EDSA | |||||||||||
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| Manila Metro Rail Transit System | |||||||||||
| Location | EDSA, Diliman, Quezon City | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Line 8 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Side Platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | ED | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | TBA | ||||||||||
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EDSA Station is a proposed station of the Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 8 located beneath the EDSA-Quezon Avenue Crossing in Diliman, Quezon City. [1] The station shall be an interchange with the Line 3 and Line 9 at Line 3 Quezon Avenue station and Line 9 Quezon Avenue station which shall be nearby this station. [2]
The Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 8, or MRT-8, also known as PNR East-West Line, is a proposed rapid transit line in the Philippines. It will be a nine-kilometer railway system connecting Sampaloc, Manila and Diliman, Quezon City via, Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon Avenue, and España Boulevard. The unsolicited proposal for the project was submitted to the Philippine government by Malaysia-based construction engineering company AlloyMTD group in 2016, and is awaiting for approval by the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA). According to MTD Philippines, Inc. President Patrick Nicholas David, the project will cost PHP 60 billion.
Quezon City is a highly urbanized city and the most populous city in the Philippines. It was founded by and named after Manuel L. Quezon, the 2nd President of the Philippines, to replace Manila as the national capital. The city was proclaimed as such in 1948, though a significant number of government buildings have remained in Manila. Quezon City held status as the official capital until 1976 when a presidential decree was issued to reinstate and designate Manila as the capital and Metro Manila as the seat of government.
The Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 3 also known as the MRT Line 3, MRT-3 or Metrostar Express is a rapid transit system of Metro Manila, Philippines. The line runs in an orbital north to south route following the alignment of the Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA). Although it has the characteristics of light rail, such as with the type of rolling stock used, it is more akin to a rapid transit system owing to its total grade separation and high passenger throughput.
Close landmarks include the headquarters of ABS-CBN, one of the Philippines' media companies, located at Sergeant Esguerra Street, near Quezon Avenue, a few government buildings like the PAGASA Complex, Office of the Ombudsman, Court of Tax Appeals and the Lung Center of the Philippines. The station is also nearby Eton Centris.
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Manuel L. Quezon Avenue, more often called as Quezon Avenue, or simply Quezon Ave, is a 7.1-kilometer (4.4 mi), six-to-fourteen lane, major thoroughfare in Metro Manila named after President Manuel Luis Quezon, the second president of the Philippines. The avenue starts at the Quezon Memorial Circle and runs through to the Welcome Rotonda at the boundary of Quezon City and Manila.
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