Quezon Avenue MRT Station

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 Quezon Avenue
Manila Metro Rail Transit System
MRT Quezon 2011.jpg
Quezon Avenue Station platform area.
Station statistics
Address Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, Brgy. Pinyahan, Diliman, Quezon City
Lines MRT-3
Structure Elevated
Platforms Side platform
Tracks 2
Baggage check Yes
Other information
Opened December 15, 1999
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by Department of Transportation and Communications
Metro Rail Transit Corporation
Services
Preceding station   Manila MRT   Following station
Terminus
Blue Line
toward Taft Avenue
MRT Line 3
North Avenue LRT-1 
Quezon Avenue
Kamuning
Araneta Center-Cubao MRT-2 
Santolan
Ortigas
Shaw Boulevard
Boni
Pasig River
Guadalupe
Buendia
Ayala
Magallanes PNR 
Metro Manila Skyway
Taft Avenue LRT-1 


Quezon Avenue MRT Station, also called Quezon for short, is a station on the Manila MRT Blue Line (MRT-3). Quezon Avenue station is one of the many elevated stations that can be found on the line. The station is located in Diliman in Quezon City and is named after Quezon Avenue, one of the busy thoroughfares of Quezon City. It is named after Quezon Memorial Circle.

The station is the second station for trains headed to Taft Avenue and the twelfth station for trains headed to North Avenue.

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Nearby landmarks [edit]

One of the most famous landmarks that can be seen from the station is the headquarters of ABS-CBN, one of the Philippines' largest and leading media companies, located at Sergeant Esguerra Street, near Quezon Avenue. Quezon Memorial Circle and Triangle Park can also be accessed from this station where a few government buildings stand like the PAGASA Complex, Office of the Ombudsman, Court of Tax Appeals and the Lung Center of the Philippines. The station is directly linked to Centris Station and Centris Walk shopping centers within Eton Centris.

Transportation links [edit]

Buses, jeepneys and taxis can be used to navigate the area. There is a bus stop near the station entrance.

Station layout [edit]

L3 Overpass
L2
Platforms
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Platform A MRT Line 3 towards North Avenue (←)
Platform B MRT Line 3 towards Taft Avenue (→)
Side platform, doors will open on the right
L2 Concourse Faregates, Ticket Booths, Station Control, Shops, Bridge to Eton Centris
L1 Street Level Eton Centris, Manila Seedling Bank, National Power Corporation

See also [edit]