Twenty-eight new LRVs were delivered to operate on the new lines, built by CKD Tatra of the Czech Republic, with civil engineering contracted to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Each articulated vehicle is in three sections, each section being mounted on a bogie, with the two end bogies powered. The low floor is just 350 millimetres above the rail top, and runs for almost two-thirds of the length of each train. Braking is by a combination of regenerative and resistor brakes. The first new tram was sent by air from the Czech Republic, and arrived in Manila in time to take part in trials on the first completed section of new line, in May 1998.
All trains are single-manned, and fitted with automatic speed regulation equipment.
Brakes, too, are automatically set. The new train fleet includes interior destination information displays, and driver to base communication. These would extend the system eastwards from the existing north terminal, and open up other parts of the east of the country to light rail. High fares, and the long flights of stairs leading to the elevated stations were given as the main reasons for its failure to take off as expected. Twenty-eight new LRVs are being delivered to operate on the new lines.