According to the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), the fifth and sixth light rail vehicles (LRVs) from the 48 units expected will be unloaded and assembled on Sunday at the MRT-3 Taft Avenue Station.
From a post on gov.ph:
To ensure the safety of motorists near the work site, the innermost lane along EDSA southbound near the intersection of EDSA and Taft Avenue will be closed from tomorrow, 10 p.m., to Sunday, 12 p.m.
The public is advised to take alternative routes to and from their destinations.
Once the LRVs are fully assembled and the necessary checks on the electrical and other components are completed, the train coaches will be subjected to static and dynamic testing to ensure the reliability of parts.
The 48 new LRVs are part of the Department of Transportation and Communications’ MRT-3 capacity expansion project, which aims to decongest the metropolis’ busiest railway system by boosting its capacity to over 800,000 daily passengers.
What do you think of the new LRVs that will be assembled for MRT-3? Do you think this can ease the difficulty of commuting in this area?
