   the philippine national railways (), or pnr, is a state-owned railway company in the philippines, operating a single line of track on luzon. as of 2010, it operates one commuter rail service in metro manila and a second in the bicol region. pnr restored its intercity service to the bicol region in 2011. the bicol express and isarog express are scheduled to run daily between manila and ligao but as of september 2013 the trains were suspended. pnr began operations on november 24, 1892 as the ferrocarril de manila-dagupan, during the spanish colonial period, and later becoming the manila railroad company (mrr) during the american colonial period. it became the philippine national railways on june 20, 1946 by virtue of republic act no. 4156. the pnr is an agency of the department of transportation and communications. pnr used to operate over  of route from la union up to bicol. however, continued neglect in past decades reduced pnr's efficiency and railroad coverage. persistent problems with informal settlers in the 1990s contributed further to pnr's decline. in 2006, typhoons milenyo and reming caused severe damage to the network, resulting in the suspension of the manila-bicol services. in 2007 the philippine government initiated a rehabilitation project aiming to remove informal settlers from the pnr right-of-way, revitalize commuter services in metro manila, and restore the manila-bicol route as well as lost services in northern luzon. in july 2
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