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| Location | Legarda Street, Sampaloc Manila, Metro Manila Philippines | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 14°36′03.06″N 120°59′33.69″E / 14.6008500°N 120.9926917°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Department of Transportation Light Rail Transit Authority | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | LRT Line 2 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (2 side) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  2 (Angono - Quiapo) 3 (Antipolo - Quiapo) | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes (Mendiola Street) | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Concourse: Both entrances Platforms: All platforms | ||||||||||
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| Station code | LE | ||||||||||
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| Opened | April 5, 2004 | ||||||||||
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Legarda station is an elevated Light Rail Transit (LRT) station located on the LRT Line 2 (LRT-2) system in Sampaloc, Manila. It is named after Legarda Street, where the station sits above it. The street in turn is named after Benito Legarda, a Filipino legislator.[1]
The station is the second station for trains headed to Antipolo and the twelfth station for trains headed to Recto.[2] It first commenced operations on April 5, 2004 and served as the western terminus of the line until Recto station opened on October 29, 2004.[3][4][5]
- ^ "What's in a name? The Origins of the Line 2 Stations' Names". Carmudi Philippines. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- ^ "Directions from Legarda to Recto - NAVITIME Transit". transit.navitime.com. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- ^ "Timeline: LRT, MRT construction". The Philippine Star. July 19, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
- ^ "Railway Operations". Light Rail Transit Authority. Archived from the original on July 24, 2021. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
- ^ Bergonia, Allan (October 28, 2004). "Line 2 Recto Station Opens". People's Journal. Archived from the original on March 8, 2005. Retrieved May 11, 2006 – via lrta.gov.ph.