Taft Avenue MRT Station

Taft Avenue Station Rapid transit
Taft Avenue station at daytime.
Station statistics
Address	Epifanio De Los Santos Avenue Pasay City
Lines	█ Blue Line
Connections	Transfer to Yellow Line via elevated walkway to EDSA station.
Structure	Concourse: Elevated Platform area: At-grade
Platforms	Island platform
Tracks	2, 1 reserve (sometimes used)
Baggage check	Yes
Other information
Opened	July 20, 2000
Accessible
Owned by	Department of Transportation and Communications Metro Rail Transit Corporation
Services
Preceding station   Manila MRT   Following station Magallanes toward North Avenue Blue Line Terminus Preceding station   Manila LRT   Following station Libertad toward Roosevelt Yellow Line Transfer at: EDSA Baclaran Terminus

	Blue Line
							North Avenue
							Quezon Avenue
							Kamuning
							Araneta Center-Cubao
							Santolan
							Ortigas
							Shaw Boulevard
							Boni
							Guadalupe
							Buendia
							Ayala
							Magallanes
							Taft Avenue

Taft Avenue MRT Station is a station on the Manila MRT Blue Line (MRT-3), and is the only MRT station in Pasay City. Like all other MRT stations, Taft Avenue is above-ground, although it is the only station that is at grade, lying directly on flat ground. The station is located at the corner of Epifanio De Los Santos Avenue, or EDSA, one of Metro Manila's main thouroughfares, and Taft Avenue (this intersection is usually referred to as EDSA Rotonda). The station is named after Taft Avenue, which is named after former U.S. President and US Chief Justice William Howard Taft, in which he became Governor-General of the Philippines in 1903.

The station is the southern terminus of the Blue Line and is the first and last station for trains headed to and from North Avenue respectively. Its convenient location has helped create many businesses in the area, from the number of hotels and motels to restaurants and shops, with a good majority of them being a short walk from the station. It is near Metropoint Mall and Saver's Square, both of which are popular with commuters; and the Winston Lodge and a branch of Sogo Hotel, two of the many motels found along EDSA. It is also the stop for SM Mall of Asia, Heritage Hotel, and the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Manila International Airport).

Transportation links

Many provincial bus lines, such as Victory Liner and Five Star Bus Company (serving Northern Luzon) and Philtranco (serving Southern Luzon and the rest of the Philippines), have bus terminals near the station. Buses and jeepneys from this station ply for various points in Metro Manila (Pasay City, Muntinlupa City (Sucat and Alabang), Paranaque City (Bicutan), SM Mall of Asia, Las Pinas City, City of Manila, Caloocan City, and Makati City) and the southern provinces of Cavite, Batangas, and Laguna.

The station is also the transfer point for commuters riding the Manila Light Rail Transit System's Yellow Line, or LRT-1, being connected by a walkway embracing the Metropoint Mall.

A shuttle bus connects the station to Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.