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Encyclopedia > Baclaran LRT Station
Baclaran LRT Station

A platform at Baclaran station

Location Pasay City
Operational December 1, 1984
Line Yellow Line
Platforms 2

Baclaran LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line (LRT-1). Like all other LRT-1 stations, Baclaran station is above-ground. The station is located on the last stretches of Taft Avenue, on the Pasay City portion of Baclaran. The station is named after the famous shopping district of the same name. Pasay City is one of the cities and municipalities that comprise Metro Manila in the Philippines. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Manila Light Rail Transit System, popularly known as the LRT, is the main metropolitan rail system serving the Metro Manila area in the Philippines. ... Pasay City is one of the cities and municipalities that comprise Metro Manila in the Philippines. ...


Baclaran station is known as the southern terminus of LRT-1, being the first station for trains headed to Monumento and the last station for trains headed from Monumento. The Baclaran Depot, where LRT-1 trains are stored, maintained and cleaned, is near the station.


The station is near one of Baclaran's most famous landmarks, the Baclaran Shrine, home of Our Mother of Perpetual Help. It is also aptly situated near Baclaran's many shopping stalls and tiangges, selling everything from clothes to electronics to home decorations. Even traditional medicine is sold in Baclaran. The Heritage Hotel, home to the Casino Filipino in Pasay, is also near the station. Even an office of the Social Security System (SSS) is near the station. This article needs to be wikified. ... Medicine is the branch of health science and the sector of public life concerned with maintaining human health or restoring it through the treatment of disease and injury. ...


Transportation links

As the southern terminus, Baclaran station is a major transportation hub. Many buses and jeepneys stop at the Baclaran bus terminal, where people can board buses and jeepneys to their destinations. Buses that ply the EDSA route stop here, since buses are prohibited on Roxas Boulevard. Taxis also stop near the station, and taxis are also available going to Ninoy Aquino International Airport, which is only two kilometers from the station. Cycle rickshaws can also be used to navigate the streets of Baclaran from the station. The Ninoy Aquino International Airport or NAIA (IATA: MNL, ICAO: RPLL) is the international airport that serves Manila, in the Philippines, and its surrounding metropolitan area. ...


The station is set to be the transfer point for the Yellow Line extension, also known as LRT-6, which is currently proposed. When the extension is complete, the line is set to extend all the way to Bacoor in Cavite, with the first station south of Baclaran being Redemptorist. Bacoor is a first-class municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. ... Cavite is a province of the Philippines located on the southern shores of Manila Bay in the CALABARZON region in Luzon, just 30 kilometers south of Manila. ...



Preceding station Manila LRT Following station
Terminus   Yellow Line   EDSA


 

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