Vito Cruz railway station

Vito Cruz
Vito Cruz
	Philippine National Railways
	Exterior of Vito Cruz station
Location	South Luzon Expressway cor. Pablo Ocampo Street Ext.; San Andres, Manila
Coordinates	14°34′1.56″N121°0′10.14″E / 14.5671000°N 121.0028167°E Coordinates: 14°34′1.56″N121°0′10.14″E / 14.5671000°N 121.0028167°E
Owned by	Philippine National Railways
Line(s)	█ PNR Southrail
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	VTC
History
Opened	1975
Rebuilt	1990, 2009
Services

Last updated June 18, 2019

PNR Metro Commuter

Legend

North–South Commuter Line

Valenzuela

Malabon

Malabon

Caloocan Depot

10th Avenue

5th Avenue

Caloocan

Manila

Maypajo Estuary

Solis

Tutuban Railyard &

Tayuman Locomotive Shed

Tutuban

2

Blumentritt

1

Laong Laan

España

8

Valencia Estuary

Santa Mesa

2

Pasig River

Pandacan Estuary

Pandacan

Pandacan Estuary

Paco

San Andres

Vito Cruz

Manila

Makati

Buendia

Dela Rosa

Pasay Road

Tripa de Gallina Estuary

EDSA

3

Tripa de Gallina Estuary

Makati

Taguig

Nichols

9

FTI

9

Taguig

Parañaque

Bicutan

Parañaque

Muntinlupa

Sucat

Sucat River

Mangangate River

Alabang

Bayanan Creek

Poblacion River

Muntinlupa

Magdaong River

Tunasan

Muntinlupa

Tunasan River

San Pedro

San Isidro River

San Pedro

Carmona

Pacita MG

San Pedro

Biñan

Golden City 1

Biñan

Biñan River

Biñan

Santa Rosa

Silang-Santa Rosa River

Santa Rosa

Golden City 2

Santa Rosa

Cabuyao

Cabuyao River delta

Cabuyao

Gulod

Cabuyao River delta

Mamatid

Banlic

Cabuyao

Calamba

San Cristobal River

San Juan River

Calamba

Vito Cruz is a station on the South Main Line ("Southrail") of the Philippine National Railways. Like all PNR stations, this station is at grade. The station is located at the corner of Pablo Ocampo Street Extension (formerly named Vito Cruz Extension) and the South Luzon Expressway in San Andres, Manila, near the border with Makati City.

The Philippine National Railways (PNR) is a state-owned railway company in the Philippines, operating a single line of track on Luzon. As of 2016, it operates one commuter rail service in Metro Manila and local services between Sipocot, Naga City and Legazpi City in the Bicol Region. PNR began operations on November 24, 1892 as the Ferrocarril de Manila-Dagupan, during the Spanish colonial period, and later becoming the Manila Railroad Company (MRR) during the American colonial period. It became the Philippine National Railways on June 20, 1964 by virtue of Republic Act No. 4156. The PNR is an agency of the Department of Transportation.

Pablo Ocampo Street is an inner city main road in Manila, Philippines. It runs west-east for about 3.4 kilometers connecting the southern districts of Malate and San Andres southeast to Makati.

The South Luzon Expressway, formerly known as the South Superhighway (SSH), Manila South Diversion Road (MSDR), and Manila South Expressway (MSEX), is a network of two expressways that connects Metro Manila to the provinces of the Calabarzon region in the Philippines. The first expressway is the Skyway, operated jointly by the Skyway Operation and Management Corporation (SomCo) and Citra Metro Manila Tollways Corporation (CMMTC). The second expressway, the South Luzon Tollway or Alabang–Calamba–Santo Tomas Expressway (ACTEx), is jointly operated by the South Luzon Tollway Corporation, a joint venture of the Philippine National Construction Corporation and the San Miguel Corporation-backed Citra group of Indonesia via the Manila Toll Expressway Systems, Inc. (MATES).

Tutuban station commonly as Manila railway Station or Divisoria railway Station is the main train station of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) and the main train station of the city of Manila in the Philippines. It was formerly known as the Manila Railroad Company (MRRCo). The name refers to two stations: the original Tutuban station, which today forms part of the Tutuban Centermall, and the PNR Executive Building, which houses PNR offices and serves as the current terminus of all PNR services.

History

Vito Cruz, together with Buendia was opened on November 24, 1975 as part of the 83rd Anniversary of the Philippine National Railways.

Nearby landmarks

The station is near educational institutions such as the main campus of Arellano University, the De La Salle University, the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde and St. Scholastica's College. Further away from the station are the Manila South Cemetery and the former Santa Ana race track, now the site of Circuit Makati.

Arellano University (AU) is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian university located in Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1938 as a law school by Florentino Cayco, Sr., the first Filipino Undersecretary of Public Instruction. The university was named after Cayetano Arellano, the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. It operates on seven campuses located throughout Metro Manila on which the Main Campus is located along Legarda Street, Sampaloc, Manila. The Arellano University School of Law is autonomous and is managed by the Arellano Law Foundation. Its athletic team, the Arellano University Chiefs, is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association since 2009.

De La Salle University, also known as La Salle and abbreviated DLSU, is a leading private, Catholic research university run by De La Salle Brothers located in Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila, Philippines. It was established in 1911 as the De La Salle College in Nozaleda Street, Paco, Manila with Br. Blimond Pierre serving as first director. The educational institution moved to its present location on September 21 to facilitate the increase in enrollment. The college was granted university status in February 1975 and is the oldest constituent of De La Salle Philippines (DLSP), a network of 17 Lasallian institutions established in 2006 to replace the De La Salle University System.

The Manila South Cemetery is a cemetery in Metro Manila. It is an exclave of San Andres, Manila surrounded by land under the jurisdiction of the city of Makati.

Transportation links

Vito Cruz station is accessible by jeepneys plying the Zobel Roxas Street route, as well as buses on the South Luzon Expressway. A terminal for San Antonio cycle rickshaws is located across the station on Zobel Roxas Street, while Palanan and Manila-based cycle rickshaws also drop commuters off at the station.

Zobel Roxas Street is an east-west street that forms the southeastern limit of the City of Manila and the northern city limit of Makati and Pasay in the Philippines. It stretches across western Metro Manila from Tramo Street in the Singalong area of Malate to Tejeron Street in Santa Ana. It has a short extension east of the Tejeron Street–J.P. Rizal Avenue junction as Del Pan Street.

Station Layout

L1 Platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform A	PNR Metro Commuter towards Tutuban (←)
	Platform B	PNR Metro Commuter towards Alabang (→)
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
L1	Concourse/ Street Level	Ticket Booths, Station Control, Shops, Arellano University, De La Salle University, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, St. Scholastica's College

2540 + 4 EMU 203 approaching VTC

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Vito Cruz railway station

Contents

History

Nearby landmarks

Transportation links

Station Layout

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