{"id":271249,"date":"2020-10-08T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=271249"},"modified":"2020-10-08T08:00:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T12:00:10","slug":"lrt-2-back-to-normal-ops-hours-after-santolan-station-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/10\/08\/lrt-2-back-to-normal-ops-hours-after-santolan-station-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"LRT-2 back to normal ops hours after Santolan Station fire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: LRT Line 2 (Photo<\/a>: cb_agulto\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) is now back to normal operations several hours after a fire hit its Santolan Station resulting in suspended train operations.<\/p>\n

In a phone interview Thursday, Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) spokesperson Hernando Cabrera said train operations from Recto Station to Araneta Center Cubao Station and vice versa was back to normal at around 2:21 p.m. after their personnel repaired the connection between the LRT-2\u2019s control center and its revenue line — the part of the train line accessible to passengers.<\/p>\n

He said the fire that occurred at around 5:10 a.m. in Santolan Station affected several \u201celectrical apparatus\u201d including the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) of the signaling system that connects the LRT-2\u2019s control center and revenue line.<\/p>\n

\u201c‘Yung<\/em>\u00a0link between the control center and\u00a0‘yung<\/em>\u00a0revenue line,\u00a0naputol. Kasi nawalan na ng<\/em>\u00a0power\u00a0‘yung<\/em>\u00a0signaling system\u00a0na ‘yun<\/em>\u00a0(The link between the control center and revenue line was cut. Because the signaling system lost power),\u201d Cabrera said.<\/p>\n

While it was possible to resume operations immediately after the fire as both the LRT-2\u2019s control center and revenue line were both still operational, he said their safety protocol barred train operation without the supervision from the control center.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if we can run the train, even if we can operate the whole system, if we do this without the control center, we have to stop,\u201d Cabrera said.<\/p>\n

While train operations were suspended, he said LRT-2 personnel immediately addressed the problem by laying down cables to power the affected signaling system and restore the connection between the control center and its trains.<\/p>\n

Currently, he said the investigation into the incident is still ongoing and they have yet to determine the extent of the damage caused by the fire.<\/p>\n

In October 2019, a fire damaged the LRT-2\u2019s power rectifiers and some rail tracks, resulting in the ongoing non-operation of the rail system\u2019s Santolan, Anonas, and Katipunan stations.<\/p>\n

LRT-2 was supposed to resume full operations in June but was delayed due to the lockdowns brought by the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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