Katipunan LRT Station

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This article is about the Manila LRT station. For other uses, see Katipunan (disambiguation).

Katipunan LRT Station
Location	Loyola Heights, Quezon City
Operational	April 5, 2003
Line	Purple Line
Platforms	2

Katipunan LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Purple Line (MRT-2). Unlike other stations on the Purple Line or on the entire LRT system, Katipunan station is the only station that is underground. The station is located in Loyola Heights in Quezon City and is named because of its location on Katipunan Avenue, one of Quezon City's main thoroughfares. The avenue is in turn named after the Katipunan.

Katipunan station serves as the tenth station for trains headed to Santolan and the second station for trains headed to Recto.

Because of its location near Katipunan Avenue, the station's most famous landmarks are Ateneo de Manila University and Miriam College, both of which lie on Katipunan Avenue, but lie some distance from the station. Commuters also get off at Katipunan station to go to the University of the Philippines campus in Diliman, which is also some distance from the station.

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Buses, taxis, jeepneys and tricycles are used to navigate the Katipunan area. Commuters headed to the area's universities, such as Ateneo de Manila, Miriam College, or UP (University of the Philippines) Diliman have to transfer to reach the campuses, since they lie some distance from the station.

Preceding station	Manila LRT			Following station
Anonas		Purple Line		Santolan