For the Filipino politician and Senator, see Gil Puyat

Gil Puyat

Gil J. Puyat was a Filipino businessman and politician who served as a Senator of the Philippines from 1951, and as Senate President from 1967 to 1972.-Education:...

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Gil Puyat 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, Gil Puyat station station is above-ground. The station is located in Pasay City

Pasay City

The City of Pasay is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila in the Philippines. It is bordered on the north by the country's capital, Manila, to the northeast by Makati City, to the east by Taguig City, and Parañaque City to the south.Pasay City was one of the original four...

 and is named because the station lies immediately above Gil Puyat Avenue (Buendia). The avenue itself is named for Gil Puyat

Gil Puyat

Gil J. Puyat was a Filipino businessman and politician who served as a Senator of the Philippines from 1951, and as Senate President from 1967 to 1972.-Education:...

, a late senator

Senate of the Philippines

The Senate of the Philippines is the upper chamber of the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, the Congress of the Philippines...

 and statesman.

Gil Puyat station is the fourth 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...

 and the nineteenth station for trains headed to 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...

. It is near the famed Cartimar Shopping Center, known particularly for its pet stores, as well a satellite campus of Arellano University and the campus of the Philippine Law School. It is also near the Blessed Elena Academy in Villaruel St., Pasay City Academy and the Manila Adventist Medical Center

Manila Adventist Medical Center

The Manila Adventist Medical Center, , is an acute care, tertiary, non-stock, non-profit, and self-supporting private hospital that is located with in Pasay City of Metro Manila, Philippines. It was established on 1929 by a missionary doctor - Horace Hall...

, formerly the Manila Sanitarium. The EGI Mall and Atrium Suites are also near the station.

Transportation links

A bus terminal for both city and provincial buses lies beside the station. Buses that ply the Buendia (Gil Puyat) route stop there, as well as buses to Batangas

Batangas

Batangas is a first class province of the Philippines located on the southwestern part of Luzon in the CALABARZON region. Its capital is Batangas City and it is bordered by the provinces of Cavite and Laguna to the north and Quezon to the east. Across the Verde Island Passages to the south is the...

, Laguna, Quezon

Quezon

-History:Originally, what now forms Quezon was divided among the provinces of Batangas, Laguna, and Nueva Ecija. The area was first explored by Juan de Salcedo in 1571-1572, during his expedition from Laguna to Camarines provinces....

 and Marinduque

Marinduque

In 1945, combined American and Philippine Commonwealth troops attacked from the Japanese Troops liberated to the Battle of Marinduque in the Second World War.-Archaeology:...

. Buses that ply the Taft Avenue route also stop near the station.

Taxis, jeepneys, and auto rickshaws also stop near the station, serving commuters that live farther away from the station.

The nearest PNR

Buendia railway station

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

 and MRT

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....

 stations are located further along Gil Puyat (Buendia), all located in Makati.