Blumentritt LRT Station

Blumentritt Station Rapid transit
Platform Area of Blumentritt Station
Station statistics
Address	Rizal Avenue cor. New Antipolo and Blumentritt streets Sampaloc, Manila
Lines	█ Yellow Line
Connections	Transfer to Orange Line via Rizal Avenue sidewalk to Blumentritt station.
Structure	Viaduct
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Baggage check	No
Other information
Opened	May 12, 1985
Code	Bl
Owned by	Light Rail Transit Authority
Services
Preceding station   Manila LRT   Following station Abad Santos toward Roosevelt Yellow Line Tayuman toward Baclaran Preceding station   PNR   Following station Tutuban Terminus Commuter Express Transfer at: Blumentritt Laong Laan toward Biñan Southrail Transfer at: Blumentritt Laong Laan toward Legazpi

Blumentritt LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line (LRT-1). Like all other LRT-1 stations, Blumentritt station is above-ground. The station serves Sampaloc in Manila. The station itself is located near Blumentritt Street, which the station was named after. The street itself is named to honor Czech professor Ferdinand Blumentritt, one of José Rizal's closest associates and a sympathizer of the Propaganda Movement.

Blumentritt station serves as the ninth station for LRT-1 trains headed for Baclaran, the fourteenth station for trains headed to North Avenue, and is one of the five LRT stations serving Santa Cruz District, the others being Tayuman, Bambang, Doroteo Jose, and Carriedo.

It is the second-to last station on Rizal Avenue before the line shifts to Rizal Avenue Extension at Abad Santos station. Like its southern counterpart at Tayuman, the station is near the old San Lazaro Hippodrome, which now houses SM City San Lazaro.

Transportation links

A Philippine National Railways station exists just a short walk from the station, also known as Blumentritt station. Jeepneys and taxis that ply Rizal Avenue and nearby routes stop at Blumentritt station, where there is a nearby transportation terminal.

Rizal Day bombings

On Rizal Day (December 30), 2000, an LRT-1 car exploded as part of a series of explosions in a terrorist attack known as the Rizal Day bombings. The particular attack on the LRT killed some 22 people and injured hundreds. Eight members of both Jemaah Islamiyah and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which include Hambali, Asia's most wanted man, and the late Fathur Roman al-Ghozi, were charged with plotting and masterminding the attacks in 2003, some three years after the attacks.