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(Eagle News)–The Metro Rail Transit-3 management has emphasized it puts the safety of its passengers first before revenue maximization, following a Commission on Audit report that noted that the country’s railway system’s revenues were down 26 percent since the Department of Transportation took over last year. “Revenues require ridership, ridership requires trains, and it is unfortunate that the number of reliable and safe trains available to MRT-3 in 2018 went down due to years of […]
(Eagle News) — A glitch marred the operations of the Metro Rail Transit 3 anew on Thursday, June 20, inconveniencing MRT-3 passengers. In an advisory, the MRT-3 management said the glitch took place at 6:08 a.m. The management did not specify the glitch but said control center reported there was a “problem” on the southbound tracks at the interstation of Guadalupe and Buendia station. “The said matter was immediately coordinated with Tracks personnel for intervention,” […]
(Eagle News)—The Department of Transportation’s Metro Rail Transit 3 on Tuesday, April 2, announced it would offer free rides to Filipino veterans from April 5 to 11. The MRT-3 said the veterans could avail of the rides from 5:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. One companion of a veteran will also be allowed to ride the MRT-3 for free. “In order to avail of the free ride, Filipino veterans must present their Philippine Veterans Affairs Office […]
(Eagle News)—The Metro Rail Transit-3 on Tuesday, March 19, announced the shutdown of its operations for one week in April. In a Facebook post, the MRT-3 said the shutdown from April 15 to April 21 was to give way to the annual general maintenance of the MRT-3 trains and others. “Maintenance works that will be done during the one week suspension of revenue operations include rail grinding, rail cascading, replacement of turnouts, structural testing and […]
(Eagle News) — Over 200 passengers had to be unloaded from a Metro Rail Transit-3 train on Friday, March 8. This was after the train encountered an electrical failure in its motor at 12:52 p.m. The 250 passengers were unloaded at the Boni station, southbound. They were allowed to board the next train, which arrived four minutes later. ‘The MRT-3 apologized for the inconvenience, saying one “cause of electrical failure in motor is worn-out electrical […]
(Eagle News)—The Department of Transportation on Sunday, Feb. 24, said it would “not take sitting down” the discovery of a grenade in the bag of a man inside a Metro Rail Transit 3 station. “The DOTr MRT-3 would like to stress that this matter will be taken seriously,” it said in a statement a day after the live grenade was found in the package of Christian Guzman, 29. The grenade, which was wrapped in packaging […]
Items should be tested in front of security personnel before being allowed entry, MRT-3 says (Eagle News)—–The Metro Rail Transit-3 has lifted its ban on liquids above 100 milliliters but these should first be subjected to tests in front of security personnel before they are allowed inside. In an advisory on Thursday, Feb. 21, the MRT-3 said bottles supposedly containing water will therefore be drunk by passengers, those containing perfume will therefore be sprayed, among […]
(Eagle News)—The Metro Rail Transit management is slated to file separate charges against the woman who splashed taho at a police officer at an MRT station on Saturday, Feb. 9. The charges to have Jiale Zhang deported and declared an undesirable alien would be apart from the charges for direct assault, unjust vexation and disobedience to a person of authority earlier filed against her. She has been subjected to inquest proceedings at the Mandaluyong Prosecutors […]
(Eagle News) — The Metro Rail Transit 3 has released a list of liquids that it said would be allowed in its trains. Below is the list: Baby formula or breast milk in bottles, if the passenger is traveling with a baby or small child Drinking water to be used by the baby or small child All prescription and over-the-counter medications Liquids including water, juice and liquid nutrition or gels for passenger with a disability […]
(Eagle News) — The management of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 on Thursday, Jan. 24, said it would study the proposal to extend the operation of its trains for two more hours. “We will study the proposal given the changes in the current MRT-3 ridership profile as compared to when the extended hours was tested in the past,” the MRT-3 said in a statement. It added, however, that “while we echo our pledge of […]
(Eagle News) — Magsisimula na ngayong buwan ang mahigit tatlong taong rehabilitasyon sa Metro Rail Transit – 3. Sa gagawing rehabilitasyon, magsasagawa ng overhaul sa 72 light rail vehicles. Kabilang sa aayusin ang riles, power supply, signalling system, public address system at ang CCTV sa mga istasyon. Aayusin din ang mga sira-sira nang elevator at escalators. Sa kabila ng gagawing rehabilitasyon, pipilitin namang ng pamunuan ng MRT-3 na mapanatiling nasa 15 na tren ang bumibiyahe […]
(Eagle News) — Bumaba ng siyamnapung (90) porsyento ang naitalang unloading incidents ngayong taon sa Metro Rail Transit o MRT-3. Ayon sa datos ng pamunuan ng MRT-3, umabot lamang sa 56 ang naitalang unloading incidents mula noong January hanggang November 2018. Mas mababa ito kumpara sa kaparehong panahon noong 2016 at 2017 na umabot sa 440 at 562 unloading incidents. Patuloy naman na pinapaganda ng pamunuan ng MRT-3 ang serbisyo nito sa publiko sa pamamagitan […]
