Baclaran station
Baclaran station is an elevated Light Rail Transit (LRT) station located on the LRT Line 1 (LRT-1) system in Pasay. Situated on the last stretches of Taft Avenue right at the border with Baclaran, Parañaque, it is the current southern terminus of the line. The terminal is named after the famous shopping district of the same name, which is located on the borders of the cities of Pasay and Parañaque.
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| Location | Taft Avenue Extension, Sto. Niño Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Department of Transportation – Light Rail Transit Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Light Rail Manila Corporation | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Line 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 (1 side, 1 island) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Viaduct | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | BA | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | December 1, 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Baclaran is one of the four LRT-1 stations serving Pasay; the others are Gil Puyat, Libertad, and EDSA. The line's depot, where its trains are stored, maintained and cleaned, is located near the terminal.
The terminal is near one of the country's most famous landmarks, the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, home of Our Mother of Perpetual Help. It is also near to the numerous dry goods and flea markets (tiangges) selling everything from clothes and electronics to home decorations and traditional medicine. It is also interconnected to adjacent shopping malls such as MyMall and Baclaran LRT Shopping Mall.