Monumento LRT station

 Yamaha Monumento 
Manila Light Rail Transit System
Monumento Terminal station / Yamaha Monumento Station
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 / 14.6540944; 120.9839056
Owned by Department of Transportation
Light Rail Transit Authority
Line(s) LRT Line 1
Platforms Side platforms
Tracks 2, 1 reserve
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code MO
History
Opened May 12, 1985
Services
Preceding station   Manila LRT   Following station
toward Roosevelt
LRT-1
toward Baclaran

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.

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

  1. ↑ "Yamaha Motor bags 3-year naming right for LRT-1 Monumento station". Manila Bulletin. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
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