Balintawak station is an elevated
Manila Light Rail Transit (LRT) station situated on
Line 1, and was constructed as part of the Line 1 North Extension Project. It opened on March 22, 2010.
The station serves passengers going to and from the northern parts of Luzon using the
North Luzon Expressway
The North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), signed as E1 of the Philippine expressway network, partially as N160 of the Philippine highway network, and R-8 of the Metro Manila arterial road network, is a limited-access toll expressway that connects ...
.
Balintawak is one of two Line 1 stations serving Quezon City, the other one is
Roosevelt
Roosevelt may refer to:
*Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), 26th U.S. president
* Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), 32nd U.S. president
Businesses and organisations
* Roosevelt Hotel (disambiguation)
* Roosevelt & Son, a merchant bank
* Rooseve ...
. It is the second station for trains headed to
Baclaran
Baclaran is a barangay located in the northern area of the city of Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is also known to be located at the borders of the cities of Parañaque and Pasay.
Because of its proximity to the seashore, the place w ...
, the nineteenth station for trains headed to Roosevelt. It served as the temporary northern terminus of the line before the completion of Roosevelt station in October 2010 and during the temporary closure of that station since September 2020 until December 2022 due to the ongoing construction of the
North Triangle Common Station
North Triangle Common Station (official temporary designation: ''Unified Grand Central Station'', also called Grand Central Station), popularly known as the Common Station, is an under-construction rapid transit terminal and transport hub that ...
.
The station is located at the boundary of barangays
Balingasa
Balingasa, commonly known as Balintawak and Cloverleaf, is an administrative division in eastern Metro Manila, the Philippines. It is an urban barangay located in Quezon City, at the city's western boundary with Caloocan.
The barangay's borde ...
, Unang Sigaw, and Apolonio Samson, in front of the Balintawak Market and near the
Quezon City
Quezon City (, ; fil, Lungsod Quezon ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read in Filipino as Kyusi), is the List of cities in the Philippines, most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a populatio ...
–
Caloocan
Caloocan, officially the City of Caloocan ( fil, Lungsod ng Caloocan; ), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in Metropolitan Manila, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 1,661,584 people making it the fourth-most ...
boundary. It is located near the
Balintawak Cloverleaf
The Balintawak Interchange , also known as the Balintawak Cloverleaf, is a two-level cloverleaf interchange in Quezon City, Metro Manila, the Philippines which serves as the junction between Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) and the North Luz ...
.
History
Balintawak station was constructed as part of the Line 1 North Extension Project, a extension of LRT-1 to the
North Avenue station of
MRT Line 3 as part of the MRT-LRT closing the loop project to integrate the operations of the
LRT-1 and
MRT-3
, locale = Metro Manila, Philippines
, start =
, end =
, type = Light rapid transit
, system = Manila Metro ...
. However, the integration of MRT-3 and LRT-1 operations did not happen, but this will change when the
North Triangle Common Station
North Triangle Common Station (official temporary designation: ''Unified Grand Central Station'', also called Grand Central Station), popularly known as the Common Station, is an under-construction rapid transit terminal and transport hub that ...
is set to partially open in 2022. Construction of the North Extension started in July 2008 and was completed in 2010. Balintawak station was opened on March 22, 2010.
Transportation links
There are several city buses and jeepneys plying
EDSA
Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, commonly referred to by its acronym EDSA, is a limited-access circumferential highway around Manila, the capital city of the Philippines. It passes through 6 of Metro Manila's 17 local government units or cities, ...
, as well as
A. Bonifacio Avenue below the Balintawak Interchange. A
UV Express
UV Express (formerly known as FX, Metered Taxi, and GT Express) is a license to operate utility vehicles, particularly vans, as an alternative mode of public transportation in the Philippines. The term also refers to the vehicles themselves. This ...
terminal is also found at
Ayala Malls Cloverleaf
Ayala Malls Cloverleaf is a shopping mall developed and managed by Ayala Malls, inside the Cloverleaf Estate in Quezon City.
This is among Ayala Malls' establishments in Quezon City, after Ayala Malls Vertis North, UP Town Center and TriNoma. ...
. The station serves as an interchange with the
EDSA Carousel
The EDSA Carousel is a bus rapid transit (BRT) line that is part of the bus routes in Metro Manila. The line has an exclusive right-of-way on a dedicated bus lane called the EDSA Busway which is separated from the normal road traffic in EDSA b ...
. The EDSA Carousel is accessible via the emergency exits of the station.
The station is served by bus route 39 at the nearby Ayala Malls Cloverleaf.
Nearby landmarks
The station is close to Balintawak Market and adjacent to
Puregold
Puregold Price Club, Inc. or simply Puregold (stylized as PUREGOLD) is a chain of supermarkets in the Philippines trading goods such as consumer products (canned goods, housewares, toiletries, dry goods, and food products, among others) on a ...
Balintawak. An access road to Ayala Land's Cloverleaf estate is built right beside the station. Accessing
Ayala Malls Cloverleaf
Ayala Malls Cloverleaf is a shopping mall developed and managed by Ayala Malls, inside the Cloverleaf Estate in Quezon City.
This is among Ayala Malls' establishments in Quezon City, after Ayala Malls Vertis North, UP Town Center and TriNoma. ...
from the station requires riding the shuttle service stationed near the southbound entrance.
See also
*
List of rail transit stations in Metro Manila
The following is a list of rail transit stations in the Greater Manila Area, which incorporates the Manila Light Rail Transit System, the Manila Metro Rail Transit System and the Philippine National Railways Metro Commuter Line. The list inclu ...
*
Manila Light Rail Transit System
The Manila Light Rail Transit System ( fil, Sistema ng Magaang Riles Panlulan ng Maynila), commonly known as the LRT, is an urban rail transit system that primarily serves Metro Manila, Philippines. Although categorized as a light rail system ...
References
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Manila Light Rail Transit System stations
Railway stations opened in 2010
Buildings and structures in Quezon City