Recto LRT Station
Location	Santa Cruz, Manila
Operational	October 29, 2004
Line	Purple Line
Platforms	2

Recto LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Purple Line (MRT-2). Recto station is one of the many elevated stations that can be found on the line. The station is located in Santa Cruz in Manila. The station is named after C.M. Recto Avenue, where the station sits above it. The avenue in turn is named after Claro M. Recto, a famous politician. Manila (Filipino: Maynila) is the capital of the Philippines. ... October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 63 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Logo of the LRTA A Yellow Line train stopping at a station A Purple Line train parked at Santolan station. ... Manila (Filipino: Maynila) is the capital of the Philippines. ... Claro M. Recto (February 8, 1890 October 2, 1960), was a politician in the Philippines. ...

The station is the western terminus of MRT-2 and as such is the first station for trains headed to Santolan and the last station for trains headed from Santolan.

Due to its proximity to Doroteo Jose station, the station is near the same landmarks as Doroteo Jose station, such as the Manila City Jail, the Fabella Memorial Hospital and educational institutions such as Far Eastern University and the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. Doroteo Jose LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line (LRT-1). ... Far Eastern University (FEU) in the City of Manila is a nonsectarian, private institution of higher learning in the Philippines. ... Ushering in its Centennial Year, the Polytechnic University of the Philippines attempted to become the newest record-holder for the Worlds Largest Human Rainbow. The Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) is a Philippine state university. ...

Transportation links

True to its name, Recto station is a major transportation hub. Buses, jeepneys and cycle rickshaws all stop at a transportation terminal that lies under the Doroteo Jose-Recto walkway. The terminal lies on C.M. Recto Avenue. Buses that ply the Taft Avenue route stop near the station as well.

Recto station serves as the transfer point for commuters riding the Yellow Line to either Baclaran or Monumento via a crossway to Doroteo Jose station. Baclaran LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line (LRT-1). ... Monumento LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line (LRT-1). ...