The two stations of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 1 that were closed after a freak accident involving two trains last February finally reopened early Monday. In a report aired over GMA Network's Unang Balita, reporter Dano Tingcungco said that LRT-1's Roosevelt and Balintawak stations resumed operations on Monday at 5 a.m.
Tingcungco said that only a few passengers have so far availed of the stations' services, probably because no one knows that the stations have reopened. But he quoted LRT employees as saying that the passengers are expected to flock later in the day or later in the week. Last Feb. 18, two LRT trains on the way to Roosevelt station collided at the reversing track at the LRT-1 in Quezon City. An investigation showed one of the drivers was texting when the incident occurred. The two stations are part of the North Extension Project that will link LRT-1 and MRT-3 through a common station which is expected to be completed next year. Earlier in the day, another "
glitch" stranded several passengers of LRT-1, affecting passengers in northern Metro Manila. LRT Administration spokesman Hernando Cabrera said the LRT-1 trains had to go slow due to the ongoing repairs to the train's 30-year-old rails. With the slow speed of the trains, several commuters crowded the LRT terminal at Monumento in Caloocan City. Cabrera estimated it would take two hours to replace one to two rail segments. The LRT-1 first became operational in 1984.
— Kimberly Jane Tan/RSJ, GMA News 
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