MRT-3 unloads 420 passengers at Araneta Center-Cubao station

After celebrating a record-setting streak of “no unloading” incidents for 29 consecutive days, a Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) southbound train unloaded passengers at the Araneta Center-Cubao Station in Quezon City due to an electrical failure at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.

The whole train was unloaded, with approximately 420 passengers., MRT said in an advisory.

DOTr MRT-3 ADVISORY
2 August 2018

A  Southbound (SB) train unloaded at ARANETA CENTER-CUBAO station due to ELECTRICAL FAILURE IN OUR MOTOR at 5:30 pm today.

The whole train was unloaded, with approximately 420 passengers. pic.twitter.com/o43sV77pnM

— DOTr MRT-3 (@dotrmrt3) August 2, 2018

Passengers were loaded in the next train which arrived nine minutes later.

The last time an unloading incident happened at MRT was on July 3, when a southbound train suffered an electrical failure and unloaded 850 passengers at the Guadalupe Station.  /vvp