At least 800 passengers were unloaded from a northbound train of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT-3) on Tuesday morning as it suffered a second glitch for the day. An advisory from the MRT-3 said that 820 passengers were unloaded at Shaw Boulevard Station at 10:02 a.m. The MRT-3 said the train suffered a signaling error due to a “defective or worn-out automatic train protection (ATP) that is part of a train signaling sub-components. ADVERTISEMENTThe passengers, it said, were loaded in the next train, which arrived four minutes later. READ: ‘Door failure’ stops MRT-3 train; 900 passengers offloadedEarlier Tuesday, about 900 passengers of the MRT-3 were asked to vacate one of its trains in Mandaluyong City after it suffered a “mechanical hiccup.” /jpv

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 09, 2018 02:42 UTC