Abad Santos 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, Abad Santos station is above-ground. The station serves Tondo

Tondo, Manila

Tondo is a district of Manila, Philippines. The locale has existed prior to the arrival of the Spanish, referred to as "Tundun" in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription. One of the most densely populated areas of land in the world, Tondo is located in the northwest portion of the city and is primarily...

 and Sta. Cruz

Santa Cruz, Manila

Santa Cruz is located on the right bank of the Pasig River, on the northern portion of the City of Manila, near the mouth of the river, in between the districts of Tondo and Quiapo...

 both 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 located on Rizal Avenue. The station is named after Abad Santos Avenue, which in turn, is named after José Abad Santos

José Abad Santos

In 1919, Abad Santos would become instrumental in laying the legal groundwork as well as drafting the by-laws and constitution of the Philippine Women's University, the country's and Asia's first private non-sectarian institution for higher learning for women...

, the country's Supreme Court Chief Justice during the Second World War.

Abad Santos station serves as the eighth 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...

 and as the fifteenth 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...

. It is near the Manila Chinese Cemetery

Manila Chinese Cemetery

The Manila Chinese Cemetery is the second oldest cemetery in Manila after La Loma Cemetery and was designated as the resting place for the Chinese citizens who were denied burial in Catholic cemeteries during the Spanish colonial period. The cemetery was witness to many executions during World War...

 with its station on the north, R. Papa

R. Papa LRT Station

R. Papa LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, R. Papa station is above-ground. The station serves Tondo in Manila and is located on Rizal Avenue Extension. The station is named after Ricardo Papa Street. The station is the first station in Rizal...

 can also link the cemetery.

Transportation links

Like its neighbor R. Papa, commuters can take the many jeepneys or taxis to Abad Santos station. Buses that ply the Taft Avenue route also stop near the station. Cycle rickshaws are available outside the station.