Manila LRT-1 train arriving at Cariedo Station - Manila, Philippines 🇵🇭

Carriedo station is an elevated Light Rail Transit (LRT) station located on the LRT Line 1 (LRT-1) system along the district boundary of Santa Cruz and Quiapo in Manila.

Carriedo is the first station north of the Pasig River. It is the fifteenth station for trains headed to Fernando Poe Jr. and the eleventh station for trains headed to Dr. Santos. It is named after Carriedo Street, which crosses beneath it and is itself named after Spanish philanthropist Francisco Carriedo y Pedero.

It is one of the ten stations on the line to have its concourse area below the platform, the other nine being Dr. Santos, Ninoy Aquino Avenue, PITX, MIA Road, Redemptorist-Aseana, Baclaran, Central Terminal, Balintawak, and Fernando Poe Jr.

Carriedo station is a three-level structure with two separate concourse areas, both on the second level: the south concourse, which connects to Isetann Carriedo and provides access via the south entrance on Carriedo Street, and the north concourse, which connects to Good Earth Plaza and provides access via the east and west entrances on Rizal Avenue. The ground (street) level houses entrances and retail shops, while carts and ATM are also found on the second level. The third level is dedicated to the side platforms.

It is also the only station on the entire line with a canopy roof with the others being fully-roofed. Like Balintawak, Central Terminal, Fernando Poe Jr., Doroteo Jose, and PITX stations, commuters do not have to go down to street level to cross from one platform to another. Unlike at Doroteo Jose, commuters do not pay another fare as well, as they transfer between platforms through the concourse.

Due to Carriedo station's location being near three districts, namely, Santa Cruz, Binondo, and Quiapo, the station is served by many forms of public transport. Buses serving the Taft Avenue and Rizal Avenue routes and nearby routes, jeepneys, taxis, tricycles, pedicabs, and kalesas stop at and around the station. Kalesas and tricycles are particularly used in Binondo, due to the district's narrow streets.

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