 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source .(March 2016) |
Bonifacio Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Manila Light Rail Transit System | |
| Location | Ortigas Avenue Extension, Santo Domingo, Cainta, Rizal |
| Owned by | Light Rail Transit Authority |
| Line(s) | LRT-4 |
| Platforms | Island platform |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Elevated |
| Disabled access | Yes |
Bonifacio Avenue LRT station, also Cainta LRT station, is a proposed station along the planned Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 4 (LRT-4) in Cainta, Rizal, Philippines. It will be located at the intersection of Ortigas Avenue Extension with Bonifacio Avenue and Felix Avenue in the Cainta barangay of Santo Domingo adjacent to Robinsons Place Cainta shopping mall. Under the current proposal, the station will be the first LRT-4 station outside Metro Manila and the fourth station heading east along Ortigas Avenue towards Taytay from the LRT-4 terminus at EDSA. [1]
The Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 4 is a proposed rapid transit line to be built in Metro Manila and Rizal in the Philippines. When completed, it will be the second rapid transit line serving the province of Rizal after the extension of Line 2 to Antipolo.
Rizal, officially known as the Province of Rizal, is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region, 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) east of Manila. The province is named after José Rizal, one of the main national heroes of the Philippines. Rizal is bordered by Metro Manila to the west, Bulacan to the north, Quezon to the east and Laguna to the southeast. The province also lies on the northern shores of Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the country. Rizal is a mountainous province perched on the western slopes of the southern portion of the Sierra Madre mountain range.
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Vietnam to the west, Palau to the east, and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south.
When built, the station will serve the poblacion (municipal proper) of Cainta and the following destinations: Cainta Municipal Hall, Our Lady of Light Parish Church, Cainta Public Market and Rockbuilt manufacturing complex. It will also be located near a terminal for buses and jeepneys bound for Taytay, Antipolo, Angono and other municipalities along the Manila East Road.
Poblacion or población is the common term used for the central, downtown, old town or central business district area of a Philippine city or municipality, which may take up the area of a single barangay or multiple barangays. It is sometimes shortened to Pob.
Diocesan Shrine and Parish of Our Lady of Light, popularly known as Cainta Church, is a Roman Catholic parish church located along Andres Bonifacio Avenue in Barangay San Andres, Cainta, Rizal in the Philippines. The church also operates a neighboring school, Cainta Catholic College. From its time of erection as a parish in 1760 until 1983, it belonged to the Archdiocese of Manila. It was placed under the newly created Diocese of Antipolo in 1983, which is now headed by Most Rev. Francisco M. De Leon. It belongs to the Vicariate of Our Lady of Light.
Antipolo, officially the City of Antipolo,, or simply known as Antipolo City, is a 1st class city and the capital of the province of Rizal, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 776,386 people.
