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(Eagle News)–Operations of the Metro Rail Transit-3 will be suspended from Nov. 28 to 30. The MRT-3 issued the reminder on Friday, Nov. 20, days before the scheduled suspension. The MRT-3 said the temporary shutdown was to give way to the “turnout activity” scheduled at Taft station. Turnouts are used to allow trains to switch from one track to the other. The MRT-3 said the activity was part of the massive rehabilitation of the railway […]
(Eagle News)–Metro Rail Transit-3 operations resumed today, Monday, Nov. 16. The MRT-3 said the first train from North Ave. departed at 4:37 a.m. The first train from Taft departed at 5:17 a.m. The MRT-3 said passenger operational capacity is at 30 percent, or 124 passengers per train car. That translates to 372 passengers allowed in each train set. The MRT-3 reminded passengers to strictly follow safety protocols including the wearing of face masks and face […]
(Eagle News)–The Metro Rail Transit-3 has suspended its scheduled maintenance shutdown this weekend. In an advisory, the MRT-3 said this was as part of its precautionary measures with the impending landfall of “Rolly.” In its latest advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Rolly” has continued to intensify as it moved over the Philippine Sea. The 34.5 kilovolt alternating current switch gear at the depot and turnouts in Taft station was scheduled […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation on Tuesday took over the maintenance of the Metro Rail Transit or MRT Line 3, after it cancelled the contract of Busan Universal Rail Inc. (BURI) as the line’s maintenance provider. DOTr decided to cancel BURI’s contract, due to the persistent failure in MRT operations in the past year and a half. “It cannot be overemphasized that what is at stake here is the welfare […]
(Eagle News) — Maagang nagka-aberya ang MRT-3 kaninang umaga, Oktubre 23. Ayon sa Department of Transportation (DOTr), ito ay dahil sa itinapong diaper na sumabit sa kawad ng MRT. Paliwanag ng ahensya, inilagay ito sa Category 4 error dahilan upang pansamantala muna nilang itigil ang operasyon ng mga tren. Simula alas sais- disi-sais ng umaga (6:16 AM), sinimulan ang pagpapatupad ng provisional service ng MRT. Alas siyete trenta’y kwatro (7:44 AM) naman ng umaga nang […]
(Eagle News) — The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT 3) is expected to return to its regular operations on Friday morning after a technical malfunction occurred in one of its trains on Tuesday night. According to Transportation Undersecretary for Railway Cesar Chavez, the safety check on the MRT3 trains is expected to be completed by Thursday evening. Chavez said that the management has decided to decrease the number of trains of the MRT3 and […]
