Monumento station

Monumento station is a station on the Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 1. Like all other Line 1 stations, Monumento is above-ground. The station serves the southern portion of Caloocan, and is named after the most famous landmark of Caloocan, the Monumento Circle, which houses the Bonifacio Monument, a famous monument to Andrés Bonifacio. The name Monumento itself is derived from the Spanish word for monument. Being a former northern terminus of Line 1, it is called Monumento Terminal.

Monumento
General information
Other namesYamaha Monumento
Location706 Rizal Avenue Extension
Caloocan, Metro Manila
Philippines
Coordinates14°39′14.74″N 120°59′02.06″E
Owned byDepartment of Transportation – Light Rail Transit Authority
Operated byLight Rail Manila Corporation
Line(s)     Line 1
PlatformsSide platforms
Tracks2, 1 reserve
ConnectionsBus, Jeepney, UV Express
Construction
Structure typeElevated
ParkingYes (SM City Grand Central)
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeMO
History
OpenedMay 12, 1985
Services
Preceding station Manila LRT Following station
Balintawak
towards Roosevelt
 Line 1 5th Avenue
towards Baclaran
Location
Monumento
Location within Metro Manila

Monumento is located on Rizal Avenue in Grace Park West & Grace Park East, Caloocan. It is the third station for trains headed to Baclaran, the eighteenth station for trains headed to Roosevelt, and is one of the two Line 1 stations serving the city of Caloocan, the other being 5th Avenue.

LRTA has modified two tracks at Monumento leading to Balintawak, Roosevelt, and North Avenue stations.

It underwent renovations on September 2017 and was relaunched on February 14, 2018 as Yamaha Monumento station as Light Rail Manila Corporation entered into a naming rights deal with Yamaha Motor Philippines.[1]

The station serves as a terminal and transfer point for several bus and jeepney routes serving the cities of Manila, Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, and Valenzuela via Rizal Avenue Extension, Samson Road, and MacArthur Highway. Major provincial bus companies also have their own terminals right outside the station like Victory Liner, First North Luzon Transit, and RJ Express.

There was a proposal to extend the Manila Metro Rail Transit System, or MRT-3, to Monumento, which would result in both stations being linked and Monumento terminal becoming a transfer point between LRT-1 and MRT-3.[2] Currently, these plans have been shelved in favor of an extension of the LRT-1 Line towards North Avenue over the same routing as the previous MRT-3 proposal.

It is directly linked to SM City Grand Central, which replaced the former Ever Gotesco Grand Central that burned down. The east gate and platform is directly connected to the LRT Caloocan Mall.

See also

References
  1. "Yamaha Motor bags 3-year naming right for LRT-1 Monumento station". Manila Bulletin. March 2, 2018. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  2. "MRTC gets support on Edsa MRT-3 phase 2 project". The Philippine Star. February 24, 2003. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
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