Carriedo LRT Station

Carriedo LRT Station
Location	Santa Cruz and Quiapo, Manila
Operational	May 12, 1985
Line	Yellow Line
Platforms	2

	Yellow Line
							Monumento

							5th Avenue

							R. History Spanish colonial era Prior to the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors to the Philippines the district of Santa Cruz was partly a marshland patches Hidalgo Street in Quiapo Photographers' Haven Felix R Hidalgo Street in Quiapo is a hodge podge of knick-knack vendors covering legitimate business establishments mostly The City of Manila Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) History December 1, 1984: Baclaran to Central Terminal May 12, 1985: Central Terminal to Monumento LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line (LRT-1 Monumento LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line (LRT-1 Papa

							Abad Santos

							Blumentritt



							Tayuman

							Bambang

							Doroteo Jose



							Carriedo

							Central Terminal

							United Nations

							Pedro Gil

							Quirino Avenue

							Vito Cruz

							Gil Puyat

							Libertad

							EDSA



							Baclaran

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Carriedo station is the first station north of the Pasig River and is the tenth station for trains headed to Monumento and the ninth station for trains headed to Baclaran. The Pasig River (called Ilog Pasig in Filipino) is a River in the Philippines and connects Laguna de Bay (via the Napindan Channel Monumento LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line (LRT-1 Baclaran LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line (LRT-1

The station is near some famous Manila landmarks, such as the Quiapo Church, home to very festive celebrations of the Feast of the Black Nazarene, as well as the famed Escolta Street, the former hub of Manila's business activities, and Ongpin Street, home to many Chinese stores selling everything from food to medicine. Quiapo Church, officially known as Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene, is a Roman Catholic church located in Quiapo Manila, in the Philippines It is also close to Manila's Mini-Forest Park, the Liwasang Bonifacio and the imposing Manila Central Post Office, the base of operations for the Philippine Postal Corporation. The Philippine Postal Corporation, ( Filipino: Korporasyong Pilipino sa Koreo) abbreviated as PhilPost, is a government-owned and controlled corporation Also near the station is FEATI University. FEATI University ( Far Eastern Air Transport Incorporated) is a private non-sectarian co-educational higher education institution with a Catholic orientation established in 1946

Under the station's train port was an empty space used as a location for a detour in The Amazing Race Asia 2. The Amazing Race Asia 2 is the second season of the Reality television Game show The Amazing Race Asia.

Transportation links

Due to Carriedo station's location being near three districts, namely, Santa Cruz, Binondo and Quiapo, the station is served by many forms of public transport. Barangays The word Binondo came from the word Binundok which means mountain or boondocks Hidalgo Street in Quiapo Photographers' Haven Felix R Hidalgo Street in Quiapo is a hodge podge of knick-knack vendors covering legitimate business establishments mostly Buses serving the Taft Avenue route and nearby routes, jeepneys, taxis, cycle rickshaws and kalesas stop at and around the station. Kalesas and cycle rickshaws are particularly used in Binondo, due to the district's narrow streets.

Preceding station	Manila LRT			Following station
Central Terminal		Yellow Line		Doroteo Jose

The Manila Light Rail Transit System, popularly known as the LRT, is the main metropolitan rail system serving the Metro Manila area in the Philippines Central Terminal LRT Station, sometimes called Central or Arroceros LRT Station, is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line (LRT-1 History December 1, 1984: Baclaran to Central Terminal May 12, 1985: Central Terminal to Doroteo Jose LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line (LRT-1

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