LRT-1 - Doroteo Jose Station (Manila)
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Rizal Avenue (Avenida) (N150/R-9)
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Doroteo Jose station is a station on the Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 1. Like all other Line 1 stations, Doroteo Jose station is above-ground. The station is located in Santa Cruz in Manila, on Rizal Avenue and slightly past Doroteo Jose Street. The station is named after Doroteo Jose Street, which is in turn named after a Filipino who was arrested by Spanish authorities in 1898 for leading a movement against a corrupt archbishop.
Doroteo Jose station is the second station of Line 1 north of the Pasig River, after Carriedo station. It is the tenth station for trains headed to Baclaran and the eleventh station for trains headed to Roosevelt.
The station is near the Manila City Jail and the Fabella Memorial Hospital. Popular shopping centers such as the Isetann Cinerama Recto and the Quiapo Bargain Center are also nearby. Due to its position of being near the University Belt, the station is also close to educational institutions of the University Belt. It is one of the only stations on the line where commuters can transfer from one platform to another without having to go down to the street level, however unlike Central Terminal, Roosevelt, and Balintawak station, commuters still have to exit the fare gates to access the walkway above the platforms.
The station's renovation program began in December 2016. The renovation improved and equipped the station with structural upgrades and new modern facilities. It was reopened in a ceremony on February 6, 2017.
Doroteo Jose station is the second station of Line 1 north of the Pasig River, after Carriedo station. It is the tenth station for trains headed to Baclaran and the eleventh station for trains headed to Roosevelt.
The station is near the Manila City Jail and the Fabella Memorial Hospital. Popular shopping centers such as the Isetann Cinerama Recto and the Quiapo Bargain Center are also nearby. Due to its position of being near the University Belt, the station is also close to educational institutions of the University Belt. It is one of the only stations on the line where commuters can transfer from one platform to another without having to go down to the street level, however unlike Central Terminal, Roosevelt, and Balintawak station, commuters still have to exit the fare gates to access the walkway above the platforms.
The station's renovation program began in December 2016. The renovation improved and equipped the station with structural upgrades and new modern facilities. It was reopened in a ceremony on February 6, 2017.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doroteo_Jose_station
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Coordinates: 14°36'19"N 120°58'55"E
- Tutuban PNR Station 1.7 km
- Caloocan PNR Depot 5.8 km
- North Avenue Station (U.C.) 8.3 km
- North Avenue Station (U.C.) 8.3 km
- NAIA Terminal 3 subway Station (U.C.) 10 km
- LRT-2 Spur Track 11 km
- FTI subway Station (U.C.) 12 km
- Line 9 Depot / East Valenzuela Station (U.C.) 12 km
- Subic Bay Marshaling Yard 78 km
- PNR - San Jose Station 132 km
- Amaia Skies Avenida 0.1 km
- Republic Supermarket Building 0.3 km
- Avenida Home Depot (U.C.) 0.4 km
- Unknown Building (U.C.) 0.7 km
- Good Earth Plaza 0.7 km
- Quiapo 0.9 km
- Santa Cruz 1.4 km
- Binondo 1.6 km
- Tondo 2.9 km
- Manila Bay 22 km