Doroteo Jose

LRT-1 station

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Doroteo Jose station is an elevated Light Rail Transit (LRT) station located on the LRT Line 1 (LRT-1) system in Santa Cruz, Manila City. The station is situated on Rizal Avenue and slightly past Doroteo Jose Street. Both the station and the street are named after Doroteo Jose, a Filipino who was arrested by Spanish authorities in 1898 for leading a movement against a corrupt archbishop.

Doroteo Jose station is the 2nd station of LRT-1 north of the Pasig River, after Carriedo station. It is the 10th station for trains headed to Dr. Santos and the 16th station for trains headed to Fernando Poe Jr.

The station is near the Manila City Jail and the Fabella Memorial Hospital. Popular shopping centers such as the Isetann Cinerama Recto and the Odeon Terminal Mall are also nearby. Due to its position of being near the University Belt, the station is also close to educational institutions of the University Belt. It is one of the only stations on the line where commuters can transfer from one platform to another without having to go down to the street level. However, unlike the stations of Dr. Santos, Ninoy Aquino, Asia World, MIA, Redemptorist, Baclaran, Central Terminal, Carriedo, Balintawak, and Fernando Poe Jr., commuters still have to exit the fare gates to access the walkway above the platforms.

Doroteo Jose

General information

Location

Rizal Avenue, Santa Cruz, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines

Coordinates

14°36'19"N 120°58'55"E

Owned by

Department of Transportation
Light Rail Transit Authority

Operated by

Light Rail Manila Corporation

Line(s)

LRT Line 1

Platforms

2 (2 side)

Tracks

Connections

LRT-2 Recto
Future: MRT-8 Lerma

Construction

Structure type

Elevated

Parking

Manila Grand Opera Hotel & Casino
Amaia Skies Avenida

Bicycle facilities

Accessible

Concourse: All entrances
Platforms: All platforms

Other information

Status

Operational

Station code

History

Opened

May 12, 1985

Services

Preceding station	Manila LRT	Following station
Carriedo towards Dr. Santos	Line 1	Bambang towards Fernando Poe Jr.

Out-of-system interchange

Preceding station	Manila LRT	Following station
Terminus	Line 2 transfer at Recto	Legarda towards Antipolo

Track layout

Doroteo Jose station was opened to the public on May 12, 1985, as part of the Rizal Line, which extended the LRT northward to Monumento.

The station's renovation program began in December 2016. The renovation improved and equipped the station with structural upgrades and new modern facilities. It was reopened in a ceremony on February 6, 2017.

Doroteo Jose station serves as the transfer point between LRT Lines 1 and 2. The station is connected to Recto station by means of an elevated walkway.

The station, being near the University Belt of Manila, serves as an important transfer point for buses, taxis, and tricycles, although this role is also being given to the closer Recto station. Buses stop at the bus terminal on Recto Avenue.

Many provincial bus lines, such as Bataan Transit (Bataan, Pampanga, Pangasinan, and other Northern Luzon provinces), Genesis Transport Service Inc. (Bataan, Pampanga, and Baguio), Solid North Transit Inc. (Pangasinan and Tarlac), and Philippine Rabbit (Tarlac and Baguio) provide bus terminals near the station and serve the northern corridors.

The station is near the Manila City Jail and the Fabella Memorial Hospital. Popular shopping centers such as the Isetann Cinerama Recto and the Odeon Terminal Mall are also nearby. Due to its position of being near the University Belt, the station is also close to educational institutions of the University Belt.

On January 15, 2020 at 6:45 AM, a 32-year-old female passenger jumped onto the northbound tracks at Doroteo Jose station as a 1200 class train was approaching. The train operator managed to slow down, but the passenger sustained head lacerations and bruises from the impact of the fall. Operations were delayed as security and response teams worked to pull the victim out. The person was initially rushed to the Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center before being transferred to the Medical Center Manila for further scans and examination. Operations normalized later that morning after the tracks were cleared.
On June 25, 2024, in the afternoon, the Manila Police District clarified that a 50-year-old woman who was initially reported to have jumped intentionally onto the LRT-1 tracks. The incident happened at Doroteo Jose station, involving the 13000 class train, causing the temporary suspension of the line's operations. The woman has a history of hypertension and stroke and is still hospitalized.

View of Doroteo Jose station from the elevated walkway connecting it to Recto station

Turnstiles at the concourse area into a platform

Overpass between platforms at Level 3

Southbound view from the station's overpass

Northbound view from the station's overpass

Operational
Dr. Santos Ninoy Aquino Asia World MIA Redemptorist Baclaran EDSA Libertad Gil Puyat Vito Cruz Quirino Pedro Gil	United Nations Central Carriedo Doroteo Jose Bambang Tayuman Blumentritt Abad Santos R. Papa 5th Avenue Monumento Balintawak
Fernando Poe Jr.
Under construction
Las Piñas Zapote	Niog North Triangle