{"id":17867,"date":"2014-07-03T12:18:59","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T04:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=17867"},"modified":"2014-07-03T12:18:59","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T04:18:59","slug":"no-more-queue-as-ticket-machine-in-full-capacity-next-week-lrta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/07\/03\/no-more-queue-as-ticket-machine-in-full-capacity-next-week-lrta\/","title":{"rendered":"No more queue as ticket machine in full capacity next week &#8212; LRTA"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9084\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9084\" style=\"width: 231px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/manila-traffic-LRT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9084\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/manila-traffic-LRT-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"LRT train. Joyfull \/ Shutterstock\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LRT train. Joyfull \/ Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; After encountering problems with one of the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) ticket sorting machines, the LRT Authority (LRTA) said that it can be expected to be fully functional by the end of next week.<\/p>\n<p>This announcement came after commuters hurled complaints at the LRTA since Tuesday for having to queue longer than usual, even beyond rush hour period.<\/p>\n<p>LRT spokesperson Hernando Cabrera said via Twitter that the dysfunctional ticket sorting machine has led to a limited production of stored-value (SV) tickets.<\/p>\n<p>SV tickets, which are sold for P100 each, allow commuters multiple rides with a Last Ride Bonus meaning that the ticket is still valid for one more ride even if the remaining balance is less than the minimum fare and at least P0.50.<\/p>\n<p>One ticket is valid for six months from date of first use and helps save commuters from long ticket queues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a problem with one of the LRT Line 2 ticket sorting machines, leading to the limited production of stored-value tickets,\u201d Cabrera said.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that because of this glitch, commuters have been queuing longer to purchase single journey tickets, instead.<\/p>\n<p>However, he assured that ticket sorting machines will be at full capacity by the end of next week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\u201cBy the end of next week, LRTA expects ticket production to be at full capacity,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; After encountering problems with one of the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) ticket sorting machines, the LRT &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":9084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[6322,6323],"class_list":["post-17867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","tag-lrta","tag-queue-as-ticket-machine","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}