the curved line on the viaduct on the left leads to the line 2 depot. Footnote September 2012: regular depot tours are now available to the general public.<br><br>[Ken Strachan 11/01/2012]](/images/38000/38142.jpg "Manila")
!['Do you need that unit, Gloria?': 'You're kidding, Mary Jane! It's old stock, I've seen the whole class!' Filipina tram spotters compare notes at United Nations halt on LRT line 1 in January 2012. These trams were built in the Czech Republic, and are now undergoing their second refurbishment - the bogies, and rusty panels around the windscreens, being due for attention.<br><br>[Ken Strachan 12/01/2012]](/images/37000/37586.jpg "Manila")
![The new Light Rail Transit Line 3 is seen between Cubao and Kamoning, striding purposefully over Line 2 between Araneta Center and Betty Go-Belmonte (a station, not a person..) The Jollibee restaurant (lower left) is the local equivalent of Macdonald's.<br><br>[Ken Strachan 16/01/2014]](/images/46000/46152.jpg "Manila")
![Silly place to put a lamppost. Grab shot showing a Manila LRT tram heading from Kamoning to Cubao on LRT Line 3 in January 2014. [see image 46152]<br><br>[Ken Strachan 16/01/2014]](/images/46000/46350.jpg "Manila")
