Vito Cruz LRT Station

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Vito Cruz Station Manila Light Rail Transit System
Platform area of Vito Cruz Station.
Station statistics
Address	Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila
Lines	█ Yellow Line
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Baggage check	Yes
Other information
Opened	December 1, 1984
Owned by	Light Rail Transit Authority

	Yellow Line
							Monumento
							5th Avenue
							R. Papa
							Abad Santos
							Blumentritt
							Tayuman
							Bambang
							Doroteo Jose
							Carriedo
							Central Terminal
							United Nations
							Pedro Gil
							Quirino Avenue
							Vito Cruz
							Gil Puyat
							Libertad
							EDSA
							Baclaran

Vito Cruz LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line (LRT-1). Like all other LRT-1 stations, Vito Cruz station is above-ground. The station serves Malate in Manila and is the first station from Baclaran and the last station from Monumento to lie within Manila city bounds. The station is named after Vito Cruz Street (now Pablo Ocampo St.), where the station is located.

The station is the fifth station for trains headed to Monumento and the fourteenth station for trains headed to Baclaran. The station is near some major landmarks, such as the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas complex, the Harrison Plaza and University Mall shopping centers and the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, where some of the sports in previous Southeast Asian Games were played.

The station is also close to some educational institutions, such as the main campus of Arellano University, De La Salle University-Manila, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, and St. Scholastica's College. The station is also near Manila's main pelota court, where all of the city's jai-alai games are played.

Vito Cruz station is notorious for its unusually high number of suicide attempts. As a result, the LRTA has imposed a "speed limit" on trains entering stations to deter the number of successful suicides.

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Buses serving the Taft Avenue route, taxis, jeepneys and cycle rickshaws stop in and around the station. Some destinations, such as St. Scholastica's College, are within walking distance from the station. There is also a Philippine National Railways station of the same name, although the station is far from the station, requiring a commute from the station.

Preceding station	Manila LRT			Following station
Gil Puyat		Yellow Line		Quirino Avenue

Coordinates: 14°33′48.51″N, 120°59′40.85″E