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Location | 3405 Rizal Avenue Extension, Tondo and Santa Cruz Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 14°38′9.91″N 120°58′56.31″E / 14.6360861°N 120.9823083°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Department of Transportation 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 | RP | ||||||||||
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Opened | May 12, 1985 | ||||||||||
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R. Papa station is an elevated Light Rail Transit (LRT) station located on the LRT Line 1 (LRT-1) system in Tondo, Manila, Philippines. It is situated on Rizal Avenue Extension in Barrio Obrero. The station is named after Ricardo Papa Street, which is in turn named after a former Manila police chief-turned-Commanding General of the Philippine Army.[1] The station is the first station in Rizal Avenue Extension going north and the last in the city of Manila, located just next to the city's boundary with Caloocan.
R. Papa station serves as the fifth station for LRT-1 trains headed to Dr. Santos and as the twenty-first station for trains headed to Fernando Poe Jr.