LRT-2 delays first trip for an hour on March 13 for maintenance work

MANILA, Philippines — The Light Rail Transit-2 (LRT-2) line will be delaying its first trip for an hour on Friday (March 13) to make way for maintenance work near the line’s power rectifier, the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) said Tuesday.

LRTA, which operates LRT-2, said the first trip from the Cubao Station and Recto Station will start at 6 a.m. instead of 5 a.m. to make way for the Manila Electrical Company’s (Meralco) maintenance near the rectifier station.

“On Friday, March 13, the LRT-2 system will start its commercial operation at 6 am to make way for Meralco maintenance activity near Rectifier Substation (RSS) 4,” read the statement posted on Twitter.

TAKE NOTE: @OfficialLRTA will start late on Friday, March 13. The rectifier (transformer) substation (RSS) 4 is the RSS located near Cubao station. Please retweet to keep other passengers informed. Thank you. pic.twitter.com/AcJaBlmrd1

— LRT2 (@OfficialLRTA) March 10, 2020

LRTA said it will be deploying buses at 5 a.m. to serve train commuters, who will be affected by the one hour delay.

LRTA added that the last commercial train trip will still be at 8:30 p.m. from Cubao Station and from Recto Station.

To recall, LRT-2 operations were suspended on Oct. 4 last year after two of the train’s rectifiers or transformers caught fire and exploded after allegedly being hit by lightning.

On Oct. 8, LRT-2 started partial operations which means the line’s trains only run from Recto Station to Cubao Station and vice versa.

LRTA spokesman Hernando Cabrera previously said the shuttered stations are expected to reopen by June this year.

Edited by MUF