Doroteo Jose station
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| Location | Rizal Avenue, Santa Cruz Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Department of Transportation – Light Rail Transit Authority | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Light Rail Manila Corporation | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | LRT Line 1 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (2 side) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Recto Future: 8 Lerma | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes (Manila Grand Opera Hotel & Casino, Amaia Skies Avenida) | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | DJ | ||||||||||
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| Opened | May 12, 1985 | ||||||||||
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Doroteo Jose station is an elevated Light Rail Transit (LRT) station located on the LRT Line 1 (LRT-1) system in Santa Cruz, Manila. The station is situated on Rizal Avenue and slightly past Doroteo Jose Street. Both the station and the street are named after Doroteo Jose, a Filipino who was arrested by Spanish authorities in 1898 for leading a movement against a corrupt archbishop.[1][2]
Doroteo Jose station is the second station of LRT-1 north of the Pasig River, after Carriedo station. It is the tenth station for trains headed to Dr. Santos and the sixteenth station for trains headed to Fernando Poe Jr.
The station is near the Manila City Jail and the Fabella Memorial Hospital. Popular shopping centers such as the Isetann Cinerama Recto and the Odeon Terminal Mall are also nearby. Due to its position of being near the University Belt, the station is also close to educational institutions of the University Belt. It is one of the only stations on the line where commuters can transfer from one platform to another without having to go down to the street level. However, unlike the stations of Baclaran, Central Terminal, Carriedo, Balintawak, and Fernando Poe Jr., commuters still have to exit the fare gates to access the walkway above the platforms.
History
Doroteo Jose station was opened to the public on May 12, 1985, as part of the Rizal Line, which extended the LRT northward to Monumento.[3][4]
The station's renovation program began in December 2016.[5] The renovation improved and equipped the station with structural upgrades and new modern facilities. It was reopened in a ceremony on February 6, 2017.[6]
Transportation links
Doroteo Jose station serves as the transfer point between LRT Lines 1 and 2. The station is connected to Recto station by means of an elevated walkway.
The station, being near the University Belt of Manila, serves as an important transfer point for buses, taxis, and tricycles, although this role is also being given to the closer Recto station. Buses stop at the bus terminal on Recto Avenue.
Many provincial bus lines, such as Bataan Transit (Bataan, Pampanga, Pangasinan, and other Northern Luzon provinces), Genesis Transport Service Inc. (Bataan, Pampanga, and Baguio), Solid North Transit Inc. (Pangasinan and Tarlac), and Philippine Rabbit (Tarlac and Baguio) provide bus terminals near the station and serve the northern corridors.
Gallery
Overpass between platforms at Level 3
View from the overpass facing north
Southbound view from the station's overpass
Northbound view from the station's overpass
See also
References
- ^ Duludao, Manuel D. (2007). A Century of Philippine Legislature: Timeline of Events, People, and Laws That Shaped The Filipino Nation (Book). Vol. 1898–1945. Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines: Experience Philippines. OCLC 607859673.
- ^ "Sino si Doroteo Jose na ipinangalan sa isang kalye sa Sta Cruz?". GMA News Online (in Filipino). March 28, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Dela Paz, Chrisee (October 21, 2015). "Rehabilitation of LRT1 stations to start in December". Rappler. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- ^ "Gov't, LRMC inaugurate newly improved LRT 1 Doroteo Jose station". PPP Center of the Republic of the Philippines. February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2017.