Six stations of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) line 1 will be closed until monday this coming weekend. A spokesperson of the LRT Authority (LRTA) said that Six stations of LRT Line 1 will not be operational during this coming Saturday (May 28) and Sunday (May 29) and will resume operations on Monday (May 30). This is because of the integration and fine-tuning of the rail system’s signaling system between the original LRT line-1 (Baclaran to Monumento) and the LRT Line-1 north extension (Balintawak to Roosevelt). The original line uses Siemens signaling system while the north extension utilizes a Tewet brand.
The stations that will be operational on the weekend is from Baclaran in Pasay to Blumentritt in Manila. While Abad Santos, R. Papa, 5th Avenue, Monumento, Balintawak and Roosevelt stations will be temporarily suspended. Thousands of commuters are to be affected and millions of pesos lost in revenue with this temporary closures. Hopefully there will be no delays.
