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Arbitration may be the solution to the seven-year-old case of unsuitable trains from China left idle at the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT 3) depot, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said.
Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista told reporters on Friday that while the government had yet to solve the issue of the incompatible trains delivered by Dalian Co. Ltd. in 2017, intervention may be needed.
“It’s possible for the case to undergo arbitration. In fact, it seems that that’s where the problem with Dalian is headed,” Bautista said during a press conference.
The issue involves 48 sets of trains that the Philippine government purchased from China-based Dalian in 2014 to expand the major railway system.
When the P3.75-billion trains were delivered in 2017, however, the government found that these were too heavy to use in the existing MRT 3 system.
