Buendia Station is a station on the South Main Line ("Southrail") of the Philippine National Railways

Philippine National Railways

The Philippine National Railways , or PNR, is a state-owned railway company in the Philippines, operating a single line of track on Luzon. As of 2010, it operates one commuter rail service in Metro Manila and a second in the Bicol Region. PNR restored its intercity service to the Bicol region in 2011...

. Like all PNR stations, this station is at grade. The station is located at the corner of Gil Puyat Avenue (formerly named Buendia Avenue) and the South Luzon Expressway

South Luzon Expressway

The South Luzon Expressway ', which is formerly called the South Superhighway ', and officially known as Radial Road 3 or R-3, is a network of three expressways that connects Metro Manila to the provinces of the CALABARZON region in the Philippines...

 in Makati City

Makati City

The City of Makati is one of the 17 cities that make up Metro Manila, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Makati is the financial center of the Philippines and one of the major financial, commercial and economic hubs in Asia...

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Buendia station is the ninth station from Tutuban

Tutuban railway station

Tutuban station is the main train station of the Philippine National Railways and the main train station of the city of Manila in the Philippines...

 and is one of three stations serving Makati City, the other two being Pasay Road

Pasay Road railway station

Pasay Road station is a station on the South Main Line of the Philippine National Railways. Like all PNR stations, this station is at grade. The station is located on Estacion Street in Barangay Pio del Pilar in Makati City, making it only one of two stations to have its own access road...

 and EDSA

EDSA railway station

EDSA station is a station on the South Main Line of the Philippine National Railways. Like all PNR stations, this station is at grade...

. It is near the Cash and Carry Mall in Barangay Palanan and an SM Hypermarket

SM Hypermarket

SM Hypermarket was started by the Sy family back in the late '90s in response to the growing needs of the market for more convenience. The hypermarket, a new retail format of combining a supermarket with a department store providing one-stop shopping concept was newly accepted by Filipino...

 on the other side of the South Luzon Expressway in Barangay San Isidro. Further away from the station are Makati Cinema Square, Exportbank Plaza

Exportbank Plaza

Exportbank Plaza, formerly known as Urban Bank Plaza, is an office skyscraper located in Makati City, Philippines. It stands at 155.1 metres , and is one of the tallest buildings in the country...

 and the San Antonio, Pio Del Pilar

General Pio del Pilar National High School

General Pio del Pilar National High School is a public high school in F. Zobel cor Morong, Poblacion, Makati City.- History :Gen. Pio Del Pilar National High School named after Gen Pio del Pilar, the local hero of Makati City during the revolutionary period in the Philippine History, has been...

 and San Isidro village national high schools. A cluster of Cityland condominiums is also located right behind the station.

Transportation links

Buendia station is accessible by jeepneys and buses plying the Taft Avenue and South Luzon Expressway routes. A terminal for San Antonio cycle rickshaws is located across the station on the other side of Gil Puyat Avenue, while Pio del Pilar cycle rickshaws also drop commuters off at the station.

The station is located roughly midway between Buendia MRT Station

Buendia MRT Station

Buendia MRT Station is one of two underground MRT stations along EDSA. The station lies near the Buendia Flyover and Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue . It is near Shell Bel-Air in the corner of Gil Puyat , EDSA, and Zodiac Street....

 at the intersection with Epifanio de los Santos Avenue

Epifanio de los Santos Avenue

Epifanio de los Santos Avenue , formerly known as Highway 54, is the main circumferential road and highway of Metro Manila in the Philippines. It is an important commuting artery between the northern and southern parts of the metropolitan area...

 and Gil Puyat LRT Station

Gil Puyat LRT Station

Gil Puyat LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, Gil Puyat station station is above-ground. The station is located in Pasay City and is named because the station lies immediately above Gil Puyat Avenue...

at the intersection with Taft Avenue.