The Light Rail Transit-2 (LRT-2) line is expected to open again its Santolan to Anonas operations by then end of June 2020 after the repair on the line’s fire-damaged power rectifier is finished, according to the Department of Transportation (DOTr).
“In a related development, we wish to inform the public that after a highly-technical intervention, the currently suspended operations from Santolan to Anonas is expected TO RESUME by the end of June 2020,” the DOTr management said in a statement. The target date is a month earlier than the expected nine-month closure as previously disclosed by Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) spokesperson Hernando Cabrera in October last year.
The DOTr also said that the government has procured the needed equipment for the line’s repair. It also noted that the “delivery, installation and testing” of the equipment will require a “significant repair period.”
In October 2019, the power rectifier tripped and caught fire between the Santolan and Katipunan stations of the line. The fire prompted the LRTA, which manages the LRT-2 line, to implement partial operations and shut down the line’s Santolan, Katipunan, and Anonas stations.
At present, the LRT-2 starts operation at 5 AM from the Cubao Station in Quezon City to the C.M. Recto Avenue Station in Manila and vice versa.
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