North Triangle Common Station
station on the Manila Lines 1, 3, 7, and 9 (LRT-1, MRT-3, MRT-7, and MRT-9/Subway)
The North Triangle Common Station, officially designated as the Unified Grand Central Station and North EDSA for the MRT Line 7, commonly known as the Common Station or North Triangle station, is an under-construction rapid transit terminal and transport hub that will connect LRT Line 1, MRT Line 3, and MRT Line 7, and the nearby Metro Manila Subway. It is located in Bagong Pag-asa, Quezon City, Philippines, and is named after its location, which is at the corner of EDSA and North Avenue.
The common alignment had been in limbo for years since the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), now Department of Transportation (DOTr), reviewed the project's technical and financial components. It was in January 2017 that an agreement was reached to build the station. The groundbreaking of the station was held at the North Triangle Transport Terminal in September 2017. The station was initially expected to fully open in January 2021, but repeated delays have set back its opening indefinitely.
History
Negotiations
On June 2, 2011, the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) called for bidders for the contract to build the station, which was estimated to cost ₱1.5 billion. But on July 13 of that year, then-Secretary of Transportation and Communications Mar Roxas announced a review of the project and considering adding store space for lease. The government, by that time, had allotted ₱2 billion for its construction.
On July 22, 2012, the government shelved the project indefinitely due to the Philippine financial crisis in favor of demolition of the tracks and pillars.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “North Triangle Common Station” is station on the Manila Lines 1, 3, 7, and 9 (LRT-1, MRT-3, MRT-7, and MRT-9/Subway). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through North, Triangle and Common, not as a finished interpretation.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7054028. Authority coordinates are 14.656, 121.028. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2017, 2021, 2011 and 2012.
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