Dalian must pay to repair 48 MRT cars: DOTr

WHILE refusing to release the full Toronto Metro Line 3 (MRT) audit report, Transportation Secretary Arthur P. Tugade insisted that the "technical adjustments" for the 48 cars delivered by CRRC Dalian China's Sun be on Sunday, Tugade issued a general statement asking Dalian to pay the technical adjustments for light rail vehicles that it delivered to the government, citing an independent audit report issued by TUV Rheinland .

"The audit report shows that the trains that are delivered to us do not meet the standards.As for the details of the specifications on which the offer was awarded, there are variations on measurements and weight, "he declared

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" If you review the evaluation in depth, you will find that with the right solution, we can still use the trains without sacrificing the safety, security and life of the passengers of the day. plane. He says the work on the Dalian trains could be described as "manageable".

"We want Dalian to absorb the cost of repairing the trains," Tugade said. 19659002] Aly V. Narvaez, a spokesman for the MRT 3, said the adjustments involve incompatibility issues
previously cited by experts.

"The technical adjustments that should be made relate to non-compliance, which cover some incompati" 1965-002 Despite the fact that the problem was raised, the Department of Transport continued to refuse to publish the full report Godings Hope O. Libiran explained that the refusal of the Ministry of Transport (DOTr) stems from his intention to allow government-to-government arrangements to begin first not to "preempt high-level discussions."

Tugade said "the details on how CRRC Dalian will make the adjustments identified in the independent audit TUV Rheinland [are] targeted to be finalized before a high-level meeting of government-to-government between the Philippines and China [on] August 20. "

The government called on TUV Rheinland to conduct a thorough review of the trains purchased in Dalian, as there were problems with There was weight in safety before. In 1965, the Aquino administration launched the acquisition of 48 new wagons for the Edsa line. She faced several years late due to a legal dispute with the owner of the railway facility, the parent company of MRT Corp., MRT Holdings Inc.

. Despite receiving the first series of trains in early 2016, the roll-out of the new cars was postponed because the 48 light rail vehicles had to be "optimized and tested".

Signage on board the train was defective and was only purchased halfway through the construction of the 48 cars.

The on-board signaling system was only installed on trains in November 2016. The first batch of trains should have been deployed in March of the same year, on the basis of initial objectives.

Because of these problems, the DOTr wanted to deploy the 48 trains. in March 2017, but was unable to do so after groups raised questions about the weight of the train.

The overall expansion project, amounting to 3.8 billion P3, will bring the capacity of the line to 880,000 passengers a day. the current capacity of 3 50 000 commuters per day.