Redemptorist station is an under-construction
Manila Light Rail Transit (LRT) station situated on
Line 1. It is part of the Line 1 South Extension Project. The station would be the northernmost of the extension. It would be the twenty-second station from the northern terminus at
Common Station. It would be built in
Baclaran
Baclaran is a barangay located in the northern area of the city of Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is also known to be located at the borders of the cities of Parañaque and Pasay.
Because of its proximity to the seashore, the place w ...
,
Parañaque and would be named after the nearby Redemptorist Road. The station will be adjacent to
Baclaran Church
The National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help ( fil, Pambansáng Dambana ng Iná ng Laging Saklolo), also known as the Redemptorist Church and colloquially as Baclaran Church, is a prominent national shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Perpet ...
,
Department of Foreign Affairs Office of Consular Affairs along Bradco Avenue,
Parqal and Singapore School of Manila.
History
Redemptorist station was first planned as part of the
Line 1 South Extension plan, which calls for a mostly elevated extension of approximately . The extension will have 8 passenger stations with an option for 2 future stations (
Manuyo Uno and
Talaba).
The project was first approved on August 25, 2000 and the implementing agreement for the project was approved on January 22, 2002.
However, construction for the extension was repeatedly delayed until the project was shelved years later.
The plans for the southern extension project were restarted as early as 2012 during the
Aquino administration and was expected to begin construction in 2014, but was delayed due to right of way issues. The issues were resolved in 2016 and the project broke ground on May 4, 2017. Meanwhile, construction works on the south extension began on May 7, 2019 after the
right-of-way
Right of way is the legal right, established by grant from a landowner or long usage (i.e. by prescription), to pass along a specific route through property belonging to another.
A similar ''right of access'' also exists on land held by a gov ...
acquisitions were cleared.
, the project is 75.3% complete. The extension is slated for partial operations by September 2024
and full operations by second quarter of 2027.
See also
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List of Manila LRT and MRT stations
The following is a list of rail transit stations in the Greater Manila Area, which incorporates the Manila Light Rail Transit System, the Manila Metro Rail Transit System and the Philippine National Railways Metro Commuter Line. The list include ...
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Manila Light Rail Transit System
The Manila Light Rail Transit System ( fil, Sistema ng Magaang Riles Panlulan ng Maynila), commonly known as the LRT, is an urban rail transit system that primarily serves Metro Manila, Philippines. Although categorized as a light rail system ...
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Manila Light Rail Transit System stations
Proposed railway stations in the Philippines