5th Avenue station is an elevated Light Rail Transit (LRT) station located on the LRT Line 1 (LRT-1) system in Caloocan, Philippines.[1] The station is situated on Rizal Avenue Extension at the boundaries of Grace Park East and Grace Park West. The station is located above the avenue's intersection with 5th Avenue (C-3), after which the station is named.
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Location | 242 Rizal Avenue Extension Grace Park East Caloocan, Metro Manila, Philippines | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 14°38′40.11″N 120°59′0.87″E / 14.6444750°N 120.9835750°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Department of Transportation Light Rail Manila Corporation | ||||||||||
Line(s) | LRT Line 1 | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 (2 side) | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
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Station code | 5A | ||||||||||
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Opened | May 12, 1985 | ||||||||||
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5th Avenue station serves as the fourth station for LRT-1 trains headed to Baclaran, the seventeenth station for trains headed to Fernando Poe Jr., and is one of the two LRT-1 stations serving Caloocan, the other being Monumento station.
Transportation links
editThe station is served by bus routes 8, 14, 35, 42 and 54 and jeepneys plying the Rizal Avenue and 5th Avenue routes. Tricycles may also be boarded at nearby streets.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Lalu, Gabriel Pabico (2021-06-10). "LRT Line 1 stopped temporarily due to affected train at 5th Avenue Station". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2022-11-05.