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Abad Santos Avenue Station
Rapid transit
Concourse Area of Abad Santos Avenue Station
General information
Location	Rizal Avenue cor. Abad Santos Avenue, Bgy. 208 Zone 019 Manuguit, Tondo, Manila
Owned by	Light Rail Transit Authority
Line(s)	█ Yellow Line
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Station code	AS
History
Opened	May 12, 1985
Services
Preceding station   Manila LRT   Following station Template:Manila LRT stationstoward Template:Manila LRT stations Template:Manila LRT lines Template:Manila LRT stationstoward Template:Manila LRT stations

Abad Santos LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line (LRT-1). Like all other LRT-1 stations, Abad Santos station is above-ground. The station serves Tondo and Sta. Cruz both in Manila and is located on Rizal Avenue in Barangay Manuguit, Tondo. The station is named after Abad Santos Avenue, which in turn, is named after José Abad Santos, the country's Supreme Court Chief Justice during the Second World War.

Abad Santos station serves as the eighth station for LRT-1 trains headed for Baclaran and as the fifteenth station for trains headed to North Avenue.

Nearby landmarks

The station is near the Manila Chinese Cemetery South Gate on Aurora Blvd. and Felix Huertas St., as well as San Jose Manggagawa Church and F.G. Calderon Integrated School in Tondo.

Transportation links

Like its neighbor R. Papa, commuters can take the many jeepneys or taxis to Abad Santos station. Buses that ply the Taft Avenue route also stop near the station. Cycle rickshaws are available outside the station.

14°37′50.31″N 120°58′53.03″E / 14.6306417°N 120.9813972°E / 14.6306417; 120.9813972

• Manila Light Rail Transit System stations
• Railway stations opened in 1985