Monumento station
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Yamaha Monumento | |||||||||||
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Manila Light Rail Transit System | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 706 Rizal Avenue Extension, Grace Park East, Caloocan 1403 | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 14°39′14.74″N 120°59′02.06″E / 14.6540944°N 120.9839056°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Department of Transportation Light Rail Transit Authority | ||||||||||
Line(s) | LRT Line 1 | ||||||||||
Platforms | Side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2, 1 reserve | ||||||||||
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Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | MO | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | May 12, 1985 | ||||||||||
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Monumento LRT station is a station on the Manila LRT (LRT-1). Like all other LRT-1 stations, Monumento is above-ground. The station serves the southern portion of Caloocan, and is named after the most famous landmark of Caloocan, the Monumento Circle, which houses the Bonifacio Monument, a famous monument to Andrés Bonifacio. The name Monumento itself is derived from the Spanish word for monument. Being a former terminal in LRT-1, it is called Monumento Terminal.
Monumento is located on Rizal Avenue in Barangay Grace Park East, Caloocan. It is the third station for trains headed to Baclaran, the eighteenth station for trains headed to Roosevelt, and is one of the three LRT stations serving the city of Caloocan, the others being 5th Avenue LRT station and the proposed Malvar LRT station.
LRTA has added a platform at Monumento to go to Balintawak, Roosevelt, and North Avenue.
It undergo renovations on September 2017 and was relaunched on February 14, 2018 as Yamaha Monumento LRT Station as Light Rail Manila Corporation entered into a naming rights deal with Yamaha Motor Philippines.[1]
Nearby landmarks
Aside from the Monumento Circle, this station is also close to popular malls and shopping centers like Victory Central Mall, which is located near the terminal. Araneta Square Mall, Puregold Caloocan and Puregold Monumento also stand nearby. Other points of interest in the area include Our Lady of Grace Shrine, Caloocan City Public Library and Malabon Zoo.
Transportation links
The station serves as a terminal and transfer point for several bus and jeepney routes serving the cities of Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas and Valenzuela via Samson Road and MacArthur Highway. Major provincial bus companies also have their own terminals right outside the station like Victory Liner, First North Luzon Transit and RJ Express.
There was a proposal to extend the Manila Metro Rail Transit System, or MRT-3, to Monumento, which would result in both stations being linked and Monumento terminal becoming a transfer point between LRT-1 and MRT-3. Currently, these plans have been shelved in favor of an extension of the LRT-1 Line towards North Avenue over the same routing as the previous MRT-3 proposal.
Station layout
L2 Platforms |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Platform A | ← LRT Line 1 towards Roosevelt | |
Platform B | → LRT Line 1 towards Baclaran → | |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
L2 | Concourse | Faregates, Ticket Booths, Station Control, shops, LRT North Mall, Jackman Plaza |
L1 | Street Level | Victory Central Mall, LRT North Mall |
See also
References
- ^ "Yamaha Motor bags 3-year naming right for LRT-1 Monumento station". Manila Bulletin. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.