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Bambang LRT Station
Bambang station is an elevated Light Rail Transit (LRT) station located on the LRT Line 1 (LRT-1) system in Santa Cruz, Manila. The station is situated on the intersection of Rizal Avenue and Bambang Street, where the station got its name. Bambang station serves as the ninth station for trains headed to Dr. Santos and the seventeenth station for trains headed to Fernando Poe Jr. It is notable for having a commercial hub for medical and laboratory supplies within its vicinity. History Bambang station was opened to the public on May 12, 1985, as part of the Rizal Line, which extended the LRT northward to Monumento. Transportation links Commuters can take the many jeepneys, tricycles and taxis from Bambang station towards their destinations in the Manila, especially the districts of Quiapo, Santa Cruz, Sampaloc and Tondo. The station is also served by buses plying Rizal Avenue. See also *List of rail transit stations in Metro Manila *Manila Light Rail Transit System The M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manila
Manila, officially the City of Manila, is the Capital of the Philippines, capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City, with a population of 1,846,513 people in 2020. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on the island of Luzon, it is classified as a Cities of the Philippines#Independent cities, highly urbanized city. With , Manila is one of the world's List of cities proper by population density, most densely populated cities proper. Manila was the first chartered city in the country, designated bPhilippine Commission Act No. 183on July 31, 1901. It became autonomous with the passage of Republic Act No. 409, "The Revised Charter of the City of Manila", on June 18, 1949. Manila is considered to be part of the world's original set of global cities because its commercial networks were the first to extend across the Pacific Ocean and connect Asia with the Hispanic America, Spanish Americas through the Manila galleon, galleon trade. This marked t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Poe Jr
Ronald Allan Kelley Poe (August 20, 1939 – December 14, 2004), known professionally as Fernando Poe Jr., and often referred to by his initials FPJ, was a Filipino actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, and politician. His long and successful career as an action star earned him the nickname "Da King" (i.e. the "King of Philippine movies"). He also wrote, directed, and produced several of the films he starred in—under the pseudonyms Ronwaldo Reyes and D'Lanor. Poe appeared in around 300 films from 1955 to 2003. Poe entered the film industry as a stuntman following the death of his father, actor Fernando Poe Sr., and made his film debut in 1955 with ''Anak ni Palaris'', a sequel to a film that starred his father. His breakout came in the 1956 film ''Lo Waist Gang'' and went on to star in action films that portrayed him as the "champion and defender of the poor and oppressed". His notable films include: ''Only the Brave Know Hell'' (1965), Lino Brocka's '' Santiago!' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manila Light Rail Transit System Stations
Manila, officially the City of Manila, is the capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City, with a population of 1,846,513 people in 2020. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on the island of Luzon, it is classified as a highly urbanized city. With , Manila is one of the world's most densely populated cities proper. Manila was the first chartered city in the country, designated bPhilippine Commission Act No. 183on July 31, 1901. It became autonomous with the passage of Republic Act No. 409, "The Revised Charter of the City of Manila", on June 18, 1949. Manila is considered to be part of the world's original set of global cities because its commercial networks were the first to extend across the Pacific Ocean and connect Asia with the Spanish Americas through the galleon trade. This marked the first time an uninterrupted chain of trade routes circling the planet had been established. By 1258, a Tagalog-fortified polity called Maynil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rail Transit Stations In Metro Manila
The following is an alphabetical list of rail transit stations in the Greater Manila Area, which make up the region's rail network. The list includes existing and future Manila Light Rail Transit System (LRT), Manila Metro Rail Transit System (MRT) and Philippine National Railways (PNR) stations in the region. Summary There are 63 operational stations on the Greater Manila Area's rail network, with 38 from the LRT's two lines, 13 from the MRT's one line, and 12 from the PNR. There were also previously 35 operational PNR stations, but operations were suspended to give way for the construction of the North–South Commuter Railway (NSCR). In the future, 88 new stations are under construction and are planned to be opened: 39 for the MRT, 8 for the LRT, and 36 for the PNR, bringing the total to 146 stations. All stations, except for Antipolo and the 12 operational stations of the PNR, are situated within Metro Manila, with several future stations planned for the surrounding re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tondo, Manila
Tondo is a district located in Manila, Philippines. It is the largest, in terms of area and population, of Manila's sixteen districts, with a census-estimated 654,220 people in 2020. It consists of two congressional districts. It is also the second most densely populated district in the city. Etymology The name Tondo can be derived from its Old Tagalog name, Tundun as inscribed in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription of 900 AD, the earliest native document found within the Philippines. Dutch anthropologist Antoon Postma, the first to translate the copperplate, believes the term ''tundun'' originated from Sanskrit, which was used alongside History of the Malay language, Malay as a language of politics and religion in the area at the time. Before this landmark discovery, several theories (however incorrect now) existed. Philippine National Artist Nick Joaquin once suggested that it might be a reference to a high ground ("tundok"). On the other hand, French linguist Jean-Paul Pote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sampaloc, Manila
Sampaloc is a district of Manila, Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot .... It is referred to as the University Belt or simply called "''U-Belt''" for numerous colleges and universities are found within the district such as the University of Santo Tomas, the oldest extant university in Asia; the National University (Philippines), National University, the first private nonsectarian and coeducational institution in the Philippines; the Far Eastern University, known for its Art Deco campus and cultural heritage site of the Philippines; and the University of the East, once dubbed as the largest university in Asia in terms of enrollment. The district is bordered by the districts of Quiapo, Manila, Quiapo and San Miguel, Manila, San Miguel in the south, Santa Mesa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quiapo, Manila
Quiapo () is a district of the city of Manila, in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. Known as the “Old Downtown of Manila", the district’s most famous landmark is Quiapo Church, a Basilicas in the Catholic Church, minor basilica National shrine, enshrining Asia's most sacred Black Nazarene image, which has been Procession, processed every January in the historic district, attracting millions of devotees from all over the country and region. The historic district is also dotted with numerous heritage sites, ranging from ancestral and heritage houses such as those in Hidalgo Street, museums, art galleries, libraries, historic places of worship such as Church (building), churches and mosques, historic cinemas, as well as historic parks and streets, many of which have been run over by informal settlers and the construction of shanty houses, as well as buildings built by corporations. Many historic sites were destroyed by both the Japanese and American colonizers duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeepney
A jeepney (), or simply a jeep (), is a type of Public transport, public utility vehicle (PUV) that serves as the most popular means of Transportation in the Philippines, public transportation in the Philippines. Known for its crowded seating and kitsch decorations, it is a cultural icon of the Philippines and has its own art, "Jeepney art". At the 1964 New York World's Fair, a Sarao Motors, Sarao jeepney was exhibited in the Philippine pavilion as a national symbol for Filipinos. Jeepneys originate from the History of the Philippines (1898–1946), American colonial period–share taxis known as "auto kalesa, calesas", commonly shortened to "AC". These evolved to modified imported cars with attached carriages in the 1930s which served as a cheap passenger utility vehicles in Manila. These vehicles were mostly destroyed in World War II. The need for replacement transport vehicles led to the use of US military, U.S. military Willys MB, jeeps left over from the war, which became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light Rail Transit Authority
The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) is a public transport operator that is responsible for the construction, operation, maintenance and/or lease of Manila Light Rail Transit System in the Philippines. It is organized as a government-owned and controlled corporation under the Department of Transportation (DOTr) as an attached agency. History The results of a fourteen-month study conducted between 1976 and 1977 by Freeman Fox and Associates suggested a street-level light rail line in Manila. These proposals were revised by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, later the Department of Transportation (DOTr), to an elevated system in order to avoid building in the city's many intersections. On July 12, 1980, President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos created the Light Rail Transit Authority through Executive Order No. 603, and assigned First Lady and Governor of Metro Manila Imelda Marcos as its chairman. While the LRTA confined its roles to policy making, fare regu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of The Philippines
The University of the Philippines (UP; ) is a Higher education in the Philippines#State universities and colleges, state university system in the Philippines. It is the country's national university, as mandated by List of Philippine laws, Republic Act No. 9500 (UP Charter of 2008), giving it institutional autonomy. Originally founded by the Insular Government, American occupational government on June 18, 1908, it was established through the ratification of Act No. 1870 of the 1st Philippine Legislature to serve as an "advanced instruction in literature, philosophy, the sciences and arts, and to give professional and technical training" to eligible students regardless of "age, sex, nationality, religious belief and political affiliation." The University of the Philippines system has 8 constituent universities (CUs) and 1 autonomous college: University of the Philippines Diliman, UP Diliman, which serves as the system's flagship university, University of the Philippines Los B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monumento Station
Monumento station is an elevated Light Rail Transit (LRT) station located on the LRT Line 1 (LRT-1) system in the southern portion of Caloocan. It is named after the most famous landmark of Caloocan, the Monumento Circle, which houses the Bonifacio Monument, a famous monument to Filipino revolutionary Andrés Bonifacio. The name ''Monumento'' itself is derived from the Spanish word for monument. It opened on May 12, 1985, when LRT-1 became fully operational. Being the northern terminus of LRT-1 until Balintawak was opened in 2010, it is called ''Monumento Terminal'' and historically as ''North Terminal''. Monumento is located on Rizal Avenue in Grace Park West & Grace Park East, Caloocan. It is the third station for trains headed to Dr. Santos, the twenty-third station for trains headed to Fernando Poe Jr., and is one of the two LRT-1 stations in Caloocan, the other being 5th Avenue. LRTA has modified two tracks at Monumento leading to Balintawak, Fernando Poe Jr., and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LRT Line 1 (Metro Manila)
The Light Rail Transit Line 1, commonly referred to as LRT Line 1 or LRT-1, is a state-owned (through Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA)) but privately operated (by Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC)) light rapid transit system line in Metro Manila, Philippines, and as part of the Manila Light Rail Transit System. Originally referred to as Metrorail and the Yellow Line, LRT Line 1 was reclassified to be the Green Line in 2012. It travels in a general north–south direction from Dr. Santos station, Dr. Santos to , and then east–west from Monumento to Roosevelt station (LRT), Fernando Poe Jr. Currently, the line consists of 25 stations and runs on of fully elevated route. Although it has the characteristics of light rail, such as with the type of rolling stock used, it is more akin to a rapid transit system owing to its total grade separation and high passenger throughput. First envisioned in a 1977 study conducted by Hyder Consulting, Freeman Fox and Associates which sugg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
