Katipunan LRT Station

Infobox Station
name= Katipunan Avenue Station
type= Manila Light Rail Transit System


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image_caption= Platform area of the Katipunan station.
address=Aurora Boulevard
Loyola Heights
Quezon City
line=█ Purple Line
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structure= Undeground
platform=Side platforms
tracks=2
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opened=April 5, 2003
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ADA= Yes
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baggage_check=Yes
owned=Light Rail Transit Authority
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Katipunan LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Purple Line (MRT-2). It is the only underground station in the entire LRT system. The station is located in Loyola Heights in Quezon City and is named because of its location on Katipunan Avenue, one of Quezon City's main thoroughfares. The avenue is in turn named after the Katipunan.

Katipunan station serves as the tenth station for trains headed to Santolan and the second station for trains headed to Recto.

This station is located beside Philippine School of Business Administration. Because of its location near Katipunan Avenue, the station's most famous landmarks are Ateneo de Manila University and Miriam College, both of which lie on Katipunan Avenue, but lie some distance from the station. But Commuters also get off at Katipunan station to go to the University of the Philippines campus in Diliman, which is also some distance from the station.

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Buses, taxis, jeepneys and tricycles are used to navigate the Katipunan area. Commuters headed to the area's universities, such as Ateneo de Manila, Miriam College, or University of the Philippines, Diliman have to transfer to reach the campuses, since they lie some distance from the station. It can go to Disney Channel SEA/Korea Office and Studio when people go straight ahead to the corner of Congressional Avenue and Tandang Sora Avenue via Katipunan Avenue or C5 (NB).