Remember when Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the MRT wasn’t “that bad” after he gave it a test run last November?
Yeahhh, no. It’s pretty bad.
Unless, of course, your idea of “not that bad” is riding a train that emits smoke. Take a look at what happened this morning.
Passed by MRT minutes ago and saw this. @ABSCBNNews @ANCALERTS @gmanews @gmanewsbreaking @rapplerdotcom pic.twitter.com/gulPOtuACY
— Ludo, the Clouded Mirror (@iamludo) January 26, 2018
This forced limited operations in the capital’s busiest rail line.
Passengers were offloaded near the Cubao station as firefighters sprayed water on the train car.
It was not immediately known what caused the vehicle to emit smoke while on the line’s southbound track.
Eyewitnesses told MRT management that they saw smoke coming out from the door of the train car.
Smoke reportedly came from underneath a seat inside the car, where the electronic components were located.
The smoke was contained at 2:15pm and the train was towed for repair, officials said
Twelve trains were running before the incident, but management limited their service from Taft Avenue station to Shaw Boulevard, both in the northbound and southbound tracks, thereafter.
What do you think? Not that bad?
