Blumentritt station (LRT)
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| Location | Rizal Avenue, Santa Cruz and Tondo Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 14°37′21.82″N 120°58′58.4″E / 14.6227278°N 120.982889°E | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Department of Transportation Light Rail Manila Corporation | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | LRT Line 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (2 side) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Blumentritt | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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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Blumentritt station is an elevated Light Rail Transit (LRT) station located on the LRT Line 1 (LRT-1) system in Manila, Philippines. The station is situated above Rizal Avenue, particularly at its intersections with Old Antipolo Street and Blumentritt Road, from which the station's name is derived. The latter 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 LRT-1 trains headed to Dr. Santos, and the nineteenth station for trains headed to Fernando Poe Jr. It is one of the six Line 1 stations serving Santa Cruz district, along with Abad Santos, Tayuman, Bambang, Doroteo Jose, and Carriedo.
It is the second northernmost station on Rizal Avenue as the line shifts to Rizal Avenue Extension northwest of Abad Santos station.
History
Blumentritt station was opened to the public on May 12, 1985, as part of the Rizal Line, which extended the LRT northward to Monumento.[1][2] The station is one of the locations where a bomb exploded in a train cab on December 30, 2000, during the Rizal Day bombings that caused 22 fatalities and injuries to around 100.[3]
Transportation links
A Philippine National Railways (PNR) station with the same name exists just a short walk from the station. Buses, 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. The station will be linked to the upcoming North–South Commuter Railway.
See also
References
- ^ "The LRT as a Component of Metro Manila's Transport Systems" (PDF). Philippine Planning Journal. XVII (1). School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Philippines: 33-45. October 1985. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
- ^ "Railway Operations". Light Rail Transit Authority. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
- ^ "DOJ Indicts Asia's Most Wanted Terrorist in 2000 LRT Bombing". Department of Justice (Republic of the Philippines). July 7, 2003. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved May 26, 2021.