"It is during the five days before Christmas when there is normally a surge in passenger traffic, LRTA administrator Teddy Cruz Jr. said.
He said the last Monumento-bound train will leave at 9:30 p.m. instead of 9 p.m. while the last Baclaran-bound train will leave at 10 p.m. instead of 9:30 p.m. The first southbound and northbound trips start at 5 a.m.
Cruz said the LRTA will take advantage of the Christmas vacation to conduct pre-installation works for the new air-conditioning units in the old fleet and other related maintenance activities to ensure the safety of the system.
Passenger volume this Christmas season is expected to hit 400,000 a day.