MANILA, Philippines – Some 700 passengers were offloaded from a northbound Metro Rail Transit-3 (MRT-3) train unloaded at the Ayala Avenue Station in Makati City due to a door malfunction on Wednesday morning.
“A Northbound (NB) train unloaded at Ayala station today, 7:18AM, due to DOOR FAILURE,” read the advisory from MRT-3 management.
The MRT-3 management said the passengers boarded the next train after five minutes.
An investigation on the cause of the malfunction is underway, although management added that such may have been caused by passengers leaning against the doors.
Hence, management reminded commuters not to lean on the train doors to prevent malfunction.
The management also said it will undertake preventive maintenance to replace the defective door.