{"id":23946,"date":"2014-08-28T15:44:13","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T07:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=23946"},"modified":"2014-08-28T15:44:13","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T07:44:13","slug":"lrt-1-operations-did-not-stop-despite-glitch-official-clarifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/08\/28\/lrt-1-operations-did-not-stop-despite-glitch-official-clarifies\/","title":{"rendered":"LRT-1 operations did not \u2018stop\u2019 despite glitch, official clarifies"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_19717\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19717\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/640px-LRT_Blum_2011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19717\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/640px-LRT_Blum_2011.jpg\" alt=\"LRT 1 (Wikipedia photo)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/640px-LRT_Blum_2011.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/640px-LRT_Blum_2011-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LRT 1 (Wikipedia photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; Despite one of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) 1 trains experiencing a glitch in its signaling unit on Wednesday morning, operations did not exactly come to a complete stop, an official clarified.<\/p>\n<p>It was reported that one of the LRT-1 trains stalled, being unable to move forward. This led the management to decide to unload passengers at Pedro Gil station in Manila.<\/p>\n<p>LRT spokesman Hernando Cabrera, in a text message to the Philippines News Agency (PNA), explained that the stalled train was able to move forward after unloading its passengers.<\/p>\n<p>The unloading of passengers during a glitch is one of the Department of Transportation and Communications\u2019 (DOTC) recommendations after the overshooting of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) 3 last Aug. 13.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe (stalled) train was able to move forward after unloading. There was a glitch in the signaling unit but it was able to move and go back to the depot,\u201d Cabrera said in Filipino.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is one train that had to unload passengers, that\u2019s (basically) it,\u201d he added. \u201cOperations in LRT-1 did not stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At present, full line operations at the LRT-1 continue.<\/p>\n<p>He assured passengers that despite the glitches, both the LRT 1 and 2 and the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) 3 continue to be a safe means of transportation.<\/p>\n<p>Both the DOTC and the LRT\/MRT management earlier said that the safety of the passengers will always be their primary concern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; Despite one of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) 1 trains experiencing a glitch in its signaling unit on &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":19717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23946","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=23946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}