EDSA station (LRT)

Train station in Pasay, Philippines EDSA station is an elevated Light Rail Transit (LRT) station located on the LRT Line 1 (LRT-1) system in Pasay. The station is situated on the intersection of Taft Avenue and Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, better known as EDSA, one of Metro Manila's major thoroughfares. The station and the avenue are both named after Epifanio de los Santos, a noted historian. The station is the seventh station for trains headed to Fernando Poe Jr., the nineteenth station for trains headed to Dr. Santos, and is one of the four LRT-1 stations serving Pasay; the others are Gil Puyat, Libertad and Baclaran. History EDSA station was constructed as part of the original alignment of Metrorail (present-day LRT-1), beginning in September 1981, after an economic recession delayed the project’s initial timeline. It formed part of the line's first constructed segment along Taft Avenue between EDSA and Libertad in Pasay. The station was opened to the public on December 1, 1984, as part of the line’s initial southern section, known as the Taft Line, which was the first segment to become operational. It existed long before the LRT-1 was extended northward along EDSA through