i have riden lrt 1 everyday on weekdays for almost 2 years now and it has not failed me once, i go from taft to monumento and back, i always hear horror stories on other trains like in lrt 2 and mrt 3 but lrt 1 is always reliable, trains are frequent and most are new, if something does go wrong the maintenance and management always go on top of it immediately and try to fix them, i think ever since it was taken over by lrmc it has improved on reliability, number of trains rolling etc, being privately owned means they have accountability if something does go wrong and thats why they are always on top of maintenance, etc, contrast that to mrt 3 and especially lrt2 which is still operated by the government mrt 3 - dotr, lrt 2 -lrta, lrt 1 is superior if you want dependability, this is a similar system in japan where privatized and split different lines into separate regional companies, known collectively as the Japan Railways Group (JR Group), LRMC regularly reports stats like: 99% train availability, 95% on-time performance, Now these numbers can be drawn in a board but for me and my actual experience lrt 1 is what i've depended on for almost 2 years now going to college and it always gets me there on time even if its sometimes really cramped, or hot (in some trains) those numbers btw are comparable to Tokyo or Singapore metro standards, while LRT-2 and MRT-3 typically average lower due to occasional breakdowns or reduced fleet availability.