Mindanao Railway

This is the Mindanao Railway, one of president's priority project and the first railway in Mindanao.
It will be 1500-2000km+ railway network that runs along the island of Midnanao, with 100km initial length of railway from Tagum City to Davao City to Digos City
It will have 2 tracks, as well as electrification of 1500V DC to 25kV 50Hz AC Overhead Catenary or third rail.
It will have both passengers and freight trains running along Mindanao railway network so that passengers will be transported, while cargo will be also transported to their shops from factories or farms.
It will have speeds of 100kph for freight trains, 120kph for commuter trains, and 160kph for express commuter trains.
== Stations: ==
It's stations will have an design inspired by Japan train stations [from China train stations], as well as Filipino culture, with 2 floors with concourse, and platforms, and a freighter unloading/loading facility for minor stations.
And for the major stations such as Davao City, it will have 3-5 floors with entry/exit, shopping retail 1, shopping retail 2, concourse, and platforms, and with a bigger freighter unloading/loading facilites, and this entire Mindanao railway network will have 500-800 stations built, with 200-300+ more in the future as infill stations bringing this network to 1k stations
== Depots: ==
=== The entire Mindanao railway network will have depots that will be built at: ===
#Tagum City
#Toril
#Malungon
#Tacurong
#Cotabato City
#Marawi City
#Pagadian City
#Oroquieta City
#Baloi
#Malaybalay
#Cagayan De Oro/El Salvador City
#Butuan City
#Santa Josefa, and...
#Placer
The depots will have maintenance facility, repair facility, tracks to store its trains, office building, and even a train station
It will be equipped with ETSC signalling system level 1, upgradable to max level, and it will be powered with AI also
It will use a railway gauge of 1485mm, which will be used for newer railway projects in the Philippines
== Trainsets: ==
It's trainsets will be made from Japan, not China, because Japan will take over China, and it will use Japan's technology called Auto braking system at stations, and it will have an high traction power, and up to 8 cars for passengers, and 16 cars for cargo
The Mindanao Railway project will not have road-rail crossing, because Mindanao railway will have overpasses or underpasses above/below the road unlike PNR
== Construction: ==
For the at-grade construction, it will use recycled materials, and flying ash for embankment earthwork construction, and it will use it for environmental sustainability
For elevated sections, it will use prefab piles, columns, pierheads, as well as segmental box girder, and full span girder launchers that will be produced from girder precast factories
and for the underground and tunnel sections, it will use faster tunnel drilling machines for tunnel and some underground sections, tunnel boring machine that recycles soil into concrete tunnel sections for some underground sections
to fast track as well as eliminate delays, and reduce cost of this project, it will use newer, and more cutting edge technologies such as instant drying concrete, and BIM
== History: ==
This project was first proposed by president Manuel L. Quezon in 1930s, but however, it didn't start its construction, there was also proposal during many presidents but didn't start construction
and if this project is completed, travel time to and from Tagum City to Digos City will be reduced to only less than 1 hour, and for the circumferential route of Mindanao railway, it will take only less than 7-8 hours from 16 hours
and improve cargo effiency, and move freights without trucks, therefore, decreasing greenhouse gas emissions, and alleviate poverty in Mindanao, and make Mindanao peaceful also
== Update as of this posting: ==
Mindanao Railway project is now in the process of resubmitting to NEDA
and Mindanao Railway is one of the administration priority projects, with whole circumferential line completion by 2028, if it begins construction in 2023, and we expect that there will be partial operations from Tagum to Digos by 2027, and it will use faster track laying machine for this project
== Suggestions: ==
Connection to Davao Metro, Surigao Metro, Cagayan De Oro Metro, Zamboanga Metro, Butuan Subway and Tagum Metro
== Isolated Connections: ==
*SS Railway
*Bohol Circumferential Railway
*Negros Railway
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