{"id":43857,"date":"2015-03-02T03:31:11","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T19:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=43857"},"modified":"2015-03-02T03:31:11","modified_gmt":"2015-03-01T19:31:11","slug":"replacement-works-for-mrt-3-rails-kick-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/03\/02\/replacement-works-for-mrt-3-rails-kick-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Replacement works for MRT-3 rails kick off"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MRT<\/a><\/p>\n

MANILA — Replacement works for rails of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT)-3 officially kicked off Saturday night, which meant that operations for the MRT-3 had to be close early.<\/p>\n

Operations at the MRT-3 closed as early as 9 pm Saturday (Feb 28) and opened late 12 nn on Sunday (March 1), general manager Roman Buenafe earlier announced.<\/p>\n

Buenafe has many times stressed that safety of the passengers was always the management\u2019s priority.<\/p>\n

During the replacement works, MRT-3 management had to use 150 meters\u2019 worth of stabling rails from the depot to replace the more critical portions of the mainline between Taft Avenue and Magallanes.<\/p>\n

Stabling rails are the end-portion of the tracks located within the MRT-3 depot, and are intended to be used as parking facilities for light rail vehicles (LRVs) which are not in use.<\/p>\n

LRVs run on the stabling rails at less than five kilometers per hour (kph) until they come to a full stop, without any passengers on board.<\/p>\n

No specific timetable has been released yet, the DOTC and MRT-3 will calculate how many more early-close, late-open weekends will be implemented in the coming months.<\/p>\n

Both are going to conduct time-and-motion study during the actual works this weekend.<\/p>\n

At present, MRT-3 management and the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) are exerting its best efforts to improve the country\u2019s rail systems at the soonest possible time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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