Starting Monday, October 19, more passengers will be allowed to ride the Metro Rail Transit Line – 3 (MRT-3), the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1), Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2), and the Philippine National Railways (PNR).
Eventually, DOTr said the passenger
capacity of these rail lines will be increased to 50 percent. In a statement,
these rail lines will increase their passenger capacity to 30 percent from the
current 13 percent to 18 percent, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said.
DOTr Undersecretary for Railways TJ
Batan said, “Our railway lines are preparing for the increased capacity,
initially to 30%.”
The MRT-3 management earlier announced
that intends to increase train capacity from 153 passengers per train set to 372 passengers per train set.
Simultaneously, the DOTr said that, the
LRT-1 line, starting Monday, will accommodate 370 passengers per train set
while the LRT-2 line will accommodate 486 passengers per train set. The PNR
will increase its maximum passenger capacity depending on the train’s model.
The capacity of it will accommodate 179
passengers per train set on the DMU ROTEM model; 167 passengers per train set
on the DMU 8000 model; 228 passengers per train set on the DMU 8100 model; and
302 passengers per train set for the EMU model.
Batan added, “Ang bilin po ni Secretary
[Arthur] Tugade, dapat po ay dahan-dahan ang pagdagdag sa kapasidad ng mga tren
at siguruhing mahigpit na ipatutupad ang seven commandments upang maprotektahan
ang kalusugan ng ating mga commuter.”
(Secretary Tugade said that we should
slowly increase the capacity of trains and ensure that the seven commandments
will be followed to protect our commuters.)
The following rules will be observed on
the trains: wearing of face masks, face shields, no talking or eating, adequate
ventilation, frequent and proper disinfection, no symptomatic passengers, and
observance of physical distancing, the DOTr said
Earlier, President Rodrigo Duterte’s
Cabinet approved the “One-Seat-Apart Rule” for public transportation. A one-meter distance was previously
being implemented.
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