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* '''Women's Park''' – Located beside [[Marikina River|Marikina River Park]]. It is a park dedicated to females of Marikina.
=== Transportation ===
'''Roads'''<br />
Marikina is located at the eastern border of Metro Manila and it is the main gateway to [[Rizal Province]] and as farwell as [[Quezon Province]]. [[Marikina-Infanta RoadHighway]], or popularly known as Marcos Highway, is the main provincial highway east ofconnecting Metro Manila connectingto MarikinaRizal andProvince otherparticular surrounding cities such as [[Quezon City]], [[Pasig City]],in [[Antipolo City]] and [[Cainta, Rizal|Cainta]].
Other main roads that connected to Marikina, such as [[A. Bonifacio Avenue]] and Riverbanks Avenue-C5 Access Road connects to [[Quezon City]], J. P. Rizal Street and Fortune Avenue connects to [[San Mateo, Rizal|San Mateo]], Sumulong Highway connects to [[Cainta]] and [[Antipolo City]], and Gil Fernando Avenue connects [[Pasig City]] and [[Cainta]].
'''List of bridges and overpass in Marikina:'''▼
* Barangka Overpass
* Diosdado Macapagal Bridge and Overpass
* Gil Fernando Bridge ''(formerly Tumana Bridge)''▼
* Marcos Bridge
* Marikina Bridge
* Modesta Bridge
* Nangka Bridge
* SM Marikina Overpass
'''List of bridges and overpass in Marikina:'''
* Barangka Overpass
* Diosdado Macapagal Bridge and Overpass
* Gil Fernando Bridge ''(formerly Tumana Bridge)''
* Marcos Bridge
* Marikina Bridge
* Modesta Bridge
* Nangka Bridge
* SM Marikina Overpass
▲'''List of bridgesmain and overpassroads in Marikina:'''
* [[A. Bonifacio Avenue]]
* Amang Rodriguez Avenue
* Bayanbayanan Avenue
* E. Santos Street
* Farmers Avenue
* Fidel V. Ramos Road (C5 Road)
* Fortune Avenue ''(formerly C. M. Recto Avenue)''
* General Ordoñez Avenue ''(formerly Molave Street)''
▲* Gil Fernando BridgeAvenue ''(formerly TumanaA. BridgeTuazon Avenue)''
* J. P. Rizal Street
* '''[[Marikina-Infanta Highway|Marcos Highway]]'''
* Riverbanks Avenue
* Shoe Avenue
* '''[[Sumulong Highway]]'''
'''List of bridges and overpass in Marikina:'''
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'''Rail'''<br />
Currently, elevated [[Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 2|trainLRT 2 line]] run through Marikina City. The east-end station of LRT 2 is [[Santolan LRT Station|Santolan Station]] located along Marcos Highway. The station connects to the west-end, Claro M. Recto Avenue in [[Manila]].
'''BikewaysBikelanes'''<br />▼
Long before the [[Light Rail Transit System Line 2|LRT-2]] finally opened its services in Santolan in the [[Pasig]]-Marikina border in the early 2000s, Steam train services had once served those places in the past, even before World War II.
Bicycle lanes or bikelanes is a convenient mode of transportation within the city. Mostly notable in the banks of Marikina River, at the side of Marcos Highway and J. P. Rizal Avenue, and other city streets.
One of the most notable attractions in Marikina is the bikeways and bikelanes along major roads and city streets. Marikina is one of the first few local government units in the Philippines to implement the bikeways. {{Cn|date=January 2014}}▼
In Marikina, there is a street named "Daangbakal", also called by the names of "Shoe Avenue Extension", "Munding Avenue" and "Bagong Silang". There is also a similar "Daangbakal" in the [[San Mateo, Rizal|San Mateo]]-Montalban ([[Rodriguez, Rizal|Rodriguez]]) area, and on the maps one can notice that the two roads should have been connected with each other. In fact, as the name suggests in Tagalog, these streets were once a single railway line. The two sides of the "Daangbakal" roads were once connected by a bridge in the San Mateo-Marikina border. However, as the railroad tracks have been largely ignored after the Japanese Occupation and was transformed into separate highways, the railway connection was abandoned.
'''Riverways'''<br />▼
The old railroad tracks, called the Marikina Line, was connected from [[Tutuban station]] in [[Manila]], passing through Tramo (Brgy. Rosario, Pasig) coming all the way to the town of Marikina up to Montalban. On the northern end of the "Daangbakal" road in Montablan is a basketball court. That basketball court which stands today, surrounded by the Montalban Catholic Church and Cemetery, was once the railway station terminus of that particular line.
[[Marikina River]] is the main waterway in Marikina and the main transportation here is river ferries. There are 2 river ferries station located in Marikina, such as Riverbanks Station and Sto. NinoNiño Station. Both are under construction, and once completed, this will be more efficient transportation for commuters.▼
'''Public terminals'''<br />
The Marikina Line was completed in 1906, and continued its operation until 1936. These railways were dismantled during the 1960s and were converted into ordinary roads. {{Cn|date=January 2014}}
Like in any other places in the Philippines, [[jeepneys]] are the most commonly used as public transportation especially for the commuters in and around the city. Marikina Sports Park Jeepney Station along Shoe Avenue is one of many jeepney terminals in the city.
Tricycles (motorbikes with an attached two-seat carriage) are the usual transportation use for short distances until you reached your destination. Most of the terminals usually located at the corner of main streets in the city.
Today, the citizens are dependent on [[Tricycles]], [[Jeepneys]], Taxis, FX, Buses, and AUV's which contribute to the everyday heavy traffic of Metropolitan Manila. Even now, there is uncertainty in the Northrail project, which links Manila to the northern provinces of [[Luzon]], because of corruption within the project's construction.
Shuttle or utility vehicle services is another convenient transportation in the city. It is usually ridden by professionals or office workers in the morning rush or just an ordinary commuters who likes more convenient and efficient transportation until it reach its terminals. Sto. Niño, Riverbanks and Concepcion are some of its terminals and mostly concentrated its destinations to major business areas such as [[Ortigas Center]], [[Ayala Center]] and [[Cubao]].
Aside from the Marikina Line, two other lines have existed before but are now removed permanently.
Buses are also a commonly used as public transportation from long distances. Marikina Auto Line Transport Corporation main terminal is located in Marikina City, considered as one of the oldest and most prominent bus companies in Metro Manila, serving [[Commonwealth Avenue]] and [[EDSA]] corridors passing Marikina City and [[San Mateo, Rizal]].
First is the [[Cavite]] Line, which passed through [[Paco]], [[Parañaque]], [[Bacoor]] and up to [[Naic]], Cavite. Completed in 1908, its operation continued until 1936.
Second is the [[Antipolo]] Line, which passed through [[Santa Mesa]], [[Mandaluyong]], Pasig, [[Cainta]], [[Taytay, Rizal|Taytay]], up to Antipolo near the "[[Hinulugang Taktak]]" Falls. There is also a street named "Daangbakal" in Antipolo, where like the "Daangbakal" roads on Marikina and San Mateo, a railway line once existed. The railroad tracks also passed through what is now the [[Ortigas Avenue]] Extension. Its operation ceased in 1917.
▲'''Bikeways'''<br />
Public transportation within the city, like in most of the urban areas in the [[Philippines]], is facilitated mostly using inexpensive [[jeepney]]s and buses. Tricycles (motorbikes with an attached two seater carriage) are the usual transportation used for short distances, while Taxi cabs are used by the upper middle class. The roads are organized around a set of long narrow and circumferential roads that radiate and circle in and around the city.
▲One of the most notable attractions in Marikina is the bikeways and bikelanes along major roads and city streets. Marikina is one of the first few local government units in the Philippines to implement the bikeways. {{Cn|date=January 2014}}
▲'''Riverways'''<br />
▲[[Marikina River]] is the main waterway in Marikina and the main transportation here is river ferries. There are 2 river ferries station located in Marikina, such as Riverbanks Station and Sto. Nino Station. Both are under construction, and once completed, this will be more efficient transportation for commuters.
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