Fernando Poe Jr. station

Train station in Quezon City, Philippines Fernando Poe Jr. station, also known by its previous name Roosevelt station, is the current northern terminus of the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) system. It opened on October 22, 2010, as part of the LRT-1 North Extension Project, as Roosevelt (Tagalog: [ˈrusvɛlt, ˈrusbɛlt]) and got its current name on August 20, 2023, almost two years after the namesake avenue was officially renamed after the Filipino actor. Fernando Poe Jr. is one of the two LRT-1 stations serving Quezon City, the other being Balintawak. It is located along EDSA at the boundary of barangays Veterans Village and Ramon Magsaysay (Bago Bantay) in Quezon City, both of Projects 7 and 8, respectively. It links to Congressional Avenue and Fernando Poe Jr. Avenue. History Initial planning and construction The station was first planned for the second phase of the MRT Line 3 (MRT-3), known as Muñoz station. The second phase would have extended the MRT Line 3 from its northern terminus at North Avenue to Monumento to create a seamless rail loop around Metro Manila. The station was planned to be located near the San Francisco del Monte River. It was also planned as an inter