5th Avenue LRT Station
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5th Avenue LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT
Manila Light Rail Transit System
The Manila Light Rail Transit System, popularly known as the LRT, is a metropolitan rail system serving the Metro Manila area in the Philippines. Although referred to as a light rail system because it originally used light rail vehicles, it has many characteristics of a rapid transit system, such...

 Yellow Line (LRT-1). Like all other LRT-1 stations, 5th Avenue station is above-ground. The station is located in Caloocan City
Caloocan City
The City of Caloocan is one of the cities and municipalities that comprises the Metro Manila region in the Philippines. It is a major residential area inside Metro Manila...

 and is located on Rizal Avenue Extension. The station is right beside 5th Avenue or C-3 road, where the station got its name.

5th Avenue station serves as the sixth station for LRT-1 trains headed for Baclaran
Baclaran LRT Station
Baclaran LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . The station is located on the last stretches of Taft Avenue, in the Pasay City portion of Baclaran, and, like all other stations on the LRT-1, Baclaran station is above-ground on viaduct...

, the seventeenth station for trains headed to North Avenue
North Avenue LRT Station
North Avenue LRT Station, officially named Metro Manila Integrated Rail Terminal or Common Station, is a proposed station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line under the Line 1 North Extension Project. It is also the first trans-modular station in the Philippines that will connect with LRT-1, MRT-3, MRT-7...

, and is one of the three LRT stations serving Caloocan City, the others being Monumento LRT Station
Monumento LRT Station
Monumento LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, Monumento station is above-ground. The station serves the southern portion of Caloocan City, and is named after the most famous landmark of Caloocan, the Monumento Circle, which houses the Bonifacio...

 and the proposed Malvar LRT Station
Malvar LRT Station
Malvar LRT Station is a proposed station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line under the Line 1 North Extension Project. The station will be located on the intersection of Epifanio de los Santos Avenue and Gen. Malvar street in Caloocan City...

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Its landmarks are the Taoist Temple, Jade Towers A & B,Hernandez Hospital, Yorklin Chinese School and Philippine Cultural College (Annex).

Transportation links

Commuters can take the many jeepneys, buses, and taxis to 5th Avenue station.

Station layout

L2
Platforms
Side platform
Side platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...

, doors will open on the right
Platform A Yellow Line
Manila LRT Yellow Line
The Manila LRT Yellow Line is the first metro line of the Manila Light Rail Transit System. Presently, the line contains twenty-two stations and runs over twenty point seven kilometers of fully elevated track...

towards North Avenue
North Avenue LRT Station
North Avenue LRT Station, officially named Metro Manila Integrated Rail Terminal or Common Station, is a proposed station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line under the Line 1 North Extension Project. It is also the first trans-modular station in the Philippines that will connect with LRT-1, MRT-3, MRT-7...

 (←)
Platform B Yellow Line
Manila LRT Yellow Line
The Manila LRT Yellow Line is the first metro line of the Manila Light Rail Transit System. Presently, the line contains twenty-two stations and runs over twenty point seven kilometers of fully elevated track...

towards Baclaran
Baclaran LRT Station
Baclaran LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . The station is located on the last stretches of Taft Avenue, in the Pasay City portion of Baclaran, and, like all other stations on the LRT-1, Baclaran station is above-ground on viaduct...

 (→)
Side platform
Side platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...

, doors will open on the right
L2 Concourse Faregates, Ticket Booths, Station Control, shops
L1 Street Level
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