Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, commonly referred to by its acronym EDSA, is a limited-access circumferential highway around Manila, the capital of the Philippines. It is the main thoroughfare in Metro Manila passing through 6 of the capital region's 17 local government units, namely, from north to south, Caloocan, Quezon City, San Juan, Mandaluyong, Makati and Pasay.
Rail transportation in the Philippines presently is used mostly to transport passengers within Metro Manila and the nearby province of Laguna. Freight transport is nonexistent, although there are plans for a revival from Port Area, Manila to Laguna, and a cargo train planned between Subic and Clark. Currently, the country has a railway footprint of only 77 kilometres through Line 1, Line 2, Line 3 and the Philippine National Railways (PNR) Metro Commuter Line. This situation will change in the immediate future as the government has plans to expand its current footprint to more than 320 kilometers by 2022.
Shaw Boulevard Station, also called Shaw for short, is a station on the Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 3. Shaw Boulevard station is one of the many elevated stations that can be found on the line and is also considered as the "central terminal" of the line. Also, this is the only station with 3 tracks, 1 reserve track for temporary parking of disabled trains and termination track when train service changes and 2 for regular train service, and also the only elevated station in the line to feature a concourse on top of the platforms at the 3rd level. The station is located in the Mandaluyong portion of Ortigas Center and is named after Shaw Boulevard, since the station lies directly above the boulevard.
Guadalupe Station is a station on the Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 3. The station is one of the many elevated stations that can be found on the line. It is located in Makati, Philippines and is named because of its location in Barangay Guadalupe Nuevo in Makati. The barangay is named after Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Ortigas Station is a station on the Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 3. The station is located in the Mandaluyong portion of Ortigas Center and is named after either Ortigas Center or Ortigas Avenue, which is nearby.
Boni Station, also called as Boni Avenue Station, is a station on the Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 3. It is the eighth station for trains headed to Taft Avenue and the sixth station for trains headed to North Avenue. It has several restaurants and shops that surround the station, including a public market located across the train station.
Santolan Station, also called as Santolan–Annapolis Station, is a station on the Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 3. It is the ninth station for trains headed to North Avenue and the fifth station for trains headed to Taft Avenue. The station is named after Santolan Road which stretches from Quezon City to San Juan City. The station is located between Annapolis Street and Santolan Road.
The transportation system in Metro Manila is woefully inadequate to accommodate the mobility and other basic needs of an overpopulated metropolis, the result of many factors and problems that the government has failed to provide or address. Metro Manila exists in a state of near-permanent gridlock, with people and goods trapped by the very transportation system that is supposed to move them quickly and efficiently. Because of the insufficient public transportation network, car ownership has risen dramatically, contributing further to the congestion that occurs at all times of day on the road. Filipinos view cars as tools to get them to where they need to go; they also believe that their car is an important symbol of the success they have achieved in life. In recent years, however, the Philippine government has been pushing to improve the system through various infrastructure projects, hoping to solve the interlinked problems of transportation, land use and environment.
Shaw Boulevard, formerly known as Jose Rizal Boulevard, is a 4-8 lane highway connecting the cities of Mandaluyong and Pasig in the Philippines. The boulevard is named after William James Shaw, the founder of the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club in Mandaluyong. The road is one of the major thoroughfares of the Ortigas Center in Mandaluyong and Pasig, housing many shopping malls like the Starmall on EDSA-Shaw, The Marketplace and the posh Shangri-La Plaza.
San Miguel Avenue is a short north-south thoroughfare in Ortigas Center, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is an eight-lane divided avenue that runs for several hundred meters between Shaw Boulevard in the south and Julia Vargas Avenue in the north. It is named for the country's largest industrial conglomerate San Miguel Corporation that is headquartered on the avenue's junction with Julia Vargas since 1984.
The following is an alphabetical list of articles related to the Philippine capital region of Metro Manila.
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Lourdes station is a proposed station along the planned Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 4 in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It will be located at the intersection of Lourdes Drive and ADB Avenue in Ugong Norte adjacent to the Podium.
EDSA station is a proposed station along the planned Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 4 in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It will be located at the intersection of EDSA and Shaw Boulevard in Mandaluyong adjacent to the Shangri-La Plaza.
Wack Wack station is a proposed station along the planned Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 4 in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. It will be located at the intersection of Old Wack Wack Road and Shaw Boulevard in Pleasant Hills nearby the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club.
Kalentong station is a proposed station along the planned Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 4 in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. It will be located at the intersection of New Panaderos and General Kalentong streets and Shaw Boulevard in Barangay Daang Bakal.
Dupil station is a proposed station along the planned Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 4 in Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines. It will be located a few meters north of the intersection of Dupil Street and P. Sanchez Street in Santa Mesa, nearby Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital.
Magsaysay Boulevard station is a proposed station along the planned Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 4 in Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines. It will be located a few meters south of the intersection of Magsaysay Boulevard and V. Mapa Street in Santa Mesa.
