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| '''Blumentritt LRT Station''' is an LRT station on the ] Yellow Line (LRT-1). Like all other LRT-1 stations, Blumentritt station is above-ground. The station serves ] in ], but is also located in a wide informal area stretching from ] until ] known as Blumentritt. | |||
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| Blumentritt station serves as the fifth station for LRT-1 trains headed for Baclaran and as the fourteenth station for trains headed to Monumento. It is the second-to last station on ] before the line shifts to Rizal Avenue at ]. Like its southern counterpart at ], the station is near the ]. | |||
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| A ] station exists just a short walk from the station, also known as Blumentritt station. Buses that ply Taft Avenue also stop at Blumentritt station. | |||
| ==Rizal Day bombings== | |||
| ⚫ | On ] (]), ], an LRT-1 car exploded as part of a series of explosions in a terrorist attack known as the ]. The attack on the LRT killed some 22 people and injured hundreds. Eight members of both ] and the ] (MILF), which include ], Asia's most wanted man, and the late ], were charged with plotting and masterminding the attacks in 2003, some three years after the attacks. Three suspects are now on trial. | ||
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Revision as of 07:28, 27 April 2006
Blumentritt LRT Station is an LRT station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line (LRT-1). Like all other LRT-1 stations, Blumentritt station is above-ground. The station serves Sampaloc in Manila, but is also located in a wide informal area stretching from San Juan until Caloocan City known as Blumentritt.
Blumentritt station serves as the fifth station for LRT-1 trains headed for Baclaran and as the fourteenth station for trains headed to Monumento. It is the second-to last station on Taft Avenue before the line shifts to Rizal Avenue at Abad Santos station. Like its southern counterpart at Tayuman, the station is near the San Lazaro Hippodrome.
Transportation links
A Philippine National Railways station exists just a short walk from the station, also known as Blumentritt station. Buses that ply Taft Avenue also stop at Blumentritt station.
Rizal Day bombings
On Rizal Day (December 30), 2000, an LRT-1 car exploded as part of a series of explosions in a terrorist attack known as the Rizal Day bombings. The attack on the LRT killed some 22 people and injured hundreds. Eight members of both Jemaah Islamiyah and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which include Hambali, Asia's most wanted man, and the late Fathur Roman al-Ghozi, were charged with plotting and masterminding the attacks in 2003, some three years after the attacks. Three suspects are now on trial.
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