{"id":58597,"date":"2021-01-25T13:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T05:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=58597"},"modified":"2021-01-25T13:09:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T05:09:49","slug":"lrt-2-is-now-operating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2021\/01\/25\/lrt-2-is-now-operating\/","title":{"rendered":"LRT-2 is Now Operating Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Light Rail Transit 2 or LRT-2 Station is now opened to the public.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"gmail-p1\">Last week, officials from Light Rail Transit Authority led by\u00a0<b>LRTA Administrator Gen. Reynaldo Berroya<\/b>\u00a0rode the train for a final inspection.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"gmail-p1\"><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"gmail-p1\"><b>SAFETY AND PROTOCOLS<\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"gmail-p1\">Berroya reassured the public that all appropriate tests were conducted to confirm the stability and reliability of the provisional power supply for the reopening of Santolan, Anonas, and Katipunan stations to passengers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-p1\">\u201cWe will resume whole line operations with limitations and restrictions while the full restoration and repairs of the fire-damaged Rectifier Substation (RSS) Nos. 5 and 6, signaling and telecommunications are simultaneously being undertaken,\u201d Berroya stressed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-p1\">He also highlighted that they comply with all safety guidelines before reopening and reminding the public to do their part to prevent the spread of COVID-19<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-p1\">\u201cWe are committed to keeping our passengers safe while riding the LRT-2 so we strictly adhere to the minimum health standards prescribed by the Department of Health (DOH), Department of Transportation (DOTr), and Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases,\u201d Berroya said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-p1\">In which, disinfection of train\u2019s interior is done every after loop.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"gmail-p1\"><b>CASHLESS TRANSACTION<\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"gmail-p1\">To prevent the spread of the virus, the cashless transaction remains the ideal mode of payment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-p1\">\u201cBuying and loading of tickets are being done only at ticket vending machines (TVM) and e-loading machines to reduce physical contact between passengers and tellers,\u201d Berroya added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LOOK: Officials of the Light Rail Transit Authority as headed by LRTA Administrator Gen. Reynaldo Berroya are doing an ongoing station inspection and train ride to ensure the readiness of the LRT-2 System for its resumption to full line operations tomorrow, January 22, 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AgpW6i6bCQ\">pic.twitter.com\/AgpW6i6bCQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LRT2 (@OfficialLRTA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialLRTA\/status\/1352183893936410627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"gmail-p1\"><b>SCHEDULE AND RESTORATION<\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"gmail-p1\">Berroyo reminded commuters to allot additional hours in their travel time due to the speed restriction of trains, which is 30 kilometers per hour (kph).<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-p1\">From Santolan to Recto stations will take more than 35 minutes compared to 28 minutes when the system is in normal and good condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-p2\">\u00a0\u201cWe are hoping to deploy more trains on LRT-2\u2019s fleet so we are expediting the restoration of down trains. Fielding more trains will reduce the current headway and add more passengers to our current 32,000 average daily ridership as affected by the pandemic restrictions,\u201d he ended.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"gmail-p2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-58599\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/01\/EsPjHZJVkAALCOb.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"812\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/01\/EsPjHZJVkAALCOb.jpeg 945w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/01\/EsPjHZJVkAALCOb-300x210.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/01\/EsPjHZJVkAALCOb-768x538.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-p2\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>IMAGE from LRTA\u00a0Twitter account<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"gmail-p2\" style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialLRTA\/status\/1352183893936410627\">LRTA<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-p2\" style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Written by Cedie Salido<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LRT-2 station is back on track <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,95],"tags":[14326,14321,5061,14376,14377],"class_list":["post-58597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-feature-story","tag-cedie-salido","tag-covid","tag-lrt-2","tag-lrta-administrator-gen-reynaldo-berroya","tag-schedule-and-restoration"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/08\/LRT2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58597"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58606,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58597\/revisions\/58606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}