Glitch at Buendia Station disrupts MRT trips

(Updated 5:37 p.m.) Commuters using the Metro Rail Transit 3 were inconvenienced anew Sunday after a glitch hit the system again.

Light Rail Transit Authority spokesman Hernando Cabrera said the problem was at the Buendia Station.

But as of 11:30 a.m., Cabrera said the MRT resumed full-line operations.

In an earlier interview on dzBB radio, he said the train had to be pushed, and that as of 10:30 a.m., MRT trips were limited.

@attycabs :Ang biyahe lamang ng MRT as of 10:30am ay mula North Avenue hanggang Shaw Blvd at Shaw. Blvd hanggang North Ave.

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) August 17, 2014
 

"MRT3 defective train at Buendia Station, half life operation, North Avenue to Shaw Boulevard and back only implemented at around 10:30 AM," Cabrera later said on his Twitter account.

The latest incident was a repeat of last Friday's occurrence, when a train stalled between Ortigas and Santolan Stations and also had to be pushed by another train to the North Avenue terminal.

Last Wednesday, a coach of the MRT went out of control and overshot the safety barrier at the Taft Avenue Station in Pasay City.

Nearly 40 people were injured.

The MRT connects Taft Avenue in Pasay City to North Avenue in Quezon City via EDSA. — Joel Locsin /LBG/BM, GMA News