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Gil Puyat  | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Other names | Buendia | ||||||||||
| Location | Taft Avenue, San Isidro 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 | 2 (2 side) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
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| Station code | GP | ||||||||||
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| Opened | December 1, 1984 | ||||||||||
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Gil Puyat station is an elevated Light Rail Transit (LRT) station located on the LRT Line 1 (LRT-1) system in Pasay, Philippines. It is situated above the intersection of Taft Avenue and Gil Puyat Avenue, where the station derived its name. The avenue itself is named after Gil Puyat, a former senator and statesman. The station was opened to the public on December 1, 1984, as part of LRT's inaugural southern section, known as the Taft Line.[1][2]
Gil Puyat station is the ninth station for trains headed to Fernando Poe Jr., the seventeenth station for trains headed to Dr. Santos, and is one of the four Line 1 stations serving Pasay, the others are Libertad, EDSA and Baclaran.
The station is a major transfer point for passengers bound for the Makati Central Business District.
- ^ "The LRT as a Component of Metro Manila's Transport Systems" (PDF). Philippine Planning Journal. XVII (1). School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Philippines: 33-45. October 1985. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
- ^ "Railway Operations". Light Rail Transit Authority. Retrieved November 16, 2024.