Blumentritt station is an elevated Light Rail Transit (LRT) station located on the LRT Line 1 (LRT-1) system in Manila. The station serves the districts of Tondo, Santa Cruz, and Sampaloc. The station itself is situated near Blumentritt Road, which the station was named after. The street itself is named to honor Bohemian professor Ferdinand Blumentritt, one of José Rizal's closest associates and a sympathizer of the Propaganda Movement.

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Blumentritt
General information
Location	Rizal Avenue, Santa Cruz Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
Coordinates	14°37′21.82″N 120°58′58.4″E
Owned by	Department of Transportation Light Rail Manila Corporation
Line(s)	Line 1
Platforms	2 (2 side)
Tracks	2
Connections	Blumentritt
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Station code	BL
History
Opened	May 12, 1985; 38 years ago (1985-05-12)
Services
Preceding station Manila LRT Following station Abad Santos towards Fernando Poe Jr. Line 1 Tayuman towards Baclaran
Out-of-system interchange Preceding station PNR Following station Solis towards Governor Pascual North Shuttle España towards Bicutan Tutuban Terminus Metro South Commuter Laon Laan towards IRRI Bicol Express España towards Legazpi
Location
Blumentritt Location within Metro Manila

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With the ongoing construction of NLEX Connector (previously known as NLEX-SLEX Connector Road), the station was built below the elevated expressway.

Blumentritt station serves as the seventh station for LRT-1 trains headed to Baclaran, the fourteenth station for trains headed to Fernando Poe Jr., and is one of the five Line 1 stations serving Santa Cruz District, the others being Tayuman, Bambang, Doroteo Jose, and Carriedo.

It is the second-to last station on Rizal Avenue before the line shifts to Rizal Avenue Extension at Abad Santos station.

Blumentritt station is one of the blast locations where a bomb exploded in a train cab on December 30, 2000, as part of the Rizal Day bombings that caused 22 fatalities and around 100 injuries.^[1]

A Philippine National Railways (PNR) station with the same name exists just a short walk from the station. Buses, jeepneys and taxis that ply Rizal Avenue and nearby routes stop at Blumentritt station, where there is a nearby transportation terminal. Numerous tricycles could also be found near the station, servicing quick transportation from people disembarking from the station and from the jeepneys.

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