{"id":196798,"date":"2019-01-07T23:57:25","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T04:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=196798"},"modified":"2019-01-07T23:57:25","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T04:57:25","slug":"3rd-set-of-dalian-trains-to-hit-mrt-3-tracks-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/07\/3rd-set-of-dalian-trains-to-hit-mrt-3-tracks-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"3rd set of Dalian trains to hit MRT-3 tracks soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_85723\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85723\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MRT-3_Train_North_Avenue_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-85723\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MRT-3_Train_North_Avenue_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MRT-3_Train_North_Avenue_3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MRT-3_Train_North_Avenue_3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MRT-3_Train_North_Avenue_3-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The train set will be undergoing a 1,000 kilometer-test run for 150 hours before these are deployed during peak hours of the MRT-3&#8217;s operations. (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File%3AMRT-3_Train_North_Avenue_3.jpg\">Photo by Philippinerailways at English Wikipedia [CC0]<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Another set of trains purchased from Chinese firm, CCRC Dalian, is set to be deployed to the rail line of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3), according to the Department of Transportation (DOTr).<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(The) commissioning of the third train set is ongoing. This will be deployed to the mainline for validation testing by February,\u201d DOTr communications director, Godess Hope Libiran, said in a text message to reporters Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The train set will be undergoing a 1,000 kilometer-test run for 150 hours before these are deployed during peak hours of the MRT-3&#8217;s operations.<\/p>\n<p>Once the validation testing is concluded, the Philippine National Railways (PNR) will evaluate if the train set can be utilized for the regular operations of the railway system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf PNR endorses that the train set be allowed to run regularly at the MRT-3 mainline, MRT-3 will sign an acceptance document,\u201d according to Libiran.<\/p>\n<p>The MRT-3 has deployed its first train set, which consists of three cars from Oct. 27 to Nov. 21 last year, while another was deployed from December 11 to 23, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 48 Dalian light rail vehicles were delivered to the country in 2016 but were not deployed to the MRT line due to compatibility issues.<\/p>\n<p>Supplier CCRC Dalian eventually agreed to absorb the costs for the adjustments of the trains.<\/p>\n<p>This development comes as the MRT management starts the rehabilitation of the railway system and its facilities this month.<\/p>\n<p>The upgrade of the MRT-3 will take about 43 months, with the first 26 months focused on the rehabilitation of the entire system.<\/p>\n<p>The 16-kilometer MRT rail line from North Avenue in Quezon City to Taft Avenue in Pasay City currently accommodates an average of 300,000 passengers per day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Another set of trains purchased from Chinese firm, CCRC Dalian, is set to be deployed to the rail line &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":85723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-aerol-john-patena","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196798","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=196798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}