The post Abaya-Roxas era in the management of the MRT-3 is now
really a thing of the past. Everything now is undergoing rehabilitation after
it was left into a poor condition under the Aquino administration.
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said the new rails from
Japan are being expected to arrive in the Philippines within the 3rd
of this year amid the ongoing rehabilitation of the Metro Rail Transit 3
(MRT-3).
“Over 50 percent of the rails are ready for shipment from Japan,
and are expected to arrive in the Philippines in the third quarter of this year
(July - August 2019) — several months earlier than its scheduled date of
delivery,” the DOTr said in a statement.
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| Rails manufactured by Japanese steel firm Nippon Steel are set to arrive in the country by third quarter of this year as part of ongoing rehabilitation activities of the MRT-3 (photo credit to DOTr) |
The Nippon Steel-made rails will be delivered and prepared for
installation at the tracks’ laydown yard near the Parañaque Integrated
Transport Exchange.
The Nippon Steel made rails is
expected to make the running of the MRT-3 smoothly with the repair of its wheel
lathe machine last March and the upcoming replacement of all its mainline
tracks.
“With
the repair of MRT-3’s wheel lathe machine last March and the upcoming
replacement of all of MRT-3’s mainline tracks, MRT-3’s will be running smoother
and with less vibration. Vibration is one of the enemies of any mechanical and
electrical equipment, and is one of the causes of MRT-3’s breakdowns in the
past,” the DOTr’s statement read.
The
consortium of Sumitomo, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and TES Philippines
(Sumitomo-MHI-TESP) said earlier parts of the light rail vehicles for the
railway system will arrive in next month while tracks and signaling components
are set to be delivered in August.
Sumitomo-MHI-TESP
will undertake the overhaul of all 72 light rail vehicles of the MRT-3, replace
all mainline tracks, rehabilitate power and overhead catenary systems, upgrade
the signaling system, communications and CCTV systems, and repair all of
MRT-3’s escalators and elevators, among other system repairs and improvements.
The project is expected to last for 43 months with rehab works slated
for completion within the first 26 months.
As per the DOTr the much needed MRT rehabilitation project is seen
to increase the number of operating trains from 15 to 20 at peak hours, double
the train operating speed from 30 to 60 kilometers per hour, reduce by half the
headway or waiting time from 7-10 minutes to just 3.5 minutes and increase
train capacity from an average of 300,000 passengers per day to 650,000
passengers daily.
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