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Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (Photo courtesy of Embassy of Japan in PH Facebook) MANILA - The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) is ready to serve up to 400,000 passengers per day,more than double its current average ridership. In a Zoom briefing on Friday, MRT-3 Officer-in-Charge, General Manager Michael Capati, said the MRT-3 currently accommodates 248,000 to 260,000 passengers a day, with an average fare collection of PHP2.7 million. With the MRT-3 set to offer free rides to all passengers from M...

NO FARE HIKE. Department of Transportation Undersecretary for Railways Timothy John Batan assures commuters a fare hike for the Light Rail Transit-1, LRT-2, Metro Rail Transit-3, and the Philippine National Railway is not being considered, in his interview in a Laging Handa briefing on Thursday (March 17, 2022). He said the railway sector will maintain its current fare rates and focus on ensuring the riding public's adherence to minimum health protocols. (Screengrab) MANILA -The Department o...

NO FARE HIKE. Department of Transportation Undersecretary for Railways Timothy John Batan assures commuters a fare hike for the Light Rail Transit-1, LRT-2, Metro Rail Transit-3, and the Philippine National Railway is not being considered, in his interview in a Laging Handa briefing on Thursday (March 17, 2022). He said the railway sector will maintain its current fare rates and focus on ensuring the riding public's adherence to minimum health protocols. (Screengrab) MANILA -The Department o...

The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) has operated a four-car train in a bid to accommodate more passengers, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced on Friday, March 11. The deployment was made possible after a rehabilitation of the tracks that were initially too short for a four-car trai

(PNA file photo) MANILA - The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) is looking to expand its current three-car train operation to four-car trains, further increasing the passenger capacity of its trains. In a Facebook post on Friday, the MRT-3 said a "dynamic testing" for a four-car train on its mainline was completed on Wednesday and was meant to assess the train's running safety, ride comfort, and stability against derailment, among others. With the National Capital Region (NCR) unde...

The volume of passengers at the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 has returned to levels before the pandemic after the government allowed full capacity for all forms of public transport, including trains.

“The random antigen testing of consenting and volunteering passengers is intended to guide us in the adoption of any further needed measures."

Six passengers of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) have tested positive for COVID-19 on the first day of the random antigen testing on volunteering train riders. (Mark Balmores / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The MRT-3 started Tuesday, Jan. 11, the random swab testing of consenting passenge

Monitor this page for updates on the operations of the Metro Rail Transit Line and the Light Rail Transit Line. 

An MRT-3 worker checks the vaccination card of a passenger at one of its stations. (PNA file photo) MANILA - Six passengers who have gone through the random and voluntary antigen testing at select stations of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) have tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday. In a Laging Handa briefing, MRT-3 Director for Operations Michael Capati said a total of 48 passengers have so far been tested during the 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the four participating MRT-3 stations-North Avenu...