Ref.: Maria Kristina E. Cassion
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December 11, 2008
The Light Rail Transit Authority announces today it will cut short its operating hours for both its Baclaran-Monumento (Line 1) and Recto-Santolan (Line 2) Systems on December 24 and 31 to give way for the much needed maintenance of its facilities.
The maintenance works will cover all physical facilities, rolling stocks, carriageways, signaling system and catenaries.
For Line 1, the last commercial train will depart from Baclaran at 8:00 PM and Monumento at 8:30 PM.
On the other hand, the last commercial train for Line 2 will depart from Santolan at 8:30 PM and Recto at 9:00 PM on December 24. The operating schedule for December 31 will however be shorter by an hour.
For those days that have been declared as special non-working holidays, the old schedule shall be followed.
LRTA Administrator Melquiades Robles said, as per historical data, they are expecting low ridership on these dates since most passengers stay at home to prepare for Christmas and New Year's Eve.
Robles also said they want to ensure the safety of their facilities as well as their passengers.
"We all know that many of our countrymen celebrate Christmas and New Year with fireworks which might affect our operations or injure some passengers on their way to or from the stations." Robles said.
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