Buendia MRT Station

Buendia
Manila Metro Rail Transit System
Buendia Station
Location	Epifanio de los Santos Avenue cor. Gil Puyat Avenue (Buendia). Urdaneta, Makati
Owned by	Department of Transportation and Communications Metro Rail Transit Corporation
Line(s)	MRT-3
Platforms	Island platform
Tracks	2, 2 switch tracks
Construction
Structure type	Concourse: Elevated Platform area: Underground
Other information
Station code	BU
History
Opened	December 15, 1999
Services
Preceding station   Manila MRT   Following station Guadalupe toward North Avenue MRT-3 Ayala toward Taft Avenue

Buendia MRT Station (also known as Gil Puyat MRT Station) is a station on the Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 3 (MRT-3). Buendia Station is one of the two underground stations that can be found on the line, the other being the Ayala station. The station lies near the Buendia Flyover and Gil Puyat Avenue (Buendia) in Makati. It is near Shell Bel-Air in the corner of Gil Puyat Avenue (Buendia), EDSA, and Zodiac Street.

It is the tenth station for trains headed to Taft Avenue and the fourth station for trains headed to North Avenue. It is the second to the last station south of Pasig River and is also the last underground station in the line before the line goes above ground at Guadalupe station.

Nearby landmarks

The station serves the Makati Central Business District and is the nearest station to the Department of Trade and Industry (Philippines), Department of Energy (Philippines), and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority offices; as well as the headquarters of major banks like Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company, Development Bank of the Philippines, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation and Banco de Oro. Several Business process outsourcing (BPO) buildings line the avenue right outside the station including those of SM Cyberzone. Mandarin Oriental and Frasier Place hotels are also nearby. The famous Makati Avenue and Jupiter Street entertainment districts as well as Century Properties can also be accessed from this station via taxi or jeepneys.

Transportation links

Buendia MRT Station has jeepneys, buses, and taxicabs outside the station. Jeepneys that leave from the station head along Gil Puyat Avenue (Buendia) for western Makati City, the Central Business District, and Pasay City.

Express Train Service

Station layout

See also

• List of rail transit stations in Metro Manila
• Manila Metro Rail Transit System

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Buendia MRT Station.

Makati CBD
Towers	Office Ayala Tower One Exportbank Plaza G.T. International Tower Lepanto Building LKG Tower L. V. Locsin Building Pacific Star Building PBCom Tower Petron Megaplaza Philamlife Tower RCBC Plaza Robinsons Summit Center Rufino Pacific Tower The Enterprise Center The World Centre Tower 6789 V Corporate Center Zuellig Building Residential Discovery Primea Grand Soho Makati One Roxas Triangle Salcedo Park Twin Towers The Residences at Greenbelt The Shang Grand Tower
Ayala Center	Ayala Museum Glorietta Greenbelt Holiday Inn & Suites Makati InterContinental Manila Makati Shangri-La, Manila
Other landmarks	Ayala Triangle Gardens Makati Medical Center Mandarin Oriental Manila The Peninsula Manila Washington Sycip Park
Education	Asian Institute for Distance Education Asian Institute of Management CAP College Foundation Centro Escolar University Makati Far Eastern University Makati iAcademy Mapúa Institute of Technology Makati
Transportation	Roads Amorsolo Street Arnaiz Avenue Ayala Avenue Chino Roces Avenue Gil Puyat Avenue Makati Avenue Paseo de Roxas Rail Ayala MRT Station Buendia MRT Station Buendia railway station Pasay Road railway station
Italics denote buildings under construction or planned.

Coordinates: 14°33′15.13″N 121°02′02.74″E / 14.5542028°N 121.0340944°E / 14.5542028; 121.0340944