Legarda 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...

 Purple Line (MRT-2). Legarda station is one of the many elevated stations that can be found on the line. The station is located in Sampaloc

Sampaloc, Manila

Sampaloc is a district of Manila which is primarily a residential and educational center. Part of the Malacañang Palace is located in Sampaloc. The University of Santo Tomas, University of the East Manila are part of the University Belt to name a few, the famous Dangwa flower market at Dimasalang...

 in Manila

Manila

Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...

 and is named after Legarda Avenue, where the station sits.

The station is the second station for trains headed to Santolan

Santolan LRT Station

Santolan LRT Station, or M. A. Roxas LRT Station, is a station on the Manila LRT Purple Line . Santolan Station is one of the many elevated stations that can be found on the line. The station is located on the stretch of the Marcos Highway and is named after the barangay that it is in, Barangay...

 and the tenth station for trains headed to Recto

Recto LRT Station

Recto LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Purple Line . Recto station is one of the many elevated stations that can be found on the line. The station is located in Santa Cruz in Manila. The station is named after C.M. Recto Avenue, where the station sits above it. The avenue in turn is...

. It is near the Sampaloc Public Market, one of the biggest open-air markets in the City of Manila. The University of the East

University of the East

The University of the East is a private nonsectarian university located in University Belt Area, district of Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines. The university was founded in 1946 as a coeducational institution...

 is also near the station. San Beda College Manila is accessible using an overpass in the station

Transportation links

Buses, taxis, jeepneys and cycle rickshaws can be used to navigate the area. Buses and jeepneys ply the Chino Roces Street (Mendiola), Legarda Avenue and C.M. Recto Avenue routes.

Some students studying in the University Belt area opt to depart from this station. The University of Santo Tomas

University of Santo Tomas

The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines , is a private Roman Catholic university run by the Order of Preachers in Manila. Founded on April 28, 1611 by archbishop of Manila Miguel de Benavides, it has the oldest extant university charter in the...

, for instance, is accessible from this station via a Lealtad-bound jeep (alighting from the jeep prior to reaching AH Lacson Ave and having a short walk) or by cycle rickshaw.