EDSA station is an elevated
Manila Light Rail Transit (LRT) station situated on
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. The station is located on the intersection of
Taft Avenue and
Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, or EDSA, one of
Metro Manila's major thoroughfares. The station was named after EDSA, which in turn is named after
Epifanio de los Santos, a noted
historian.
The station is the second station for trains headed to
Roosevelt, the nineteenth station for trains headed to
Baclaran, and is one of the four Line 1 stations serving
Pasay, the others are
Gil Puyat,
Libertad and
Baclaran.
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The station is served by an abundance of buses, jeepneys, and taxis on both EDSA and Taft Avenue routes, with stops near the station. Many provincial bus lines, such as Victory Liner (serving Northern Luzon) and Philtranco (serving Southern Luzon and the rest of the Philippines), have bus terminals near the station. Buses and jeepneys from this station ply for various points in Metro Manila, like
Pasay,
Muntinlupa (
Sucat
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and
Alabang),
Taguig and
Parañaque
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cities (Bicutan),
SM Mall of Asia,
Las Piñas,
City of Manila,
Quezon City,
Caloocan, and
Makati and the southern provinces of
Cavite,
Batangas, and
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The station is also the transfer point for commuters riding the
Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 3. The station is connected to MRT-3's
Taft Avenue station
Taft Avenue station is a Manila Metro Rail Transit (MRT) station situated on Line 3 and is the line's only station in Pasay. Located at the intersection of Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA), one of Metro Manila's major thoroughfares, and Taf ...
by a walkway around the exterior of the Metro Point Mall, with two entrances to the mall itself.
Expansion
The station is undergoing expansion works to widen its capacity, from to as the station caters more than 52,000 passengers daily. The expansion works began on June 26, 2019, and is expected to be finished on 2022.
However, the upgrade was finished earlier than expected in anticipation for the
Cavite Extension Project on October 21, 2019.
The project consists of the expansion of the structure through the third floor of the adjacent Lianas/Mayson department store, and constructing a bridge to connect nearby areas.
The expansion also features a new roofing system, a widened floor area by dismantling the old ticket booths in order to widen the space of the station, an increased floor-to-ceiling height in other areas of the station, and the construction of a new fire exit for the southeast leg of the station. The expansion also features new comfort rooms, a Person With Disability (PWD) ramp, LED lighting setups, interior paint jobs, and floor finishes.
See also
*
List of rail transit stations in Metro Manila
*
Manila Light Rail Transit System
References
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Manila Light Rail Transit System stations
Railway stations opened in 1984
Buildings and structures in Pasay