MRT-3 (File photo)
MANILA – The MRT-3 has recorded zero unloading incidents or train breakdowns since July 16, 2020, as a result of the massive rehabilitation of the rail line.
“In 2020, the unloading incidents that the MRT-3 recorded plunged to five. In the whole of 2021, no unloading incidents were posted, a record that the MRT-3 has kept to date,” the MRT-3 Facebook post on Tuesday reads.
This is compared to the 417 unloading incidents in 2015; 586 in 2016; 463 in 2017; 57 in 2018; and 28 in 2019.
“Proper maintenance, including the continuous testing of the performance of the fully-rehabilitated subsystems of the MRT-3, made these improvements in the services of the rail line possible,” it said.
Prior to the Duterte administration, unloading incidents and breakdowns of the MRT-3 trains were common.
Under the massive rehabilitation efforts done by its maintenance provider Sumitomo, rail replacement works have been completed and the operating speed of trains have gone up.
Faster moving trains also meant reduced waiting time between trains and the number of working trains also increased.
The rail line also posted a record 370,276 passengers served on June 6, the highest number of passengers served in a single day since it resumed operations in June 2020.
The MRT-3 said ridership in the rail service has gone over 350,000 for nine consecutive weekdays since May 25.
“Ito ay resulta ng pagpapatupad ng Libreng Sakay sa MRT-3 at pagpapatakbo ng mas maraming train sets (This is the result of the free ride program at the MRT-3 and having more operational train sets),” the MRT-3 post read.
To date, an average of 14 to 16 three-car train sets and four four-car train sets run along the MRT-3 main line daily while the MRT-3’s free ride program has so far served 20,082,702 passengers. (PNA)
