page_title: MRT Line 3 (Metro Manila)
section_title: Rolling stock
hierarchical_section_title: MRT Line 3 (Metro Manila) / Rolling stock
caption_attribution_description: English: Inside a Manila Line 3 Class 3100 Train
context_page_description: The Metro Rail Transit Line 3, also known as the MRT Line 3, MRT-3 or Metrostar Express, is a light rapid transit system line of Metro Manila, Philippines. The line runs in an orbital north to south route following the alignment of the Epifanio de los Santos Avenue. Although it has the characteristics of light rail, such as with the type of rolling stock used, it is more akin to a rapid transit system owing to its total grade separation and high passenger throughput.
  Envisioned in the 1970s as part of the Metropolitan Manila Strategic Mass Rail Transit Development Plan, the thirteen-station, 16.9-kilometer line was the second rapid transit line to be built in Metro Manila when it started full operations in 2000 under a 25-year concession agreement between its private owners and the Philippine government's Department of Transportation.
  The line is owned by the Metro Rail Transit Corporation, a private company operating in partnership with the DOTr under a Build-Lease-Transfer agreement.
context_section_description: Two train types run in the line, the latest being those purchased from CRRC Dalian, under the Aquino administration.
  The deployment of the Dalian trainsets was delayed due to several factors, including weight limits on existing tracks and inconsistencies in production, which has since been corrected.
  Trains run at a maximum speed of 30–40 km/h (19–25 mph) due to worn-out tracks, which are being replaced since November 2019, and was origially set to be completed in February 2021. But due to the Enhanced community quarantine in Luzon, the rail replacement works has been fast-tracked and now set to be completed in September 2020. Once the rail replacement works are done, the operating speed of the trains will be gradually increased to 40 km/h (25 mph) by October, 50 km/h (31 mph) by November, and back to its original operating speed of 60 km/h (37 mph) by December 2020.
  The system has 73 light rail vehicles (LRV) made in the Czech Republic by ČKD (now part of Siemens AG) in a three-car configuration, a number of which are now damaged due to poor maintenance since 2012 by the previous appointed contractor of DOTC (now DOTr). The LRV's were purchased with export financing from the Czech government. Trains have a capacity of 1,182 passengers, which is a little bigger than the normal capacity of LRT Line 1 first generation rolling stock, although trains came with air conditioning. Despite this, it is designed to carry in excess of 23,000 passengers per hour per direction (PPHPD), and is expandable to accommodate 48,000 passengers per hour per direction.
  The plans for new rolling stock has been an issue for the MRT during the Aquino Administration, with plans to acquire 52 second-hand LRVs offered from Spain, under the leadership of then DOTC Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya, with ₱8.43 billion budget, along with Inekon Trams. However, undisclosed issues and train incompatibility issues regarding the project, the project was downgraded to 48 LRVs, with the contract having CRRC Dalian supply 48 new LRVs.
  However, due to poor maintenance by the previous maintenance contractors, the line currently operates with 7–10 minute headways under the DOTr orders, and the system's passenger volume is presently closer to 14,000–18,000 passengers per hour per direction.
  Early 2018, lack of spare parts for the trains decreased the number of usable trains to just 3 operational trains running during peak hour however by April 2018, 14–16 trains are now operational in peak and off-peak hours.
  On October 27, 2018, DOTr started the gradual deployment of the 2nd-generation trains. Three trainsets are set for full deployment by the end of 2019, as signalling upgrades and safety certificates are being made under the takeover of Sumitomo.
  Due to aging air conditioning units that have been in place since the line's inauguration and complaints of uncomfortable indoor temperatures from riders, replacement air conditioning units for the first-generation trainsets were ordered from Thermo King and installed.
  The Passenger Assist Railway Display System (PARDS), a passenger information system powered by LCD screens installed near the ceiling of the train that shows news, advertisements, current train location, arrivals and station layouts, are already installed inside the trains. PARDS is also installed on trains on LRT lines 1 and 2.
caption: Inside a Class 3100 train in 2019.
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