Baclaran LRT Station

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Baclaran LRT Station
Location	Paranaque City
Operational	December 1, 1984
Line	Yellow Line
Platforms	2

Baclaran LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line (LRT-1). The station is located on the last stretches of Taft Avenue, in the Pasay City portion of Baclaran, and, like all other stations on the LRT-1, Baclaran station is above-ground on viaduct. The station is named after the famous shopping district of the same name.

Baclaran is the southern terminus of the LRT-1, where trains from Monumento terminate. The line's depot], where trains are stored, maintained and cleaned, is located near the station.

The station is near one of Baclaran's most famous landmarks, the Baclaran Shrine, home of Our Mother of Perpetual Help. It is also near to the numerous dry goods and flea markets (tiangges), selling everything from clothes and electronics to home decorations and traditional medicine.

[edit] Transportation links

Baclaran terminal is a major transportation hub, with many buses and jeepneys terminating here. Taxis also ply for hire near the station, with dedicated taxis available for people going to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, which is only two kilometers from the station. Cycle rickshaws can also be used to navigate the interior streets of Baclaran from the station.

[edit] Future

The station is set to be the transfer point for the Yellow Line extension, also known as the LRT-6, which is currently at the proposal stage. If and when the extension is realised, the line is set to extend all the way to Bacoor in Cavite, with the first station south of Baclaran being Redemptorist.

Preceding station	Manila LRT			Following station
Redemptorist		Yellow Line Extension proposed		Terminus
Terminus		Yellow Line		EDSA