North Triangle Common Station

For the nearby MRT Line 3 station it intends to replace, see North Avenue station (MRT).

North Triangle Common Station
North EDSA
The construction progress of Area A in October 2023
General information
Other namesNorth Avenue
North EDSA
North Triangle
Unified Grand Central Station
Location
Quezon City, Metro Manila
Philippines
Owned by
Operated by
Line(s)
PlatformsSide and island platforms
Tracks7
ConnectionsFuture:  MMS  North Avenue
Construction
Structure typeElevated
ParkingYes (Trinoma, SM North EDSA)
Other information
StatusUnder construction
History
OpeningFebruary 2023 (partial)[1]
January 2025 (full)[1]
Passengers
478,000 (projected)[2]
Services
Preceding station LRTA_Logo
Manila LRT 		Following station
Terminus LRT Line 1 Fernando Poe Jr.
towards Dr. Santos
Preceding station Manila MRT Following station
Terminus MRT Line 3 Quezon Avenue
towards Taft Avenue
MRT Line 7 Quezon Memorial Circle
towards San Jose Del Monte

The North Triangle Common Station[3][4] (official designation: Unified Grand Central Station[5]), commonly known as the Common Station or North EDSA station, is an under-construction[6] rapid transit terminal and transport hub that will connect LRT Line 1, MRT Line 3, and MRT Line 7,[7] and the nearby Metro Manila Subway.[8][9] It is located in Bagong Pag-asa, Quezon City, Philippines, and is named after its location, which is at the corner of EDSA and North Avenue.[10]

The common alignment had been in limbo for years since the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), now Department of Transportation (DOTr), reviewed the project's technical and financial components.[11] It was in January 2017 that an agreement was reached to build the station. The groundbreaking of the station was held at the North Triangle Transport Terminal in September 2017. The station was initially expected to fully open in January 2021, but repeated delays have set back its opening to January 2025.[12][13]

  1. ^ a b Chavez, Cesar (February 20, 2023). "Common Station na magdurugtong sa MRT-3 at LRT-1, planong buksan sa Hunyo – DOTr" [Common Station that will connect MRT Line 3 and LRT Line 1, planned to open in June – DOTr]. Ito Ang Balita (Interview) (in Filipino). Interviewed by JP Nuñez. Philippines: UNTV News and Rescue. Retrieved February 21, 2023.[unreliable source?]
  2. ^ Rosales, Clara (June 9, 2022). "LOOK: The Common Station Connecting Metro Trains is Almost Complete". reportr.world. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
  3. ^ "Take a look at the North Avenue Common Station project". philkotse.com. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  4. ^ "North Triangle Common Station". Visionarch. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  5. ^ Gonzales, Yuji Vincent (January 19, 2017). "What will the MRT-LRT common station be called?". Inquirer.net. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  6. ^ Jiao, Claire (September 29, 2017). "LRT-MRT common station breaks ground". CNN Philippines. Archived from the original on April 11, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference DOTCbid was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Pateña, Aerol John (February 13, 2019). "DOTr inks deal on common station construction". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  9. ^ Department of Transportation (March 7, 2022). "DOTr - CONSTRUCTION OF COMMON STATION STRUCTURE TO BE COMPLETED BY END OF MARCH 2022 – TUGADE". dotr.gov.ph. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  10. ^ Montecillo, Paolo G. (July 13, 2011). "DOTC reviews MRT-LRT central station project". Inquirer.net. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  11. ^ Marasigan, Lorenz S. (February 25, 2015). "SM ready to end feud with Ayala". BusinessMirror.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ GMA Public Affairs (October 7, 2024). Mga railway project ng gobyerno, kumusta na ngayon? (Full Episode) | Reporter’s Notebook. Retrieved October 8, 2024 – via YouTube.