The Araneta Center is a 35-hectare commercial mixed-use area situated in Cubao, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is located between Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) and Aurora Boulevard and hosts the stations of the Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 3 and the Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 2.
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 79 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 244 kilometers.
The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) is a public transport operator that is responsible for the construction, operation, maintenance and/or lease of Manila Light Rail Transit System in the Philippines. Founded by Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos on July 12, 1980. It is organized as a government-owned and controlled corporation under the Department of Transportation (DOTr) as an attached agency.
Araneta Center–Cubao station, usually called Cubao station, is a station on the Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 2. The station is located in Cubao in Quezon City and is named because of its location in the district of the same name and its location near the famed Araneta Center, one of the Philippines' most recognized shopping centers.
V. Mapa station is a station on the Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 2. It is one of the many elevated stations that can be found on the line and also one of the four stations in the line with a reserve track nearby together with Santolan, Anonas and Araneta Center-Cubao. The station during its inception was formerly called as "G. Araneta Station" but was renamed into the current name due to the minor realignment of some stations that has caused the change of proximity to the V. Mapa street. The station serves the areas of Santa Mesa, Manila, Quezon City and San Juan. The station is located at Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard and Victorino Mapa Street at Santa Mesa, Manila.
Araneta Center–Cubao Station, usually called as Cubao Station, is a station on the Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 3. Araneta Center–Cubao station is one of the many elevated stations that can be found on the line. The station is located in Cubao in Quezon City and is named because of its location in the district of the same name and its location near the famed Araneta Center, one of the Philippines' most recognized shopping centers.
The Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 7, also known as MRT Line 7, or MRT-7, is an under-construction rapid transit line in the Philippines. When completed, the line will be 22.8 kilometers long serviced by 14 stations. The line runs in a northeast-southwest direction, beginning at San Jose del Monte, Bulacan up to the under-construction North Avenue Grand Central station located in North Avenue, Quezon City. The line will traverse Quezon City and Caloocan in Metro Manila, and is envisioned to spur business and commerce at its inter-modal terminal station in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan. According to the latest update, the project is 41.61% complete as of March 31, 2019.
The transportation system in Metro Manila is currently inadequate to accommodate the mobility and other basic needs of an densely populated 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.
Metro Manila Subway Line 9, formerly known as the Mega Manila Subway, is an underground rapid transit line currently under construction in Metro Manila, Philippines. The 36-kilometer (22 mi) line, which will run north–south between the cities of Quezon City, Pasig, Makati, Taguig and Pasay, will serve fifteen stations between the Quirino Highway and FTI stations. It will also serve as the country's second direct airport rail link, with a branch line to Ninoy Aquino International Airport. The line is designed to connect with the other urban rail transit services in the region, including Line 1, Line 3, and Line 7 at the North Avenue Common station, which is also currently under construction; the existing Line 2 and Metro Commuter Line; and the planned Line 5 and Line 8.
Bungad is one of the 142 barangays of Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines bounded by Veterans Village in the North, San Antonio in the West, Paltok in the South and West Avenue in the East.
Quezon Memorial Station is a proposed station of the Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 8 located near the Quezon Memorial Circle, Quezon City. The station shall be housed separately from its namesake station on the Line 7 which is right across each other.
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. 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.
Timog Station is a proposed station of the Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 8 located nearby the Timog Avenue-West Avenue crossing in Diliman, Quezon City.
A. Roces Station is a proposed station of the Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 8 located nearby the Don A. Roces Street crossing in Quezon City.
Banawe Station is a proposed station of the Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 8 located nearby the Banawe street crossing in Quezon City.
Welcome Rotonda Station is a proposed station of the Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 8 located nearby Welcome Rotonda in Quezon City.
Antipolo Station also called as Maceda Station is a proposed station of the Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 8 located in Sampaloc, Manila. The station shall serve as the junction point between the line and the future PNR NSCR at its España station which shall allow interoperability of both railway lines at each other's tracks similar to that of the Line 9 at FTI station.
The University of Santo Tomas Station also called as UST Station is a proposed station of the Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 8 located in Sampaloc, Manila. The station shall be the last station at España Boulevard before it turns right towards Lerma.
The Lerma Station is a proposed station of the Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 8 located in Sampaloc, Manila. The station shall be the western terminus of the line and shall be an interchange with Line 1 at Doroteo Jose station and Line 2 at Recto station via an elevated walkway.
