MANILA, Philippines—On the eve of a fare hike, the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) stalled past 6 p.m. on Saturday due to a defective train.
This even as the MRT and the Light Rail Transit will implement a fare increase tomorrow, January 4.
Beginning Sunday, LRT and MRT fares will increase by 50 to 87 percent, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported.
The Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) announced that the new base fare would be P11. An additional P1 will be implemented per kilometer.
End-to-end fare at MRT 3 will increase from P15 to P28.
Those at LRT 1 will move up from P20 to P30 for single-journey tickets and to P29 for stored-value cards. The fare at LRT 2 will be P24 for stored-value cards and P25 for single-journey tickets from the current P15.
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