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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 March 28 to April 30, he said the average number of passengers per day may increase to 300,000 to 400...

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 of Transportation (DOTr) assured commuters on Thursday that the government has no plans of imposing a...

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 of Transportation (DOTr) assured commuters on Thursday that the government has no plans of imposing a...

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) under Alert Level 1 which allows 100 percent passenger capacity, most MRT-3 train cars are capable of ca...