Source: Radyo Natin
The operations of the Metro
Rail Transit (MRT) Line 3 suffered another glitch when the brake system
of one of its light rail vehicles (LRVs) malfunctioned shortly after
leaving a Makati City station Friday morning.
Reports
said an MRT-3 coach made a sudden stop at around 8:20 a.m. after it
left the Buendia station, causing its driver to ask the passengers to
alight in the next station.
It was not immediately
clear if there were passengers hurt but the reports said the abrupt stop
caused them "to fall like dominoes."
MRT-3 general manager Roman Buenafe said the passengers were picked up by another coach at the Ayala station.
He noted that it was best that the passengers were dropped off at the nearest station as a precaution.
This
weekend, the management will close MRT-3 operations starting at 9 p.m.
Saturday (Feb. 28) and reopen at 12 noon Sunday (March 1) to give way to
rail replacement works.
Buenafe earlier said that
150 meters' worth of stabling rails from the MRT depot will be used to
replace the more critical portions of the mainline between Taft Ave.,
Pasay City and Magallanes, Makati City.- PNA— KBAPI
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