University Avenue station

University Avenue Station is an under-construction underground station of the Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 7 and proposed station of the Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 8 located along Commonwealth Avenue in UP Village, Quezon City, Philippines. The station itself is located within the campus of the University of the Philippines Diliman, and was named after University Avenue, the main road leading towards the university. The Line 7 system has a proposed spur line to connect itself to the Manila Line 2 at Katipunan station, passing through the University of the Philippines Diliman and Katipunan Avenue, while the Line 8 system will terminate at this station with a spur line towards its depot further inside UP Diliman.

University Avenue
Manila Metro Rail Transit System
Line 7 Construction progress near the University Avenue Station as of October 14, 2017
LocationCommonwealth Avenue, U.P. Campus, Diliman, Quezon City
Owned byLine 7: SMC-MRT7
Line 8: TBA
Line(s)     Line 7
     Line 8
Tracks2 (4 in the future)
Construction
Structure typeTunnel
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeUA
History
OpenedLine 7: 2020 (estimated)
Line 8: TBA
Services
Preceding station Manila MRT Following station
Tandang Sora Line 7 Quezon Memorial
towards North Avenue
Terminus Line 8 Quezon Memorial
towards Lerma

When completed, the station will serve the following destinations: University of the Philippines Diliman, U.P.–Ayala Land TechnoHub, Philippine Coconut Authority (PhilCoa), and the Commission on Human Rights Complex.

The station, unlike the separate Quezon Memorial stations of Lines 7 and 8, will be situated at the same complex with the Line 8 building platforms side-by-side the Line 7 platforms thereby creating a common station.

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