- Ortigas MRT Station
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Ortigas Station
Rapid transit
A busy Ortigas StationStation statistics Address Epifanio de los Santos Avenue
Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong CityLines █ Blue Line Structure Elevated Platforms Side platform Tracks 2 Baggage check Yes Other information Opened December 15, 1999 Accessible Owned by Department of Transportation and Communications
Metro Rail Transit CorporationServices Preceding station Manila MRT Following station toward North AvenueBlue Line toward Taft AvenueBlue Line North Avenue Quezon Avenue Kamuning Araneta Center-Cubao Santolan Ortigas Shaw Boulevard Boni Guadalupe Buendia Ayala Magallanes Taft Avenue Ortigas MRT Station is a station on the Manila MRT Blue Line (MRT-3). The station is located in the Mandaluyong portion of Ortigas Center and is named after either Ortigas Center or Ortigas Avenue, which is nearby.
Ortigas Station is the sixth station for trains headed to Taft Avenue and the eighth station for trains headed to North Avenue. It is located directly beside the Asian Development Bank Complex.
The station is near popular landmarks, such as St. Pedro Poveda College, an all-girls school; Robinsons Galleria and SM Megamall, two major shopping malls; a Holiday Inn hotel at Robinson's Galleria; and some of the offices of JG Summit Holdings and Robinson's Land Corporation.
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Buses, jeepneys and taxis serve the MRT Station, but passengers may board them from either Robinson's Galleria (buses, jeepneys, taxis) or SM Megamall (buses, taxis). Buses ply both EDSA and Ortigas Avenue routes, while jeepneys ply along Ortigas Avenue for routes heading to Pasig City and Rizal Province to the east, and San Juan City and City of Manila to the west.
Coordinates: 14°35′16.58″N 121°03′24.14″E / 14.5879389°N 121.0567056°ECategories:- Manila Metro Rail Transit System stations
- Railway stations opened in 1999
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