Monumento LRT Station is a station on the
Manila LRTThe Manila Light Rail Transit System, popularly known as the LRT, is a metropolitan rail system serving the Metro Manila area in the Philippines. Although referred to as a light rail system because it originally used light rail vehicles, it has many characteristics of a rapid transit system, such...
Yellow Line (LRT-1). Like all other LRT-1 stations, Monumento station is above-ground. The station serves the southern portion of
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, and is named after the most famous landmark of Caloocan, the Monumento Circle, which houses the Bonifacio Monument, a famous monument to
Andrés BonifacioAndrés Bonifacio y de Castro was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary. He was a founder and later Supremo of the Katipunan movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution...
. The name
Monumento itself is derived from the
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word for monument.
Monumento station is located on Rizal Avenue. It is the fifth station for trains headed to
BaclaranBaclaran LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . The station is located on the last stretches of Taft Avenue, in the Pasay City portion of Baclaran, and, like all other stations on the LRT-1, Baclaran station is above-ground on viaduct...
, the eighteenth station for trains headed to
North AvenueNorth Avenue LRT Station, officially named Metro Manila Integrated Rail Terminal or Common Station, is a proposed station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line under the Line 1 North Extension Project. It is also the first trans-modular station in the Philippines that will connect with LRT-1, MRT-3, MRT-7...
, and is one of the three LRT stations serving Caloocan City, the others being
5th Avenue LRT Station5th Avenue LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, 5th Avenue station is above-ground. The station is located in Caloocan City and is located on Rizal Avenue Extension...
and the proposed
Malvar LRT StationMalvar LRT Station is a proposed station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line under the Line 1 North Extension Project. The station will be located on the intersection of Epifanio de los Santos Avenue and Gen. Malvar street in Caloocan City...
.
The station is also close to popular shopping malls and shopping centers like Uniwide and Ever Gotesco Grand Central, which are respectively located on opposite sides of the station.
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and its hospital are also near the station.
Today Monumento station is now installing two elevators and escalators, overpass over the guideway.
LRTA has added a platform at Monumento to go to
MalvarMalvar LRT Station is a proposed station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line under the Line 1 North Extension Project. The station will be located on the intersection of Epifanio de los Santos Avenue and Gen. Malvar street in Caloocan City...
,
BalintawakBalintawak LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line, and has been constructed during the Line 1 North Extension Project. It opened on March 22, 2010...
,
RooseveltRoosevelt LRT Station, also called Congressional Avenue or Muñoz LRT Station is a station of the Manila LRT Yellow Line and has been constructed during the Line 1 North Extension Project...
, and
North AvenueNorth Avenue LRT Station, officially named Metro Manila Integrated Rail Terminal or Common Station, is a proposed station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line under the Line 1 North Extension Project. It is also the first trans-modular station in the Philippines that will connect with LRT-1, MRT-3, MRT-7...
. They will do the same at
BaclaranBaclaran LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . The station is located on the last stretches of Taft Avenue, in the Pasay City portion of Baclaran, and, like all other stations on the LRT-1, Baclaran station is above-ground on viaduct...
once the proposed Cavite Extension Project has been approved and built.
Transportation links
There was a proposal to extend the
Manila Metro Rail Transit SystemThe Metro Rail Transit is Metro Manila's third rapid transit line. It forms part of the Strong Republic Transit System, which includes the Manila Light Rail Transit System. The line operates under the name Metrostar Express and is colored blue on rail maps.The line is located along the Epifanio de...
, or MRT-3, to Monumento, which would result in both stations being linked and Monumento LRT station becoming a transfer point between LRT-1 and MRT-3. Currently, these plans have been shelved in favor of an extension of the Yellow Line towards
North AvenueNorth Avenue LRT Station, officially named Metro Manila Integrated Rail Terminal or Common Station, is a proposed station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line under the Line 1 North Extension Project. It is also the first trans-modular station in the Philippines that will connect with LRT-1, MRT-3, MRT-7...
over the same routing as the previous MRT-3 proposal.
There is also a
Philippine National RailwaysThe Philippine National Railways , or PNR, is a state-owned railway company in the Philippines, operating a single line of track on Luzon. As of 2010, it operates one commuter rail service in Metro Manila and a second in the Bicol Region. PNR restored its intercity service to the Bicol region in 2011...
station nearby, but it is presently closed, pending reconstruction.
Buses and jeepneys that ply the EDSA and Taft Avenue routes also stop at Monumento Terminal, where there is a nearby bus terminal. Taxis are also available from Monumento.
Station layout
L2
Platforms |
Side platformA Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
, doors will open on the right |
| Platform A |
Yellow Line The Manila LRT Yellow Line is the first metro line of the Manila Light Rail Transit System. Presently, the line contains twenty-two stations and runs over twenty point seven kilometers of fully elevated track...
towards North AvenueNorth Avenue LRT Station, officially named Metro Manila Integrated Rail Terminal or Common Station, is a proposed station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line under the Line 1 North Extension Project. It is also the first trans-modular station in the Philippines that will connect with LRT-1, MRT-3, MRT-7...
(←) |
| Platform B |
Yellow Line The Manila LRT Yellow Line is the first metro line of the Manila Light Rail Transit System. Presently, the line contains twenty-two stations and runs over twenty point seven kilometers of fully elevated track...
towards BaclaranBaclaran LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . The station is located on the last stretches of Taft Avenue, in the Pasay City portion of Baclaran, and, like all other stations on the LRT-1, Baclaran station is above-ground on viaduct...
(→) |
Side platformA Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
, doors will open on the right |
| L2 |
Concourse |
Faregates, Ticket Booths, Station Control, shops |
| L1 |
Street Level |