{"id":43036,"date":"2015-02-21T01:34:46","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T17:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=43036"},"modified":"2015-02-21T01:34:46","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T17:34:46","slug":"dotc-okays-shortening-mrt-3-hours-this-weekend-for-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/21\/dotc-okays-shortening-mrt-3-hours-this-weekend-for-repairs\/","title":{"rendered":"DOTC okays shortening MRT-3 hours this weekend for repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37128\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37128\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/MRT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37128 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/MRT-1024x657.jpg\" alt=\"The Metro Rail Transit (MRT 3) shall implement the new distance-base fare scheme effective January 4, 2015 as displayed on Saturday (January 3, 2015) at the MRT station in Pasay City. (PNA photo by Gil S. Calinga)\" width=\"604\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/MRT-1024x657.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/MRT-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/MRT-900x577.jpg 900w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/MRT-600x385.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Metro Rail Transit (MRT 3) shall implement the new distance-base fare scheme effective January 4, 2015 as displayed on Saturday (January 3, 2015) at the MRT station in Pasay City. (PNA photo by Gil S. Calinga)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) on Friday has allowed the shortening of operation hours for the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) to make way for repairs this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>According to MRT-3 general manager Roman Buenafe who made the proposal for the shorter operation hours, this will allow management to allow enough time for replacement of damaged railway tracks.<\/p>\n<p>Buenafe said that about 150 meters of rail will be replaced during the window time.<\/p>\n<p>While the MRT regularly operates from 4:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily, Buenafe\u2019s proposal will have operations close from Saturday 9 p.m. and will open Sunday, 12 noon.<\/p>\n<p>He further said that the railway tracks are eventually set to be replaced once welding kits are complete.<\/p>\n<p>At present, the management awaits the arrival of the kits which were shipped from abroad.<\/p>\n<p>These kits were supposed to have arrived Friday, but experienced a delay.<\/p>\n<p>Management currently has only three welding kits are available enough to repair the MRT-3\u2019s railway tracks.<\/p>\n<p>Additional hand straps are also set to be installed in MRT-3 coaches.<\/p>\n<p>Buenafe, meanwhile, assured commuters that the MRT-3 remains safe and that government is doing its best efforts to give solutions to problems both short and long term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) on Friday has allowed the shortening of operation hours for the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":37128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43036","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\/43036","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=43036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}