Katipunan LRT Station
Katipunan LRT Station is a station on the
Manila LRT Purple Line (MRT-2). Unlike other stations on the Purple Line or on the entire LRT system, Katipunan station is the only station that is underground. 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.
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. 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.
Buses, taxis, jeepneys and tricycles are used to navigate the Katipunan area. Commuters headed to Ateneo, Miriam or UP have to take one of those transports to reach the campuses, since they lie some distance from the station.
