MANILA, Philippines - Operations of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT)-3 were disrupted twice during the morning rush on Thursday morning, October 26, due to technical problems.
At 7:39 am, a glitch on the Automatic Train Protection prompted the train management to unload southbound passengers at the GMA Kamuning-Cubao Station. In less than an hour, at 8:18 am, another technical failure happened at the Buendia Station northbound.
In a tweet, the Department of Transportation apologized to passengers for the inconvenience.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">SERVICE STATUS<br>Train unloaded pax at Buendia Stn NB at 8:18 AM du...<br>We are sorry for the inconvenience<br>Info: <a href="https://t.co/K2NVHCrmPU">https://t.co/K2NVHCrmPU</a></p>— DOTC-MRT3 (@dotcmrt3) <a href="https://twitter.com/dotcmrt3/status/923348901733658624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 26, 2017</a></blockquote>
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The incidents were category 3, meaning, trains are removed without replacement.
As of 12 pm, Thursday, 15 trains are still operational.- Rappler.com