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MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – The administration of the MRT is hoping for a faster awarding of contracts to add new trains as said transport system has only ten trains currently operating which results in long lines of passengers during rush hour. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
According to the Department of Transportation and Communications, the proposed “early close, late open” schedule of the MRT is still subject to change.
This weekend, the Metro Railway Transit (MRT) will be back to its normal operations as they wait for the arrival of new rails to be used in their maintenance operations.
Department of Transportation and Communications Secretary (DOTC) Jun Abaya is in favor of the temporary stoppage of Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) operations during the weekends to conduct maintenance on said transport system.
MANILA, Jan 7 — The Palace has appealed for more patience from the public, saying the increase in MRT and LRT fares would mean better services and facilities. In a press briefing in Malacañang on Tuesday, Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. laid out the projects to be carried out for the improvement of the MRT and LRT and their corresponding timetables. “Ipinapakita po natin ito upang ipaliwanag at ipaunawa sa ating mga mamamayan ang konteksto […]
(Eagle News Service) — Malacanang has said that the fare hike for the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) Line 3 and the Light Rail Transit Lines 1 and 2 is reasonable, as it stressed the need for the government to reduce, if not totally stop, subsidies for the MRT and LRT services. Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr., said that the fare hike was just “reasonable,” saying that previous government spending on the MRT and LRT could […]
DOTC Secretary Joseph Abaya cleared that the one-day maintenance work of the MRT will not result to operational shutdown.
DOTC Secretary Jun Abaya said that the MRT management did not make any recommendations for the shutdown of the MRT due to the maintenance.
As the years pass, many problems have been noticed plaguing the mass transit system, in particular, the Metro Rail Transit. These past few days recorded some of the more dramatic ones. Some of the notable examples include power outages blamed on damages done by past typhoons, which stalled the MR on July 16. And what’s worse is the derailment of the MRT in Pasay, which, according to the resulting investigation, was caused by human error […]
After the Senate hearing, it was held that the Government should replace the maintenance provider of MRT, when the senate investigation revealed that the performance of MRT was affected after the current maintenance company started handling said work.
The Government declared that the MRT is long overdue a much-needed rehabilitation, with MRT spokesman saying that said mode of transportation needs rehabilitation every 8 years.
large number of MRT passengers are expected to wear red shirt today as protest to MRT mishap.
