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MRT-3 served around 357K passengers a day in 2023: DOTr

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt=" Commuters ride the MRT-3 at the North Avenue Station in Quezon City on July 7, 2022. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/07/07/20220707-mrt-3-commuters-md-1.jpg"/><figcaption>Commuters ride the MRT-3 at the North Avenue Station in Quezon City on July 7, 2022.<em> Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) saw a record number of more than 129 million riders in 2023, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said Wednesday.</p><p>In a statement, the DOTr said the MRT-3 had 129,030,158 passengers in 2023.</p><p>This is up by 30 percent from the 98,330,683 riders it had in 2022.</p><p>Average daily ridership also went up to 357,198 from the previous year’s 273,141.</p><p>The MRT registered the highest single-day ridership on August 22, with a total of 450,298 passengers. August also the highest number of passengers at 11,618,005.</p><p>The DOTr also said 220,706 passengers benefitted from MRT-3&#x27;s free ride programs in 2023.</p><p>The minimum MRT fare is expected go up to around P16 from P13 in the first quarter of 2024.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/business/12/13/23/higher-mrt-3-fares-likely-in-first-quarter-of-2024-dotr">Higher MRT-3 fares likely in first quarter of 2024: DOTr</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED STORY:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2765559" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>