Sumasakay ka ba ng MRT/LRT?

**12vdc** · August 21st, 2014 10:44 PM

Hindi kinaya ng coupling yung bigat ng overloaded train kaya kumalas.

Not a maintenance issue there but a technical know-how issue. Kung driver ka alam mo dapat ang capacity ng hitch/coupling plus may manual brakes dapat yung disabled train..

**Monseratto** · August 22nd, 2014 01:24 PM

Noticed the line is getting worse... 6 AM only and the line already reaches Mother Ignacia St...

MRT: Slower train runs mean longer queues
By Nestor Corrales |INQUIRER.net5:47 pm | Thursday, August 21st, 2014

MANILA, Philippines—The Metro Rail Transit (MRT) trips are now slower. But would this mean a safer ride or more miseries for passengers?

On August 20, MRT trains started running at 40 kilometers per hour from the usual speed of 55-60 kilometers per hour.

The move was taken after a wayward MRT train rammed a barrier at Taft Station in Pasay City on August 13, injuring 38 people.
Atty. Hernando Cabrera, in a phone interview, explained that the slower speed of MRT trains is a safety procedure to prevent the overuse of the trains and the tracks.

“Our primary concern is safety reasons,” Cabrera said.

“With a slower speed, we will be able to lessen the occurrence of breakage and the overuse of trains and tracks,” he added.
Longer lines and waiting time

Cabrera admitted that passengers may have to endure longer waiting time and longer queues at the MRT’s 13 stations.
“The train availability will be lessened and more passengers will not be able to ride immediately,” he said citing more people would be coming compared to the availability of trains.

He said passengers should expect 10 to 15 minutes delay in the turnaround of the trains.

“But this is only temporary while we are undergoing rehabilitation of the system,” he said.

According to him, the MRT ridership has swelled to over 500,000 a day, far above its capacity of 350,000 passengers.

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**BratPAQ** · August 22nd, 2014 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by Monseratto

Noticed the line is getting worse... 6 AM only and the line already reaches Mother Ignacia St...

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Taeng gobyerno to. Paurong. Yung ibang bansa pabilis ng pabilis ang tren, meron pa silang bullet train, tayo pabagal pa. Puro kasi sariling bulsa inaatupag eh kaya ilang pangulo na nagdaan wala pa ring development yang MRT.

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**ZENMasterTYL** · August 22nd, 2014 03:31 PM

kakaiba mag isip ang gobyerno natin, parating knee jerk reaction. andyan ang bawal sa bumil sa mall martilyo para iwas nakaw, bawal angkas sa motor ng hindi magkamag-anak.

tapos ngayon naman pababagalin ang tren. para siguro hindi masyado lampas in case mag overshoot na naman yung tren

**falken** · August 22nd, 2014 03:32 PM

Huwag nalang patakbuhin ang train para hindi masira.

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**_Qwerty_** · August 22nd, 2014 03:37 PM

band aid solution na naman yan.. hindi kasi ayusin ang maintenance..

**_Cathy_** · August 23rd, 2014 04:49 PM

It can only get worse. MRT shutting down until 5 pm today

Communications system problem (train driver and control center)

Bakit nga ba sa LRT wala masyado problema?

**chronicle** · August 23rd, 2014 04:53 PM

Hindi lang nababalita yung sa lrt line 1. Pero madalas din ang delayed trains, no aircon trains, at code red wherein bawal magpa pasok.

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**Ry_Tower** · August 23rd, 2014 05:30 PM

Sieympre ngayon hindi na ako sasakay. Taxi or bus na lang. Mas madali ata makaligtas sa bus kesa dyan.

**chua_riwap** · August 23rd, 2014 06:47 PM

T___ina tong MRT. Hindi lang nasira. Stop operation sila today.May "Communication" problem daw.

Tangna! Isara nyo na yan.... Nakakahiya na kayo! Pwe!