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All MRT-3 escalators, elevators 'up and running' as Sumitomo completes repairs: operator

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/business/08/20/mrt.jpg"/><figcaption>MRT-3 says all 46 escalators and 34 elevators in all stations are now &quot;up and running.&quot; <em>Photo: DOTr MRT-3 Twitter page</em></figcaption></figure></div><p><br/>MANILA - All Metro Rail Line - 3 (MRT-3) elevators and escalators are now up and running after maintenance provider Sumitomo-MHI-TESP completed repairs on non-operational units, its operator said Thursday. </p><p>Forty six escalators and 34 elevators in all its stations are now &quot;up and running&quot; as of Aug. 20, the DOTR MRT-3 said in an advisory.</p><p>&quot;Magiging malaking tulong sa mga commuters ang pagkaayos ng lahat ng escalators at elevators,” said MRT-3 director for operations Michael Capati.</p><p>(The repairs of the elevators and escalators are a big help for commuters)</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">MAGANDANG BALITA!<br/><br/>FULLY OPERATIONAL na ang LAHAT ng mga escalators at elevators ng MRT-3 ngayong araw, 20 Agosto 2020, matapos makumpleto ng Sumitomo-MHI-TESP ang pagkukumpuni sa mga non-operational units. <a href="https://t.co/opP0aZA0mb">pic.twitter.com/opP0aZA0mb</a></p>— DOTr MRT-3 (@dotrmrt3) <a href="https://twitter.com/dotrmrt3/status/1296319427227422721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 20, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Commuters have earlier complained that some of Metro Manila&#x27;s main train lines are inoperable, particularly its elevators and escalators. </p><p>The MRT-3 operator said it would delay its weekend repair schedule to later this year. </p><p>Railways, trains, buses and other modes of public transport have resumed operations on Aug. 19 after Metro Manila was placed back to general community quarantine. <br/> </p>

<p>Forty six escalators and 34 elevators in all its stations now "up and running" as of Aug. 20, the DOTR MRT-3 said in an advisory.<br /> </p>

Forty six escalators and 34 elevators in all its stations now "up and running" as of Aug. 20, the DOTR MRT-3 said in an advisory.