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With 294K passengers, MRT-3 sets a new record for ridership.

MANILA, Philippines β€” On Thursday, the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) set a new daily ridership record of 294,621, surpassing the previous day’s mark of 293,290.

This is the greatest number since the rail service reopened in June 2020, following the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.

The MRT-3 said in a Facebook post that the increase in passengers could be due to its “Libreng Sakay (free ride)” program and increased maximum passenger capacity by adding two four-car Czech CKD trains and one Chinese Dalian train, in addition to the 18 three-car CKD trains that are regularly in service.

It claims that each four-car train can carry up to 1,576 passengers, an increase of 394 passengers over the three-car trains.

At any given time, 18 to 21 trains are said to be running on the MRT-3.

The MRT-3’s trains currently run at a maximum speed of 60 kilometers per hour, cutting the duration between trains from 8.5 to 9 minutes to 3.5 to 4 minutes following the completion of the rehabilitation.

The MRT-3’s free riding program began on Monday and will expire on April 30. It is intended to commemorate the completion of the MRT-3’s reconstruction and to relieve the public’s burden of rising fuel prices.

During all MRT-3 operational hours, all passengers are eligible for the free service.

An average of 250,000 to 300,000 passengers use the MRT-3 in May 2020, just before public transit is shut down due to the Covid-19 epidemic.

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