There is no official plan for a high-speed railway in the Philippines, but there have been various proposals made by elected officials and the private sector. Most of the proposals have been for a high-speed railway in Luzon. A North-South Luzon HSR was proposed in 2010 by San Miguel Corp. In 2023, Luis Raymund Villafuerte […]
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Could the Philippines build a Pan-Philippine High-Speed Railway?
Is it possible to build a high-speed railway from Manila to Davao, and should the Philippines build such a railway? The Philippines is drafting a 30-year railway master plan, which includes rebuilding the railway in Luzon and building a new railway in Mindanao. There have been some mentions of upgrading the proposed railways in Luzon and Mindanao […]
Leyte-Mindanao Bridge – Connecting Visayas and Mindanao to the Pan-Philippine Highway
The Leyte-Mindanao Bridge is a proposed bridge to connect the islands of Leyte and Mindanao in the Philippines. The project involves the construction of cable-stayed bridges connecting San Ricardo, Southern Leyte and Lipata in Surigao City. The Leyte-Mindanao Bridge is estimated to be 23 km in length, which is long, but it’s not the longest […]
Eastern Visayas Metro Rail System: A railway connecting the islands of Samar and Leyte in the Philippines
The Eastern Visayas Metro Rail System is a proposed railway in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. The railway would connect the islands of Samar and Leyte. The Eastern Visayas railway was first proposed in 1999. The plan was revived in 2023 with the announcement of a task force to investigate the feasibility of […]
