Two maintenance vehicles of the Metro Rail Transit line 3 (MRT-3) collided before dawn Wednesday and later caused delays in the deployment of trains. In an advisory, the MRT-3 management reported that two maintenance vehicles called “unimogs” crashed into each other between Buendia and Guadalupe stations at about 3 a.m. during track maintenance. “Due to the accident, the insertion of trains which usually begins at 4:30 a.m. only started at 5:30 a.m.,” the MRT-3 management said. At 6:40 a.m., there were 14 operational trains and 14 trains running the entire line. The a one-hour delay in the deployment of trains led to long lines at MRT-3 stations, which prompted some passengers to take buses and other forms of transportation to get to work on time, radio reports said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 25, 2018 22:41 UTC