5th Avenue station (LRT)
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| Location | 242 Rizal Avenue Extension Grace Park East Caloocan, Metro Manila, Philippines | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 14°38′40.11″N 120°59′0.87″E / 14.6444750°N 120.9835750°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Department of Transportation Light Rail Manila Corporation | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | LRT Line 1 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (2 side) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 5A | ||||||||||
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| Opened | May 12, 1985 | ||||||||||
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5th Avenue station is an elevated Light Rail Transit (LRT) station located on the LRT Line 1 (LRT-1) system in Caloocan, Philippines.[1] The station is situated on the intersection of Rizal Avenue Extension and 5th Avenue (C-3), after which the station is named, at the boundaries of Grace Park East and Grace Park West.
5th Avenue station serves as the fourth station for LRT-1 trains headed to Dr. Santos, the twenty-second station for trains headed to Fernando Poe Jr., and is one of the two LRT-1 stations serving Caloocan, the other being Monumento station.
History
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5th Avenue station was opened to the public on May 12, 1985, as part of the Rizal Line, which extended the LRT northward to Monumento.[2][3]
Transportation links
[edit]The station is served by buses and jeepneys plying the Rizal Avenue and 5th Avenue routes. Tricycles may also be boarded at nearby streets.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Lalu, Gabriel Pabico (June 10, 2021). "LRT Line 1 stopped temporarily due to affected train at 5th Avenue Station". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
- ^ "The LRT as a Component of Metro Manila's Transport Systems" (PDF). Philippine Planning Journal. XVII (1). School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Philippines: 33-45. October 1985. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
- ^ "Railway Operations". Light Rail Transit Authority. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
