Vito Cruz LRT Station

Infobox Station
name= Vito Cruz Station
type= Manila Light Rail Transit System


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image_caption= Platform area of Vito Cruz Station.
address=Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila
line=█ Yellow Line
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platform=Side platforms
tracks=2
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opened=December 1, 1984
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owned=Light Rail Transit Authority
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Vito Cruz LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line (LRT-1). Like all other LRT-1 stations, Vito Cruz station is above-ground. The station serves Malate in Manila and is the first station from Baclaran and the last station from Monumento to lie within Manila city bounds. The station is named after Vito Cruz Street (now Pablo Ocampo St.), where the station is located.

The station is the fifth station for trains headed to Monumento and the fourteenth station for trains headed to Baclaran. The station is near some major landmarks, such as the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas complex, the Harrison Plaza and University Mall shopping centers and the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, where some of the sports in previous Southeast Asian Games were played.

The station is also close to some educational institutions, such as the main campus of Arellano University, De La Salle University-Manila, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, and St. Scholastica's College. The station is also near Manila's main pelota court, where all of the city's jai-alai games are played.

Vito Cruz station is notorious for its unusually high number of suicide attempts. As a result, the LRTA has imposed a "speed limit" on trains entering stations to deter the number of successful suicides.

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Buses serving the Taft Avenue route, taxis, jeepneys and cycle rickshaws stop in and around the station. Some destinations, such as St. Scholastica's College, are within walking distance from the station. There is also a Philippine National Railways station of the same name, although the station is far from the station, requiring a commute from the station.