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