Ayala MRT Station
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Ayala
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| Manila Metro Rail Transit System | |||||||||||
Ayala Center Station
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| Location |
Epifanio de los Santos Avenue San Lorenzo, Makati |
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| Owned by |
Department of Transportation and Communications Metro Rail Transit Corporation |
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| Line(s) | MRT-3 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2, 1 reserve (in the middle of Ayala and Magallanes Stations) | ||||||||||
| Connections | EDSA Bus Stop Ayala FX Terminal |
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| Structure type | Concourse: Elevated Platform area: Underground |
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| Parking | Through nearby EDSA Carpark | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | AY | ||||||||||
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| Opened | July 20, 2000 | ||||||||||
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Ayala Center MRT Station is a station on the Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 3 (MRT-3). Ayala Station is one of the two underground stations that can be found on the line, the other being the Buendia station. The station is located in Makati and is named so due to its proximity to two places bearing the Ayala name: Ayala Center and Ayala Avenue.
The station is the eleventh station for trains headed to Taft Avenue and the third station for trains headed to North Avenue. The most recognizable landmark near the station is Ayala Center, one of the most popular shopping centers in the Philippines. It is one of two stations that are considered within the Makati Central Business District (the other being Buendia). There are multiple stairs, escalators, and elevators for going in and out of the station.
Ayala MRT station also has a shopping center within the station (similar to Shaw Boulevard MRT Station), with restaurants, shops, and facilities surrounding the concourse level of the station above the main platform.
The station is at the heart of the Makati Central Business District. It has an elevated walkway that connects it to SM Makati, which in turn is connected to Glorietta, Rustan's, The Landmark, Greenbelt, and the rest of the Ayala Center. The station is also the closest to adjacent Forbes Park and Dasmariñas villages, as well as Bonifacio Global City via McKinley Road, which were also developed by the Ayalas. The along with the major financial headquarters of Bank of the Philippine Islands, China Bank, RCBC, HSBC Philippines, Citibank Philippines and Standard Chartered Bank Philippines are all within the station's vicinity. Nearby hotels include InterContinental Hotel, Makati Shangri-La Hotel, Peninsula Manila, Dusit Hotel, New World Hotel and Ascott Makati. The Ayala Triangle Gardens, Ayala Museum, Filipinas Heritage Library and the Asian Institute of Management are also nearby.
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