Monumento station
Monumento station is a station on the Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 1. Like all other Line 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 Line 1, it is called Monumento Terminal.
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| Other names | Yamaha Monumento | ||||||||||
| Location | 706 Rizal Avenue Extension Caloocan, Metro Manila Philippines | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 14°39′14.74″N 120°59′02.06″E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Department of Transportation Light Rail Manila Corporation | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Line 1 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2, 1 reserve | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus & Jeepney Connection to LRT Caloocan Mall | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | MO | ||||||||||
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| Opened | May 12, 1985 | ||||||||||
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  Monumento Location within Metro Manila | |||||||||||
Monumento is located on Rizal Avenue in Calaanan West & Calaanan 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 two Line 1 stations serving the City of Caloocan, the other being 5th Avenue.
LRTA has modified two tracks 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 station as Light Rail Manila Corporation entered into a naming rights deal with Yamaha Motor Philippines.[1]
Transportation links
The station serves as a terminal and transfer point for several bus and jeepney routes serving the cities of Manila, Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, and Valenzuela via Rizal Avenue Extension, 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.
References
- "Yamaha Motor bags 3-year naming right for LRT-1 Monumento station". Manila Bulletin. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.