Baclaran station is an elevated
Light Rail Transit
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(LRT) station located on the
LRT Line 1 (LRT-1) system in
Pasay
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. Situated on the last stretches of
Taft Avenue
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right at the border with
Baclaran,
Parañaque
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. The station is named after the famous shopping district of the same name, which is located on the borders of the cities of Pasay and Parañaque. Opened in 1984, the station served as the line's initial southern terminus, historically known as South Terminal, until Phase 1 of the Cavite Extension was opened in 2024.
The station is the sixth station for trains headed to
Fernando Poe Jr. and the twentieth station for trains headed to
Dr. Santos. Baclaran is one of the four LRT-1 stations serving Pasay; the others are
Gil Puyat,
Libertad, and
EDSA
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. The line's depot is located near the station.
The terminal is near one of the country's most famous landmarks, the
National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, widely known as the Baclaran Church. It is also near numerous dry goods and
flea market
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s (''tiangges''), selling everything from clothes and electronics to home decorations and traditional medicine. It is also interconnected to adjacent shopping malls such as MyMall and Baclaran LRT Shopping Mall.
Transportation links
Baclaran station is a major transportation hub, with many buses and jeepneys terminating here. Buses coming from the terminal usually head to points south of Manila and the province of
Cavite
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. Jeepneys that stop here usually go to various destinations in Metro Manila (
Las Piñas
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,
Parañaque
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, and
Muntinlupa
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to the south;
Manila
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,
Pasay
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,
Quezon City
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, and
Caloocan
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Caloo ...
to the north) and the province of Cavite. Taxis also ply for hire near the station, with dedicated taxis available for passengers heading to
Ninoy Aquino International Airport
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, which is only about from the station.
Cycle rickshaw
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s or pedicabs and
tricycles
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Some tricycles, such as cycle rickshaws (for passenger transport) and freight trikes, ...
can also be used to navigate the interior streets of Baclaran and Santo Niño in Pasay from the station.
Incidents
* January 3, 2008: A fire blazed at a shopping mall in Baclaran around 5 a.m.
PST. Windy weather fanned the flames and brought smoke to the Baclaran terminal up to the next station at EDSA.
* August 11, 2008: A fire blazed in Baclaran Terminal Plaza Mall near the station. This was resumed on August 13.
* April 13, 2023: A malfunction occurred at the station, causing LRT Line 1 to go on limited operations from
Gil Puyat to
Roosevelt beginning at 1:40 p.m PST.
Gallery
File:Entrance to LRT 1 Baclaran Station, Parañaque City.jpg, Entrance
Baclaran LRT Shopping Mall, Parañaque City.jpg, Station's link with Baclaran LRT Shopping Mall
See also
*
List of rail transit stations in Metro Manila
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*
Manila Light Rail Transit System
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References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baclaran station
Manila Light Rail Transit System stations
Railway stations in the Philippines opened in 1984
Buildings and structures in Pasay