It is currently being repurposed as an elevated station of the under construction North–South Commuter Railway.

The old platforms are still used to accommodate Commuter Express locomotives and especially intercity trains.

Blumentritt, then San Lazaro,[1] was opened on December 22, 1905, as a station originally part of the Antipolo and Montalban lines; the Blumentritt-Santa Mesa segment of the current PNR Southrail was part of the defunct line but now it is being used for the PNR Metro South Commuter services.

Blumentritt station is accessible by jeepneys and buses plying the Rizal Avenue route.

The station is near major landmarks such as the Blumentritt Market, SM City San Lazaro, San Lazaro Tourism and Business Park (previously the San Lazaro Hippodrome), the Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center, Manila North Cemetery,[2] San Roque de Manila Parish Church, Mariano Ponce Elementary School, and Manuel L. Quezon High School.