The Light Rail Transit line 1 (LRT-1) has implemented a provisional service on Sunday after its system encountered technical problems.
In an advisory, the LRT-1 management said that 鈥渢echnical repairs鈥� were ongoing near the Central Station in Quiapo, Manila.
鈿狅笍Technical repairs ongoing on a catenary line near Central Station. For the meantime, train operations are limited between Blumentritt and Roosevelt Stations. 鈿狅笍 Apologies for the inconvenience. Ingat sa biyahe.
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However, Rochelle Gamboa, LRT-1 Head of Corporate Communications, told that the incident was 鈥渘ot a major problem.鈥�
鈥淭his is not a major problem ha? Parang maintenance repair lang siya,鈥� she said in a phone interview.
Gamboa said the incident happened at around 11:30 a.m. and that the management were forced to implement a provisional service to fix the 鈥渃atenary wire problem.鈥�
鈥淜ailangan natin kasi patayin yung power sa affected line para maayos natin yung kuryente (We need to turn off power in the affected line for repairs),鈥� she said.
Gamboa assured the passengers of LRT-1 that the problem would be fixed within the day.The LRT-1 line only operates from Blumentritt Station to Roosevelt Station during the service interruption.
The number of affected passengers, according to Gamboa, could not be determined as they do not have 鈥渞eal time monitoring of passenger ingress and egress.鈥�
Full operation of the LRT-1 line from Baclaran station to Roosevelt station went back to normal at 3:35 p.m., Gamboa said in text message./ee