{"id":59100,"date":"2015-08-15T15:54:20","date_gmt":"2015-08-15T07:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=59100"},"modified":"2015-08-16T03:06:39","modified_gmt":"2015-08-15T19:06:39","slug":"mrt-3-train-car-prototype-finally-arrives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/15\/mrt-3-train-car-prototype-finally-arrives\/","title":{"rendered":"MRT-3 train car prototype finally arrives"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_23995\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23995\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/MRT-Jun-Acullador-Flickr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23995\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/MRT-Jun-Acullador-Flickr.jpg\" alt=\"MRT interiors. ( Jun Acullador \/ Flickr)\" width=\"558\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/MRT-Jun-Acullador-Flickr.jpg 558w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/MRT-Jun-Acullador-Flickr-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MRT interiors. ( Jun Acullador \/ Flickr)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT-3) prototype train car finally arrived Friday after undergoing inspection in Dalian, China last month.<\/p>\n<p>Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) confirmed on Saturday that the prototype arrived the port of Manila at 1 a.m. on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The prototype will be assembled upon reaching the country while its components such as doors, seats, poles, and hand straps would meanwhile undergo testing in mid-November, DOTC said.<\/p>\n<p>This prototype is only the first of the 48 brand-new train cars that will be delivered starting in the first quarter of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>DOTC spokesperson Miguel Arthur Sagcal earlier said that once all 48 train cars are delivered, the three-train car sets will be made four-train car sets \u2014the maximum length allowed by platforms.<\/p>\n<p>To recall, the prototype last month underwent inspection by the DOTC with the prototype\u2019s manufacturer, Dalian Locomotive &amp; Rolling Stock Co., Ltd in Dalian, China.<\/p>\n<p>This final checking was to ensure that the prototype train was compliant with the technical components and specifications of the train coaches.<\/p>\n<p>DOTC Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya assured that new train cards would mean lesser maintenance requirements in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Assembly is expected to take place by the end of August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT-3) prototype train car finally arrived Friday after undergoing inspection in Dalian, China last &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":23995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-n-parrocha","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59100","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=59100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}