Fernando Poe Jr. station

Fernando Poe Jr. station, also known by its previous name Roosevelt station, is the current northern terminus of the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) system. It opened on October 22, 2010, as part of the LRT-1 North Extension Project, as Roosevelt (Tagalog: [ˈrusvɛlt, ˈrusbɛlt]) and got its current name on August 20, 2023, almost two years after the namesake avenue was officially renamed after the Filipino actor. Fernando Poe Jr. is one of the two LRT-1 stations serving Quezon City, the other being Balintawak. It is located along EDSA at the boundary of barangays Veterans Village and Ramon Magsaysay (Bago Bantay) in Quezon City, both of Projects 7 and 8, respectively. It links to Congressional Avenue and Fernando Poe Jr. Avenue.

The station was first planned for the second phase of the MRT Line 3 (MRT-3), known as Muñoz station. The second phase would have extended the MRT Line 3 from its northern terminus at North Avenue to Monumento to create a seamless rail loop around Metro Manila. The station was planned to be located near the San Francisco del Monte River. It was also planned as an intermediate station, then called Roosevelt, on the EDSA North Transit (ENT) Link, a separate project that would have linked the MRT-3 at North Avenue with the LRT Line 1 (LRT-1) and PNR North Main Line in Caloocan. The second phase of the MRT-3 and the ENT Link were shelved in favor of the Line 1 North Extension Project, a 5.4-kilometer (3.4 mi) extension of LRT-1 to the North Avenue station of MRT-3 as part of the MRT-LRT closing the loop project to integrate the operations of LRT-1 and MRT-3. The station site was moved from the San Francisco del Monte River to the front of WalterMart North EDSA. However, this plan for integration has yet to happen as the North Triangle Station is under construction. Construction of the North Extension started in July 2008 and was completed in 2010. Roosevelt station was opened on October 22, 2010. The station was initially named after Roosevelt Avenue, which was in turn named in honor of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The avenue was later renamed Fernando Poe Jr. Avenue on December 10, 2021.

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