MANILA, Philippines – The Metro Rail Transit Line 3, which cuts through Edsa, experienced another "technical problem" and was forced to unload passengers at its Ortigas Station 8:26 am, Thursday, October 12.
The Department of Transportation (DOTr)-MRT Yellow website said that the train was "removed without replacement or experienced cancellation of loops and insertion."
According to DOTr, there are only 15 trains running as of 12 pm, October 12.
A report for GMA News showed a video of passengers disembarking the train:
WATCH: Mga pasahero ng tren, pinababa sa MRT - Ortigas (southbound) kaninang 8:35AM dahil sa technical problem ayon sa @dotcmrt3. pic.twitter.com/XmDzTOTq63
— YouScoop (@YouScoop) October 12, 2017
Just Wednesday, October 11, passengers were also forced to unload in Ortigas, Kamuning and Shaw Boulevard station.
30 minutes stuck sa loob ng MRT train, halos di na makahinga. Tapos binaba rin lahat sa Ortigas station. #MRTBulokpic.twitter.com/KopUYdslem
— Save MRT (@savemrt) October 11, 2017
In less than a week, the MRT-3 has experienced 20 glitches, mostly during the rush hours. – Rappler.com