LRT gets more than 350,000 additional passengers due to “Skyway 3 effect”

Metro Manila residents hate traffic—so much so that they’ll risk being crushed by crowds.

“The volume of passengers using the Light Rail Transit (LRT) has risen to about 7% a week after the construction of Skyway Stage 3 Project has begun,” reports Mary Rose A. Hogaza in the Manila Bulletin.

That translates to an increase of around 369,318 passengers.

READ: LRT management says they can’t handle any more passengers 

The report cited Leo Marie, an LRT employee, who revealed that before the Skyway Stage 3 Project started, their records show that they service 5,465,113 passengers in a week. However, their most recent weekly data showed that they served 5,834,431 passengers.

Screengrab from LRT’s Twitter Page




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