 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source .(June 2016) |
Imus | |||||||||||
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| Manila Light Rail Transit System | |||||||||||
| Location | Aguinaldo Highway, Bayang Luma, Imus, Cavite | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Light Rail Transit Authority | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Line 6 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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Imus station is a proposed stop on the Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 6 (Line 6) in the Philippines. The station will be located at the boundaries of Bayang Luma and Tanzang Luma near the poblacion (city proper) of Imus, Cavite. Like most planned stations, the station will be above ground. It will be the second stop on the Line 6 from Niog station and the fourth for trains heading north from its southern terminus at Governor's Drive. [1]
The Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 6or Line 6 of the Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 1, was a proposed rapid transit line planned to link the suburban city of Dasmariñas to the future Manila Line 1 extension at Niog station in Bacoor. Its path would have run along a north-south axis over a length of 19 kilometres (12 mi). Its proposed right-of-way alignment is along Aguinaldo Highway from Niog in Bacoor to Governor's Drive in Dasmariñas.
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.
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.
When completed, the station will serve the Imus City Proper where the Imus City Hall and the Imus Cathedral are located. It will be located along a busy stretch of Aguinaldo Highway close to major commercial establishments, such as the Imus Public Market, Lotus Mall, FRC Mall and Robinsons Place Imus.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Pillar, commonly known as the Imus Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral church in the city of Imus, in the province of Cavite, Philippines. The city which is the capital of the province also serves as the seat of the bishop of the Diocese of Imus, the diocese that has jurisdiction over the entire Civil Province of Cavite. Enshrined inside the cathedral is the original, miraculous and canonically crowned image of Nuestra Senora del Pilar de Imus. The said title of the Blessed Virgin Mary serves as the titular patroness of the Diocese of Imus, Province of Cavite as implied by then pope, now a saint, John XXIII. Saint John the Baptist is also considered as the secondary patron saint of the city. The current parish priest and rector of the cathedral is Rev. Msgr. George Morales, Vicar General of the Diocese. The church itself features the longest Holy week procession in the province of Cavite with at least 70 floats and the country's 5th longest overall(The other four being the St Augustine Parish, Baliuag and San Isidro Labrador, Pulilan both located in the province of bulacan with at least 110 floats per parish, The Our Lady Of the Abandoned in Marikina City with 82 floats and The Our Lady of Arantzazu San Mateo, Rizal with 76 floats).
The Emilio Aguinaldo Highway, also known as Cavite–Batangas Road and Manila West Road is a four-to-six lane, 41.4-kilometre (25.7 mi), network of primary and secondary highways passing through the busiest towns and cities of Cavite, Philippines. It is the busiest and most congested of the three major highways located in the province, the others are Governor's Drive and Antero Soriano Highway.
