Blumentritt station (LRT)
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| Location | Rizal Avenue cor. New Antipolo and Blumentritt Road Santa Cruz & Tondo, Manila Philippines | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Department of Transportation Light Rail Manila Corporation | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | LRT Line 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  BlumentrittBuses, jeepneys, tricycles, and taxis | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | BL | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | May 12, 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The Blumentritt station is a station on the Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 1. Like all other Line 1 stations, Blumentritt station is above-ground. The station serves the districts of Tondo, Santa Cruz, and Sampaloc in Manila. The station itself is located near Blumentritt Road, which the station was named after. The street itself is named to honor Bohemian professor Ferdinand Blumentritt, one of José Rizal's closest associates and a sympathizer of the Propaganda Movement.
Blumentritt station serves as the seventh station for Line 1 trains headed to Baclaran, the fourteenth station for trains headed to Roosevelt, and is one of the five Line 1 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.
Transportation links
A Philippine National Railways (better known by its acronym, PNR) 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. Numerous tricycles could also be found near the station, servicing quick transportation from people disembarking from the station and from the jeepneys.