MANILA, Philippines — For the first time since September 2014, the Metro Rail Transit-Line 3 was able to hike its operating speed to 50kph, the transportation department said Tuesday. In a statement, the Department of Transportation said that the improvement in effect reduces the time between trains to only 4-5 minutes between trains at 20 trains from the previous 8 to 9.5 minutes with 20 trains running at 30kph. This is still not the peak performance of the MRT-3 train sets, however. “With the increased operating speed, MRT-3 passengers can now expect faster travel time, shorter waiting time for train arrivals, and better and comfortable riding experience,” MRT-3 Director for Operations Michael Capati said. MRT-3 management has been gradually increasing the operating speed and expects that this will further improve to 60kph by December.

Source: Philippine Star November 03, 2020 04:18 UTC