Stopping the operations of the Metro Rail Transit-3 (MRT-3) even if only temporarily will cause a huge inconvenience to the public, MRT director for operations Mike Capati said on Thursday. This was in response to Sen. Grace Poe’s suggestion to the MRT-3 officials to decide whether they should stop the train operations to fix the technical problems of the MRT coaches. READ: Poe: DOTr should consider stopping MRT operations to fix problemsADVERTISEMENT“Napakahirap. As much as we wanted to, shutting down totally the MRT operations will be a huge inconvenience to the public.) READ: MRT-3 ‘provisional service’ affects early morning commutersThis incident was unusual from the almost regular cases of technical glitches experienced by the MRT-3.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 16, 2017 08:48 UTC