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University Avenue station is an under-construction Metro Rail Transit (MRT) station located on the MRT Line 7 (MRT-7) system along Commonwealth Avenue in UP Campus, Quezon City. It will also serve as the eastern terminus of the proposed MRT Line 8 (MRT-8) system. The station itself is located within the campus of the University of the Philippines Diliman and is named after University Avenue, the main road leading towards the university. The MRT-7 system has a proposed spur line to connect itself to the LRT Line 2 (LRT-2) system at Katipunan station, passing through the University of the Philippines Diliman and Katipunan Avenue, while the MRT-8 system will terminate at this station with a spur line towards its depot further inside UP Diliman. Construction started on August 15, 2017[1] and was expected to end around April 2018.[2]
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 Line 7 Construction progress near the University Avenue Station as of October 14, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Commonwealth Avenue, U.P. Campus Quezon City, Metro Manila Philippines | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 14°39′18″N 121°03′18″E / 14.65503°N 121.05491°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Line 7: SMC-Mass Rail Transit 7 Incorporated Line 8: TBA | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | MRT Line 7 MRT Line 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 (4 in the future) | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Under construction | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | UA | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | Line 7: 2025 Line 8: TBA | |||||||||||||||
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When completed, the station will serve the following destinations: University of the Philippines Diliman, U.P.–Ayala Land TechnoHub, Philippine Coconut Authority (PhilCoa), and the Commission on Human Rights Complex.
The station, unlike the separate Quezon Memorial stations of MRT-7 and MRT-8, will be situated at the same complex with the MRT-8 building platforms side-by-side the MRT-7 platforms thereby creating a common station.
References
edit- ^ "Brace for heavy traffic on Commonwealth Avenue as MRT-7 construction starts". GMA News Online. 13 August 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ Sauler, Erika (14 August 2017). "Heavy traffic on Commonwealth Avenue as MRT 7 work begins". newsinfo.inquirer.net/. Inquirer.net. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
External links
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Media related to University Avenue station at Wikimedia Commons- "MRT 7 PROJECT" (PDF). ppp.gov.ph. Republic of the Philippines Public-Private Partnership Center. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
