Santolan MRT Station, also known as Santolan-Annapolis MRT Station, is a station on the Manila MRT

Manila Metro Rail Transit System

The Metro Rail Transit is Metro Manila's third rapid transit line. It forms part of the Strong Republic Transit System, which includes the Manila Light Rail Transit System. The line operates under the name Metrostar Express and is colored blue on rail maps.The line is located along the Epifanio de...

 Blue Line (MRT-3).The station is the fifth station for trains headed to North Avenue

North Avenue MRT Station

North Avenue MRT-3 Station, also called North for short, is a station on the Manila MRT Blue Line . North Avenue is one of the many elevated stations that can be found on the line...

 and the ninth station for trains headed to Taft Avenue

Taft Avenue MRT Station

Taft Avenue MRT Station is a station on the Manila MRT Blue Line , and is the only MRT station in Pasay City. Like all other MRT stations, Taft Avenue is above-ground, although it is the only station that is at grade, lying directly on flat ground...

.
The station is named after Santolan Road which is located in both Quezon City

Quezon City

Quezon City is the former capital and the most populous city in the Philippines. Located on the island of Luzon, Quezon City is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila, the National Capital Region. The city was named after Manuel L...

 and San Juan City.

It is near the eastern San Juan-Quezon City boundary. It links to Annapolis Street and Santolan Road (which is officially known as Boni Serrano Avenue). Its nearest landmarks include Camp Crame

Camp Crame

Camp Crame is the national headquarters of the Philippine National Police and is located in along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, Quezon City...

, the Philippine National Police

Philippine National Police

The Philippine National Police is the national police force of the Republic of the Philippines. It is both a national and a local police force in that it does provides all law enforcement services throughout the Philippines...

's main headquarters; Camp Aguinaldo

Camp Aguinaldo

Camp Aguinaldo is the military headquarters of the Philippine Army and the Armed Forces of the Philippines and is located in Quezon City in the Philippines. It is along Epifanio de los Santos Ave. , in front of Camp Crame, the national headquarters of the Philippine National Police...

, the Armed Forces of the Philippines

Armed Forces of the Philippines

The Armed Forces of the Philippines is composed of the Philippine Army, Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force...

' main headquarters; V.V. Soliven Building; and AFPLSAI Building (inside Camp Aguinaldo. It is also the closest station to the Greenhills Shopping Center

Greenhills Shopping Center

Greenhills Shopping Center is a shopping centre in the city of San Juan in the Philippines. It has over 2,000 stores, and espouses an 'indoor-outdoor' theme, with the Shopping Center having the appearance of several distinct buildings that are all interconnected through pathways and bridges. It...

 and other malls in San Juan City.

Transportation links

Santolan MRT Station has many cycle rickshaws (near Camps Crame and Aguinaldo), jeepneys, taxis

Taxis

A taxis is an innate behavioral response by an organism to a directional stimulus or gradient of stimulus intensity. A taxis differs from a tropism in that the organism has motility and demonstrates guided movement towards or away from the stimulus source ...

, and buses that serve the area and along EDSA.