Baclaran station

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Baclaran
General information
Location	Taft Avenue Extension, Sto. Niño Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines
Owned by	Department of Transportation – Light Rail Transit Authority
Operated by	Light Rail Manila Corporation
Line(s)	LRT Line 1
Platforms	3 (1 side, 1 island)
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	Viaduct
Other information
Station code	BA
History
Opened	December 1, 1984; 39 years ago (1984-12-01)
Services
Preceding station Manila LRT Following station EDSA towards Fernando Poe Jr. LRT Line 1 Terminus Proposed extension EDSA towards Fernando Poe Jr. LRT Line 1 Redemptorist towards Niog
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Baclaran station is an elevated Light Rail Transit (LRT) station located on the LRT Line 1 (LRT-1) system in Pasay. Situated on the last stretches of Taft Avenue right at the border with Baclaran, Parañaque, it is the current southern terminus of the line. The terminal is named after the famous shopping district of the same name, which is located on the borders of the cities of Pasay and Parañaque.

Baclaran is one of the four LRT-1 stations serving Pasay; the others are Gil Puyat, Libertad, and EDSA. The line's depot, where its trains are stored, maintained and cleaned, is located near the terminal.

The terminal is near one of the country's most famous landmarks, the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, widely known as the Baclaran Church. It is also near numerous dry goods and flea markets (tiangges), selling everything from clothes and electronics to home decorations and traditional medicine. It is also interconnected to adjacent shopping malls such as MyMall and Baclaran LRT Shopping Mall.

Baclaran Terminal is a major transportation hub, with many buses and jeepneys terminating here. Buses coming from the terminal usually head to points south of Manila and the province of Cavite. Jeepneys that stop here usually go to various destinations in Metro Manila (Las Piñas, Parañaque, and Muntinlupa to the south; Manila, Pasay, Quezon City, and Caloocan to the north) and the province of Cavite. Taxis also ply for hire near the station, with dedicated taxis available for passengers heading to Ninoy Aquino International Airport, which is only about 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) from the station. Cycle rickshaws or pedicabs and tricycles can also be used to navigate the interior streets of Baclaran and Santo Niño in Pasay from the station.

The station's southern terminus designation is set to end on November 16, 2024, with the opening of Phase 1 of LRT Line 1 South Extension, also known as the Cavite Extension, which includes four intermediate stations and Dr. Santos station.^[1] Construction officially commenced on May 7, 2019 after the right-of-way of the project was "freed from obstructions".^[2] The line is set to extend all the way to Bacoor, Cavite with the first station south of Baclaran being Redemptorist station.

• January 3, 2008: A fire blazed at a shopping mall in Baclaran around 5 a.m. PST. Windy weather fanned the flames and brought smoke to the Baclaran terminal up to the next station at EDSA.^[3]
• April 13, 2023: A malfunction occurred at the station, causing LRT Line 1 to go on limited operations from Gil Puyat to Roosevelt beginning at 1:40 p.m PST.^[4]

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  Entrance
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  Station's link with Baclaran LRT Shopping Mall

• List of rail transit stations in Metro Manila
• Manila Light Rail Transit System

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