MRT-3 operations stalled due to power loss

MRT-3 operations were stalled Thursday night due to a blackout, an MRT-3 official told GMA News Online. Ricky Arceo, officer-in-charge of the MRT-3 control center, said the power loss at around 9:50 p.m. stemmed from the Manila Electric Company substations in Balintawak and Diliman. He said the incident cut off power from the North EDSA station, where the MRT-3 control center is located. "Wala kaming control sa lahat ng train. 'Di na mahanap [ang ibang train] sa monitoring system," Arceo said, explaining the shutdown of operations in other stations. The cancelled train rides were supposed to be the last trip for the MRT-3 line. Arceo said various MRT-3 stations have already given refunds to affected customers. Reports from Youscoopers saying they were stuck in various stations first came at around 10:15 p.m. Other reports said passengers at the Taft terminal station were asked to step off the train at around 10:30 p.m. because of a power outage at the control center. Another passenger, Charls Singson (@supercharls), informed GMA News through a tweet that passengers in the Buendia station were stuck in the train for over 45 minutes. Kamuning MRT staff then said trains were on the way but told passengers to leave as trains could not run on weak power supply – Bea Cupin, Josh Villanueva, and Pia Faustino/PE/MRT, GMA News