Magallanes MRT Station

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Magallanes MRT Station
Location	Magallanes, Makati City
Operational	July 20, 2000
Line	Blue Line
Platforms	2

	Blue Line
							North Avenue
							Quezon Avenue
							Kamuning
							Araneta Center-Cubao
							Santolan-Annapolis
							Ortigas
							Shaw Boulevard
							Boni Avenue
							Guadalupe
							Buendia
							Ayala
							Magallanes
							Taft Avenue

Magallanes MRT Station is a station on the Manila MRT Blue Line (MRT-3). It is one of the many elevated stations found on the line. The station is named after the Magallanes district of Makati City, which in turn is named after Ferdinand Magellan, who discovered the Philippines on April 15, 1521 and killed by Lapu-lapu and his men in Cebu. Although the station is named after Magallanes, it also serves passengers from barangays Kayamanan-C, Dasmariñas, Pio del Pilar, and San Lorenzo in Makati City, and from Taguig City.

The station is the second station from Taft Avenue and the twelfth station from North Avenue. It is the last station in Makati City before the MRT crosses over to Pasay City.

The station is the closest station to the South Luzon Expressway, as well as to Pasong Tamo and Pasong Tamo Extension (now called Chino Roces Avenue and Chino Roces Avenue Extension, respectively). It is also located near Dasmariñas Village and Ecology Village, two major residential areas in the Makati area. It is also close to some prominent business headquarters and institutions, such as those of the Philippine operations of Levi's and GlaxoSmithKline, schools such as Assumption College, Don Bosco Technical Institute and Colegio San Agustin-Makati and shopping centers such as Makati Cinema Square (near Don Bosco) and the upscale Magallanes Center.

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Magallanes Station's transport terminal outside the MRT station serves cycle rickshaws, taxis, jeepneys, and buses. Buses that ply the EDSA and South Luzon Expressway routes (both city and provincial) stop near the station. Passengers may board jeepneys under the Magallanes interchange, wherein these go to various locations in Metro Manila (northern and western Makati City, Makati Central Business District, Taguig City, Pasay City, and the City of Manila). Taxis are also available near the station, and the taxi stands are located along with the bus stops near the MRT station (both northbound and southbound EDSA).

Passengers wishing to take the PNR may also take a short walk to EDSA-Magallanes railway station located near the Magallanes interchange, south of Chino Roces Avenue.

Preceding station	Manila MRT			Following station
Taft Avenue		Blue Line		Ayala

Coordinates: 14°32′30.43″N, 121°01′09.24″E