page_title: KiHa 52
section_title: Philippines
hierarchical_section_title: KiHa 52 / Overseas operations / Philippines
caption_attribution_description: PNR Ligao Station
context_page_description: The KiHa 52 is a Japanese Diesel Multiple Unit type formerly operated by Japanese National Railways, JR Group companies such as JR East, JR West, JR Shikoku & JR Kyushu; and later by the private operator Isumi Railway based in Chiba, Japan, by overseas operators such as Myanmar Railways in Myanmar, and PNR in the Philippines.
  112 KiHa 52 cars were built for Japanese National Railways between 1958 and 1966. The design was based on the KiHa 20 series "general purpose" DMU type, but with two engines for use on mountainous lines.
context_section_description: Seven former JR East KiHa 52 cars originally based at JR East Niitsu Transportation Zone were donated in September 2011 to the Philippine National Railways (PNR), where they are used on commuter services in the Manila area.
  As of October 2013, the trains are normally operated as two 3-car formations. The seventh car, KiHa 52 123, in Niigata livery, was taken out of service after operating for only seven months, and is stored at Tutuban Depot as a source of spare parts for the rest of the fleet.
caption: PNR KiHa 52 Blue At Ligao Station
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