Buendia railway station

Buendia
Philippine National Railways
Platform area of Buendia station
Location	South Luzon Expressway cor. Gil Puyat Avenue Pio del Pilar, Makati
Coordinates	14°33′26.47″N 121°0′29.17″E / 14.5573528°N 121.0081028°E / 14.5573528; 121.0081028Coordinates: 14°33′26.47″N 121°0′29.17″E / 14.5573528°N 121.0081028°E / 14.5573528; 121.0081028
Owned by	Philippine National Railways
Line(s)	█ PNR Southrail
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	DIA
History
Opened	1975
Rebuilt	1990, 2009
Services
Preceding station   PNR   Following station Vito Cruz toward Tutuban Metro Commuter Pasay Road toward Calamba

Buendia or (sometimes called Dela Rosa) is a station on the South Main Line ("Southrail") of the Philippine National Railways. Like all PNR stations, this station is at grade. The station is located at the corner of Gil Puyat Avenue (formerly named Buendia Avenue) and the South Luzon Expressway in Makati.

Buendia is the ninth station from Tutuban and is one of three stations serving Makati, the other two being Pasay Road and EDSA.

Buendia station was opened on November 24, 1975 as part of the 83rd Anniversary of the Philippine National Railways coincided with the double tracking from Paco to Pasay Road, the station was renovated from 1989 to 1990 for the Metrotren Commuter service.

During the Northrail-Southrail Linkage Project, the platforms were raised with renovation of the station area and formally reopened on July 14, 2009.

The station is near the Cash and Carry Mall in Barangay Palanan and an SM Hypermarket on the other side of the South Luzon Expressway in Barangay San Isidro. Further away from the station are Makati Cinema Square, Exportbank Plaza and the San Antonio, Pio Del Pilar and San Isidro national high schools. A cluster of Cityland condominiums is also located right behind the station.

Buendia station is accessible by jeepneys and buses plying the Taft Avenue and South Luzon Expressway routes. A terminal for San Antonio cycle rickshaws is located across the station on the other side of Gil Puyat Avenue, while Pio del Pilar cycle rickshaws also drop commuters off at the station.

The station is located roughly midway between Buendia MRT Stations at the intersection with Epifanio de los Santos Avenue and Gil Puyat LRT Station at the intersection with Taft Avenue.