Commuters, You Can Ride These Buses While the MRT Is Under Maintenance

(SPOT.ph) With many people heading out of the Metro this Holy Week, commuters should expect major roadways to be congested. To escape traffic, people usually turn to the MRT-3, but the railway system will undergo its annual general maintenance shutdown from April 15 to 21. To help ease the impact of the shutdown, the Department of Transportation deployed 140 buses that will service passengers under the MRT-3 Bus Augmentation Program from April 15 to 17 and April 20 to 21.

The bus units will be making trips to and from different MRT-3 stations from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. According to an advisory released by the agency, the fare matrix will follow that of the MRT-3.

Here are the desginated pick-up and drop-off points for each station:

North Avenue

• Southbound: MRT station
• Northbound: Trinoma

Quezon Avenue

• Southbound: MRT station
• Northbound: Centris

Kamuning

• Southbound: In front of SMDC, near Pag-IBIG Fund Building
• Northbound: MLQU Building (old)

Cubao

• Southbound: Stairway Vista Hotel
• Northbound: Expo Center

Santolan

• Southbound: VV Soliven
• Northbound: MRT station

Ortigas

• Southbound: MRT station
• Northbound: Megamall or Robinson

Shaw Boulevard

• Southbound: Starmall waiting shed
• Northbound: Megamall

Boni Avenue

• Southbound: Bus stop near stairway
• Northbound: Bus stop near SMDC Light

Guadalupe

• Southbound: Footbridge Loyola
• Northbound: Foortbridge

Buendia

• Southbound: Bus stop near Shell gasoline station
• Northbound: Bus stop

Ayala

• Southbound: Bus stop near SM
• Northbound: Bus stop near Telus Building

Magallanes

• Southbound: Bus stop near San Lorenzo Building
• Northbound: MRT stairway

Taft Avenue

• Southbound: Before Kabayan
• Northbound: Near McDonalds and SOGO Hotel