Blumentritt station is an elevated Manila Light Rail Transit (LRT) station situated on

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. The station serves the districts of Tondo, Santa Cruz, and Sampaloc in

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. The station itself is located near

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, which the station was named after. The street itself is named to honor

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Ferdinand Blumentritt Ferdinand Johann Franz Blumentritt (10 September 1853, Prague – 20 September 1913, Litoměřice) was an Austrian teacher, secondary school principal in Leitmeritz, lecturer, and author of articles and books in the Philippines and its ethno ...

, one of

José Rizal José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (, ; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is considered the national he ...

's closest associates and a sympathizer of the

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. With the ongoing construction of NLEX Connector (previously known as NLEX-SLEX Connector Road, the station was built below the elevated expressway. Blumentritt station serves as the seventh station for Line 1 trains headed to Baclaran, the fourteenth station for trains headed to Roosevelt, and is one of the five Line 1 stations serving Santa Cruz District, the others being Tayuman, Bambang, Doroteo Jose, and Carriedo. It is the second-to last station on Rizal Avenue before the line shifts to Rizal Avenue Extension at Abad Santos station. Blumentritt station is one of the blast locations where a bomb exploded in a train cab on December 30, 2000, as part of the

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that caused 22 fatalities and around 100 injuries.

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(PNR) station with the same name exists just a short walk from the station. Buses, jeepneys and taxis that ply Rizal Avenue and nearby routes stop at Blumentritt station, where there is a nearby transportation terminal. Numerous tricycles could also be found near the station, servicing quick transportation from people disembarking from the station and from the jeepneys.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Blumentritt station (LRT) Manila Light Rail Transit System stations Railway stations opened in 1985 Buildings and structures in Santa Cruz, Manila 1985 establishments in the Philippines

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