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| Location | Aurora Boulevard, Salapan San Juan,Metro Manila Philippines | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 14°36′38″N121°1′34″E / 14.61056°N 121.02611°E /14.61056; 121.02611 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Department of Transportation Light Rail Transit Authority | ||||||||||
| Line | LRT Line 2 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (2side) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | 3 (Antipolo - Quiapo) | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Concourse: None Platforms: All platforms | ||||||||||
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| Station code | PL09 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | April 5, 2004 | ||||||||||
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J. Ruiz station is an elevatedLight Rail Transit (LRT) station located on theLRT Line 2 (LRT-2) system inSan Juan. The station is named from its location on J. Ruiz Street.
J. Ruiz station is the fifth station for trains headed toAntipolo and the ninth station for trains headed toRecto. It is the only station inSan Juan and is close to the borders of Quezon City before entering Manila.
It is named after Juan Ruiz, aKatipunero who took part in the siege of El Polvorin, where thePinaglabanan Shrine is located.[1] The station was part of the Phase II development of LRT-2 together with theBetty Go-Belmonte station,Gilmore station,V. Mapa station,Pureza station andLegarda station.[2]
As the only station in San Juan, it serves the inner areas of the city including N. Domingo Street where the San Juan City Hall and San Juan Medical Center are located and Pinaglabanan district wherePinaglabanan Shrine andSt. John the Baptist Church stand. It has a school on it, Community of Learners.
Buses, taxis, andjeepneys can be found at both gates of the station, while tricycles are available at the south gate.
Instead of the 1896revolutionary cited above, the name origin of J. Ruiz station was attributed to the protagonist of the 2022 Filipino novelRevolution: 80 Days, namely Juan Ruiz, a former soldier turnedmigrant worker.[3][4][5]
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