Angeles station
Angeles | ||||||||||||||||
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 Angeles station building ruins, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | MacArthur Highway, Tabun Angeles City, Pampanga Philippines | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Philippine National Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Philippine National Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Planned: North Commuter Former: North Main Line | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Under construction | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | ANG | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1892; 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1988 | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2021-ongoing | |||||||||||||||
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Angeles station is a former railway station located on the North Main Line in Pampanga, Philippines. It is currently being rebuilt as part of the second phase of the North–South Commuter Railway.[1][2][3]
History[edit]
The station has been used for passenger and freight transportation notably by Manila Railroad Company and the Philippine National Railways (PNR).[4][5]
In April 1942, during World War II, local residents threw food and drinks into wagons filled with US and Filipino soldiers being transported by the Japanese Imperial Army.[4]
The station ceased to operate after the North Main Line was closed in 1988.[6] Since then, the local government has converted the area into a park.[4]
The station was to be rebuilt as a part of the Northrail project, which involved the upgrading of the existing single track to an elevated dual-track system, converting the rail gauge from narrow gauge to standard gauge, and linking Manila to Malolos in Bulacan and further on to Angeles City, Clark Special Economic Zone and Clark International Airport.[7] The project commenced in 2007, but was repeatedly halted then discontinued in 2011.[8][9]
References[edit]
- ^ Paz, Chrisee Dela. "17 stations of Manila-Clark Railway announced". Rappler. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ^ "Completion of PNR Clark Phase 1, 2 on track". Philippine News Agency. March 8, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
- ^ Department of Transportation The Republic of the Philippines (October 2018). "FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE NORTH SOUTH RAILWAY PROJECT-SOUTH LINE (COMMUTER)(NORTH-SOUTH COMMUTER RAILWAY EXTENSION PROJECT) IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES" (PDF). jica.go.jp.
- ^ a b c Orejas, Tonette (December 5, 2015). "124-yr-old rail tracks spring to life in Angeles". Inquirer. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
- ^ Consecutive station layouts. Main Line North (Report). Manila Railroad Company. March 12, 1949. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
- ^ "Brief history of PNR". Philippine National Railways (February 27, 2009). Archived from the original on February 27, 2009. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
- ^ "Off track: Northrail timeline". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
- ^ Landingin, Roel. "Chinese foreign aid goes offtrack in the Philippines" (PDF). PCIJ (Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ "Philippines: China-funded Northrail project derailed". Financial Times. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
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