Manila LRT Yellow Line
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| Manila LRT Yellow Line | |
| Stations | 18 |
| Operational | 1984 |
| Length | 15 km (9.3 miles) |
| Station distance (m) | 825 |
| Daily passengers | 350,000 (2004) |
The Manila LRT Yellow Line is the first metro line of the Manila Light Rail Transit System. Presently, the line contains eighteen stations and runs over fifteen kilometers of fully elevated track. As the name implies, the line is colored yellow on all LRT maps.
The line runs in a general north-south direction, linking the cities of Caloocan, Manila,Pasay, and Paranaque. Passengers can transfer to the Purple Line at Doroteo Jose station, while passengers can transfer to the Blue Line at EDSA station.
Before the launch of the Strong Republic Transit System, the Yellow Line was known as LRT Line 1, shortened to LRT-1, or the Metrorail. However, the yellow color of the line dates back to its opening in 1984.
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[edit] History
- December 1, 1984: Baclaran to Central Terminal
- May 12, 1985: Central Terminal to Monumento
[edit] Street alignment
[edit] Main Line of Yellow Line
The Yellow Line is predominantly aligned to the path of Taft Avenue (Radial Road 2), which was chosen largely due to its straight length. Later on, as Taft Avenue ends, it shifts to Rizal Avenue and Rizal Avenue Extension (Radial Road 9) before ending at the corner of Rizal Avenue Extension and EDSA.
[edit] South Extension
In the future it will take Quirino Avenue (Road from Paranaque to Bacoor) then at the side of Seaside Drive then to the Coastal Road then it will take the side of the street of Kabihasnan to Quirino Avenue (again) to its extension, General Emilio Aguinaldo Avenue from Las Pinas-Bacoor Boundary of Zapote Bridge to Niog.
[edit] North Extension
In the future, it will take the Monumento Rotunda by turning right to EDSA up to Diliman in Quezon City.
[edit] Map and stations
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Monumento | |||||||
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5th Avenue | |||||||
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R. Papa | |||||||
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Abad Santos | |||||||
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Blumentritt | ||||||
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Tayuman | |||||||
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Bambang | |||||||
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Doroteo Jose | |||||
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Carriedo | |||||||
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Central Terminal | |||||||
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United Nations | |||||||
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Pedro Gil | |||||||
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Quirino Avenue | |||||||
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Vito Cruz | |||||||
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Gil Puyat | |||||||
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Libertad | |||||||
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EDSA | |||||
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Baclaran | |||||||
- Monumento - Caloocan City
- 5th Avenue - Caloocan City
- R. Papa - Tondo, Manila
- Abad Santos - Tondo, Manila
- Blumentritt - Santa Cruz, Manila (intechange with Orange Line at Blumentritt)
- Tayuman - Santa Cruz, Manila
- Bambang - Santa Cruz, Manila
- Doroteo Jose - Santa Cruz, Manila (interchange with Purple Line at Recto)
- Carriedo - Quiapo and Santa Cruz, Manila
- Central Terminal - Ermita, Manila (also known as Arroceros)
- United Nations - Ermita, Manila
- Pedro Gil - Ermita, Manila
- Quirino Avenue - Malate, Manila
- Vito Cruz - Malate, Manila
- Gil Puyat - Pasay City
- Libertad - Pasay City
- EDSA - Pasay City (interchange with Blue Line at Taft Avenue)
- Baclaran - Pasay City
[edit] Future plans
[edit] Yellow Line Southern Extension
A southern extension of the Yellow Line, also known as LRT-6, is proposed. The extension has 10 stations over some 11.7 kilometres and will be the first line extending outside the Metro Manila area with the line ending in Bacoor in Cavite. An unsolicted bid to conduct this work from Canada's SNC-Lavalin was rejected by the Philippine government in 2005. In 2006, the government is working with advisers (International Finance Corporation, White & Case, Halcrow and others) to conduct an open-market invitation to tender for the extension and a 30-year concession to run the extended LRT-1 line.
The following stations compose the Southern Extension:
- Redemptorist - Paranaque City
- Manila International Airport - Paranaque City
- Asia World - Paranaque City
- Ninoy Aquino - Paranaque City
- Dr. Santos - Paranaque City
- Manuyo Uno - Las Pinas City
- Las Piñas - Las Pinas City
- Zapote - Bacoor, Cavite
- Talaba - Bacoor, Cavite
- Niog - Bacoor, Cavite
The line would be extended from Parañaque City southwards, connecting Las Piñas City and the municipality of Bacoor in Cavite to the LRT network.
[edit] Yellow Line North Extension
A proposal to extend the Yellow Line from Monumento to North Avenue has been made, replacing the Phase 2 extension of the Manila MRT Blue Line which was long delayed. The project is one of the priority railway projects of the government and aims to close the MRT-LRT loop by 2010.
The following stations compose the Northern Extension:
- Balintawak - Quezon City
- Muñoz - Quezon City
- North Avenue - Quezon City (interchange with Blue Line at North Avenue)
[edit] Further extensions
Further extensions of the Yellow Line are planned. The line would be extended from Bacoor, connecting the municipalities of Imus and Dasmariñas in Cavite to the network.
[edit] Incidents and accidents
- On Rizal Day (December 30, 2000), a Yellow Line car exploded near Blumentritt station as part of a series of explosions in a terrorist attack known as the Rizal Day bombings. The attack on the LRT killed some 22 people and injured hundreds. Eight members of both Jemaah Islamiyah and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which include Hambali, Asia's most wanted man, and the late Fathur Roman al-Ghozi, were charged with plotting and masterminding the attacks in 2003, some three years after the attacks. Three suspects are now on trial.
- On May 5, 2005, Lea Aquino Ababa of Pasay City gave birth to a baby girl inside Doroteo Jose station on her way to Fabella Memorial Hospital for a checkup, the first time a baby was born and the first time an LRT passenger gave birth inside an LRT station. She was named Dorotea, after the name of the station.
- In late May 2005, a fisherman jumped off a moving Yellow Line train headed northbound and landed on the tracks. After that incident, he was then subsequently hit by a southbound Yellow Line train, with the man being dragged under the train until the train stopped at Vito Cruz station at about 3:00 PM. LRTA employees then took him to Philippine General Hospital, where he suffered from massive head injuries and eventually died at 8:00 PM. Police say it was an apparent suicide after his wife left him for another man.
- In a report reported by the Philippine Star on August 18, 2005, another man was either pushed off or jumped off a moving LRT train, landing on the tracks. He was then hit by another LRT train. LRTA officials called a code yellow alert and brought the man to the hospital. As of press time, the man was in critical condition.
