Glitches force MRT trains to unload passengers on Saturday morning

Technical glitches hit  Metro Rail Transit Line 3 trains on Saturday morning, resulting in the unloading some 900 passengers. 

Super Radyo dzBB reported that some 600 northbound passengers were offloaded at 6:52 a.m. at the Boni Station due to a glitch in the signaling system. Affected passengers were served seven minutes later by another train, the report said.

Less than an hour later, another MRT train unloaded some 300 southbound passengers at 7:48 a.m. at the Santolan Station due to electrical problem, a separate dzBB report said.

FLASH: Tren ng MRT-3, nagpababa ng mga pasahero sa Santolan Station (SB) kaninang 7:48 am dahil sa problemang teknikal. | via @dotcmrt3 pic.twitter.com/MrjffLhBEa

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) January 6, 2018

Normal southbound operations were restored minutes later. —LBG, GMA News