Monumento station is an elevated Manila Light Rail Transit (LRT) station situated on Line 1. The station serves the southern portion of

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, and is named after the most famous landmark of Caloocan, the Monumento Circle, which houses the

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, a famous monument to Andrés Bonifacio. The name ''Monumento'' itself is derived from the

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word for monument. Being a former northern terminus of Line 1, it is called ''Monumento Terminal''. Monumento is located on

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in Grace Park West & Grace Park East,

. It is the third station for trains headed to

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, the eighteenth station for trains headed to

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, and is one of the two Line 1 stations serving the city of Caloocan, the other being

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. LRTA has modified two tracks at Monumento leading to Balintawak,

, and North Avenue stations. It underwent renovations in September 2017 and was relaunched on February 14, 2018, as Yamaha Monumento station as Light Rail Manila Corporation entered into a

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The station serves as a terminal and transfer point for several bus and jeepney routes serving the cities of

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, and

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via

Extension,

Samson Road Samson Road is a major east–west street in Caloocan, northern Metro Manila, Philippines. The road is a continuation of Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA), linked to it via the Bonifacio Monument Roundabout (Monumento) to form a single through ...

, and

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. Major provincial bus companies also have their own terminals right outside the station like

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, First North Luzon Transit, and RJ Express. There was a proposal to extend the

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, or MRT-3, to Monumento, which would result in both stations being linked and Monumento terminal becoming a transfer point between LRT-1 and MRT-3. Currently, these plans have been shelved in favor of an extension of the LRT-1 Line towards North Avenue over the same routing as the previous MRT-3 proposal. It is directly linked to SM City Grand Central, which replaced the former Ever Gotesco Grand Central that burned down. The station's east gate and platform are directly connected to the LRT Caloocan Mall.

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