Aircon, electrical failure send 3 MRT trains back to depot

LINE OF SIGH Spotty maintenance and other problems plaguing Metro Rail Transit 3 continue to derail moves to improve mass transport on Edsa. —EDWIN BACASMAS

The Metro Rail Transit-3 (MRT-3) was forced to remove three of its trains during rush hour on Thursday due to different defects, an MRT official said.

Two of the trains suffered a defect in its air-conditioning unit that led to the removal of the trains at 6:35 a.m. and 7:59 a.m., MRT media relations officer Aly Narvaez said in a viber message to reporters.

Narvaez said the cause of the removal of the other train at 7:42 a.m.  was “wheel slipping and electrical failure.”

There were no passengers affected by the train removals, the MRT official said.

As of 11 a.m.,  Narvaez said, a total of 11 trains are already operating. /cbb