Monumento station

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Monumento
Other names	Yamaha Monumento
Location	706 Rizal Avenue Extension Caloocan, Metro Manila Philippines
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
Operated by	Light Rail Manila Corporation
Line(s)	Line 1
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2, 1 reserve
Connections	Bus, Jeepney, UV Express
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	MO
History
Opened	May 12, 1985
Services
Preceding station Manila LRT Following station Balintawak towards Roosevelt Line 1 5th Avenue towards Baclaran
Location
Monumento Location within Metro Manila

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.

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 leading to Balintawak, Roosevelt, and North Avenue stations.

It underwent 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 and building 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.

It was formerly linked to the Ever Gotesco Grand Central, which burned down and was later rebuilt as SM City Grand Central. The mall is directly linked as well like its predecessor. The east gate and platform is directly connected to the LRT North Mall.

See also[]

• List of rail transit stations in Metro Manila
• Manila Light Rail Transit System

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