Monumento station

Monumento station is an elevated Light Rail Transit (LRT) station located on the LRT Line 1 (LRT-1) system in the southern portion of Caloocan. It is named after the most famous landmark of Caloocan, the Monumento Circle, which houses the Bonifacio Monument, a famous monument to Filipino revolutionary Andrés Bonifacio. The name Monumento itself is derived from the Spanish word for monument. Being a former northern terminus of LRT-1, it is called Monumento Terminal.

Monumento
General information
Other names	Yamaha Monumento
Location	706 Rizal Avenue Extension, Grace Park East Caloocan, Metro Manila, Philippines
Coordinates	14°39′14.74″N 120°59′02.06″E
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
Connections	E  Monumento  14  Monumento
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	Yes (SM City Grand Central)
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	MO
History
Opened	May 12, 1985 (1985-05-12)
Services
Preceding station Manila LRT Following station Balintawak towards Fernando Poe Jr. LRT Line 1 5th Avenue towards Baclaran
Location Monumento Location in Metro Manila Monumento Location in Luzon Monumento Location in the Philippines

Monumento is located on Rizal Avenue in Grace Park West & Grace Park East, Caloocan. It is the third station for trains headed to Baclaran, the eighteenth station for trains headed to Fernando Poe Jr., and is one of the two LRT-1 stations serving the city of Caloocan, the other being 5th Avenue.

LRTA has modified two tracks at Monumento leading to Balintawak, Fernando Poe Jr., and North Avenue stations.

It underwent renovations in September 2017 and was relaunched on February 14, 2018, as Yamaha Monumento station as Light Rail Manila Corporation entered into a naming rights deal with Yamaha Motor Philippines.

Transportation and building links

Entrance to SM City Grand Central

The station serves as a terminal and transfer point for several bus and jeepney routes serving the cities of Manila, Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, and Valenzuela via Rizal Avenue Extension, Samson Road, and MacArthur Highway. Major provincial bus companies also have their own terminals right outside the station like Victory Liner, First North Luzon Transit, and RJ Express.

There was a proposal to extend the Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 3, or MRT-3, to Monumento, which would result in both stations being linked and Monumento terminal becoming a transfer point between LRT-1 and MRT-3. However, those plans have been shelved in favor of an extension of the LRT-1 Line towards the North Triangle Common Station over the same routing as the previous MRT-3 proposal.

The station is directly linked to SM City Grand Central, which replaced the former Ever Gotesco Grand Central that burned down. The station's east gate and platform are directly connected to the LRT Caloocan Mall.

A bus stop of the EDSA Carousel, also named Monumento, is located nearby.

See also

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