San Andres station is a station of 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. It is located at the intersection of Aviadores Street, San Andres Street 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 San Andres

San Andres, Manila

San Andrés is a district located in the south east of the City of Manila in the Philippines, and includes what used to be the pre-World War II district of Singalong as well as parts of the Malate, and Paco districts. San Andrés shares its northeastern border with Santa Ana, and Paco, while to its...

, 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,...

. The station was opened to revenue service on March 24, 2010, the first of two newly-constructed stations to do so (the other is Nichols, which opened the next day, March 25).

San Andres station is the seventh station southbound 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...

. It is near the Singalong sub-district of San Andres, the Dagonoy Public Market and the St. Anthony's School, Manila. Further away from the station are the Br. Andrew Gonzalez Hall

Br. Andrew Gonzalez Hall

The Br. Andrew Gonzalez Hall is a 20 storey academic complex designed by Philip H. Recto Architects for De La Salle University. It is located on a 1,700-square-meter lot between Taft Avenue and Fidel Reyes St. and in front of the Enrique M. Razon Sports Center...

 of De La Salle University

De La Salle University

De La Salle University is a private Lasallian university in Malate, Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1911 by De La Salle Brothers as the De La Salle College in Paco, Manila with Blimond Pierre serving as its first director...

, the Bureau of Plant Industry

Bureau of Plant Industry (Philippines)

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, Ermita

Ermita, Manila

Ermita is a district of Manila, Philippines located halfway between Intramuros and Malate.-History:Ermita was founded in the late 16th century...

 and the Manila Zoological and Botanical Garden.

Transportation links

San Andres station is accessible by jeepneys plying the San Andres route, as well as buses plying routes on the South Luzon Expressway. A Manila Light Rail Transit System

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...

 station, Quirino Avenue

Quirino Avenue LRT Station

Quirino Avenue LRT Station, also known as Quirino, is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, Quirino Avenue station is above-ground. The station serves Malate in Manila and is located at the meeting point of Taft Avenue, Quirino Avenue and San Andres Street...

, is located further up San Andres Street on the intersection with Taft Avenue.