Jump to content

Paco station: Difference between revisions

Coordinates: 14°34′45″N 120°59′57″E / 14.57917°N 120.99917°E / 14.57917; 120.99917
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
m v2.04 - Repaired 1 link to disambiguation page - (You can help) - Battle of Manila
 
(25 intermediate revisions by 17 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|Railway station in metro Manila, Philippines}}
{{Use Philippine English|date=March 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox station
{{Infobox station
| name = Paco
| name = Paco
| type = [[Train station]]
| type = [[Train station]]
| symbol = PNR
| symbol = PNR
| symbol_location = manila
| symbol_location = manila
| map_type = Manila
| map_type = Philippines City of Manila#Metro Manila#Luzon mainland#Philippines
| map_caption = Location within Metro Manila
| map_caption = Location in [[Manila]]##Location in [[Metro Manila]]##Location in [[Luzon]]##Location in the Philippines
| image = PNR Paco Station.jpg
| image = PNR Paco Station Train 1.jpg
| image_caption = Platform area of Paco station
| image_caption = Platform area of Paco station
| address = [[Paco, Manila|Paco]], [[Manila]]
| address = [[Pedro Gil Street]], [[Paco, Manila|Paco]] <br> [[Manila]], [[Metro Manila]]
| country = [[Philippines]]
| country = [[Philippines]]
| coordinates = {{coord|14|34|45|N|120|59|57|E|format=dms|region:PH|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates = {{coord|14|34|45|N|120|59|57|E|format=dms|dim:30_region:PH_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
| line = {{color box|orange}} [[PNR Metro Commuter Line]]<br>'''Former:'''<br>{{color box|grey}} Naic Line and Cavite Branch
| line = {{color box|orange}} [[PNR South Main Line|South Main Line]] <br>
'''Planned:''' [[North–South Commuter Railway|South Commuter]] <br> '''Former:''' {{color box|grey}} Naic and Cavite
⚫
| other =<!-- jeepneys -->
| platform = 2 [[side platforms]]<br>2 [[island platform]]s (NSCR)
| other = <!-- jeepneys -->
| architect = [[William E. Parsons]]
| platform = 2 [[side platforms]]<br />2 [[island platform]]s (NSCR)
| architect = [[William E. Parsons]]{{efn|name=old|Old Paco station building}}
| architectural_style = [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]]
| architectural_style = [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]]{{efn|name=old}}
| tracks = [[Double-track railway|Double-track]]<br>Sextuple-track (NSCR and SLH)
| opened = March 25, 1908
| tracks = 2<br />6 (NSCR and SLH)
| rebuilt = 2009
| opened = March 25, 1908
| services = {{s-rail|title=PNR}}
| rebuilt = 2009
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=PNR
{{s-line|system=PNR|line=Metro Commuter North Shuttle|previous=Santa Mesa|next=Dela Rosa}}
|line1=Metro Commuter North Shuttle|left1=Santa Mesa|right1=Dela Rosa
{{s-line|system=PNR|line=MetroCommuter|previous=Pandacan|next=San Andres|rows1=2}}
|line2=MetroCommuter|left2=Pandacan|right2=San Andres
⚫
| other_services_header = Future services
}}
⚫
| other_services_collapsible = yes
⚫
| other_services_header = Future services
| other_services =
⚫
| other_services_collapsible = yes
{{s-rail|title=PNR}}
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=PNR
{{s-line|system=PNR|line=NSCRCIC|previous=Santa Mesa|next=Buendia|notemid=CIA–Calamba}}
{{s-line|system=PNR|line=NSCRMAC|previous=Santa Mesa|next=Buendia|notemid=Tutuban–Calamba}}
|line1=NSCRCIC|left1=Santa Mesa|right1=Buendia|note-mid1=CIA–Calamba
|line2=NSCRMAC|left2=Santa Mesa|right2=Buendia|note-mid2=Tutuban–Calamba
| ADA = yes
}}
| code = PC
| owned = [[Philippine National Railways]]
| accessible = yes
⚫
| code = PC
| owned = [[Philippine National Railways]]
| operator = Philippine National Railways
}}
}}
{{Philippine National Railways Commuter Express|left|collapse=yes}}
{{Philippine National Railways Commuter Express|left|collapse=yes}}
'''Paco''' is a station on the [[PNR South Main Line]], located and named after the district of [[Paco, Manila]]. It was originally opened by the Manila Railway Company in 1908 as a major hub in the southern half of [[Manila]], where trains toward [[Cavite]] province once operated. The old train station building was designed by [[William E. Parsons]] and was completed in 1915. Prior to the electrification plan in the late 1970s, Paco was the southernmost [[double-track railway|double-track]] station on the South Main Line.
'''Paco station''' is a railway station located on the [[PNR South Main Line|South Main Line]] in the city of [[Manila]], [[Philippines]]. It was originally opened by the [[Manila Railroad Company]] in 1908 as a major hub in the southern half of [[Manila]], where trains toward [[Cavite]] province once operated. The old train station building was designed by [[William E. Parsons]] and was completed in 1915. Prior to the electrification plan in the late 1970s, Paco was the southernmost [[double-track railway|double-track]] station on the line.


The station eventually lost its significance in the following decades and only the [[façade]] remains intact with the interior in a state of decay after a 1996 demolition plan to give way for the construction of a [[shopping mall]]. A newer utilitarian platform area has been built for the [[PNR Metro Commuter Line]] behind the old station in 2009. Preservation efforts have been stated since 2015 with the construction of the [[North–South Commuter Railway]].
The station eventually lost its significance in the following decades and only the [[façade]] remains intact with the interior in a state of decay after a 1996 demolition plan to give way for the construction of a [[shopping mall]]. A newer utilitarian platform area has been built for the [[PNR Metro Commuter Line]] behind the old station in 2009. Preservation efforts have been stated since 2015 with the construction of the [[North–South Commuter Railway]].


==History==
==History==
[[File:WTMP A-trio a19 1.JPG|thumb|left|Facade of the old station.]]
[[File:WTMP A-trio a19 1.JPG|thumb|Facade of the old station]]


===Early history===
===Early history===
The Manila Belt Line from Santa Mesa to Paco and the segment of the defunct Cavite line to Binakayan were opened on March 25, 1908. Construction of the station started in 1912 and was completed by 1915.<ref name="es">{{Cite web|first=Nicai|last=De Guzman|title=There's Art Hidden Inside This Abandoned Manila Railway Station|url=https://www.esquiremag.ph/culture/lifestyle/paco-railway-station-history-a1729-20190301-lfrm|work=Esquire Philippines|date=March 1, 2019|access-date=September 16, 2021}}</ref> What would become the old station building was designed by William E. Parsons, a graduate of the [[École des Beaux-Arts]] and was notable for supervising the [[Department of Public Works and Highways|Bureau of Public Works]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Report of the governor general of the Philippine Islands. |url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/acx1716.1908.002 |date=1908 |access-date=December 2, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The 8 Most Haunting ‘Abandoned’ Places in the Philippines|url=https://filipiknow.net/ghost-towns-and-abandoned-buildings-philippines/|date=September 18, 2019|access-date=September 16, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> The Belt Line later gave way to the Manila Railroad's Main Line South in the 1910s.
The station was established on March 25, 1908, as a station serving the Manila Belt Line (from [[Tutuban station|Tutuban]] to Paco) and the now-defunct Cavite Line (then from Paco to Binakayan in [[Kawit]], [[Cavite]]). The railroad towards [[Muntinlupa station|Muntinlupa]], then in [[Rizal (province)|Rizal]], was later inaugurated on June 21, 1908. Construction of the station began in 1912 and was completed by 1915.<ref name="es">{{Cite web|first=Nicai|last=De Guzman|title=There's Art Hidden Inside This Abandoned Manila Railway Station|url=https://www.esquiremag.ph/culture/lifestyle/paco-railway-station-history-a1729-20190301-lfrm|work=Esquire Philippines|date=March 1, 2019|access-date=September 16, 2021}}</ref> What would become the old station building was designed by [[William E. Parsons]], a graduate of the [[École des Beaux-Arts]] and was the Consulting Architect of the [[Department of Public Works and Highways|Bureau of Public Works]] at that time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Report of the governor general of the Philippine Islands. |url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/acx1716.1908.002 |date=1908 |access-date=December 2, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The 8 Most Haunting 'Abandoned' Places in the Philippines|url=https://filipiknow.net/ghost-towns-and-abandoned-buildings-philippines/|date=September 18, 2019|access-date=September 16, 2021}}</ref> The Belt Line later gave way to the Manila Railroad's Main Line South in the 1910s.


During the [[Battle of Manila (1945)|Battle of Manila]] on February 7, 1945, the [[United States Army]] [[149th Infantry Regiment (United States)|149th Infantry Regiment]] crossed the [[Pasig River]] from the north and landed in the suburbs of [[Pandacan]] and Paco with the Filipino troops under the [[History of the Philippine Army|Philippine Commonwealth Army]]. A battle took place around the station with some 300 [[Imperial Japanese Army]] defending it.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Antonio|last=Figueroa|title=Paco Railroad Station Soon to Become Historic Landmark|url=http://digitaljournal.com/article/287451|date=February 11, 2010|access-date=September 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609172654/http://digitaljournal.com/article/287451|archive-date=June 9, 2020}}</ref>
During the [[Battle of Manila (1945)|Battle of Manila]] on February 7, 1945, the [[United States Army]] [[149th Infantry Regiment (United States)|148th Infantry Regiment]] crossed the [[Pasig River]] from the north and landed in the suburbs of [[Pandacan]] and Paco with the Filipino troops under the [[History of the Philippine Army|Philippine Commonwealth Army]]. A battle took place around the station with some 300 [[Imperial Japanese Army]] defending it.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Antonio|last=Figueroa|title=Paco Railroad Station Soon to Become Historic Landmark|url=http://digitaljournal.com/article/287451|date=February 11, 2010|access-date=September 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609172654/http://digitaljournal.com/article/287451|archive-date=June 9, 2020}}</ref>


===Contemporary history===
===Contemporary history===
The old station fell into disuse in the years following the war. The station was partially demolished in 1996 to make way for a [[shopping mall]] in the area.<ref name="es"/> A new station was also built to the east as part of PNR's reconstruction in 2009 due to the old station building being unusable.<ref>{{Cite web|first=David|last=Cooper|title=3D Virtual Building Constructions From ActiveWorlds|url=http://www.davidcooper.com.au/htmls/Activew.htm|date=2009|access-date=September 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219015801/http://www.davidcooper.com.au/htmls/Activew.htm|archive-date=February 19, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The old station fell into disuse in the years following the war. The station was partially demolished in 1996 to make way for a shopping mall in the area.<ref name="es"/> A new station was also built to the southwest as part of PNR's reconstruction in 2009 due to the old station building being unusable.<ref>{{Cite web|first=David|last=Cooper|title=3D Virtual Building Constructions From ActiveWorlds|url=http://www.davidcooper.com.au/htmls/Activew.htm|date=2009|access-date=September 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219015801/http://www.davidcooper.com.au/htmls/Activew.htm|archive-date=February 19, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>


The [[Department of Transportation (Philippines)|Department of Transportation and Communications]] started plans to restore and conserve the old station building in 2015. Heritage advocates including the Heritage Conservation Society welcomed the development.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.manilatimes.net/paco-restoration-earns-accolades/194413/|title=Paco restoration earns accolades|last=Palaña|first=Aberon Voltaire|date=June 23, 2015|work=The Manila Times|access-date=January 15, 2019}}</ref> As of July 2020, the new Paco station shall be built beside the old one with a buffer zone, similar to [[Seoul Station]] in [[South Korea]].<ref>{{Cite report|title=Environmental Impact Statement Report (EISR) for the South Commuter Railway Project (SCRP)|work=Malolos–Clark Railway Project (Blumentritt Extension) and South Commuter Railway Project for Packages CP S-01 and CP S-02; Construction Of Civil Structures: Viaducts, Bridges, and Four Stations|publisher=[[Department of Transportation (Philippines)]]|date=December 4, 2020}}</ref>
The [[Department of Transportation (Philippines)|Department of Transportation and Communications]] started plans to restore and conserve the old station building in 2015. Heritage advocates including the Heritage Conservation Society welcomed the development.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.manilatimes.net/paco-restoration-earns-accolades/194413/|title=Paco restoration earns accolades|last=Palaña|first=Aberon Voltaire|date=June 23, 2015|work=The Manila Times|access-date=January 15, 2019}}</ref> As of July 2020, the new Paco station shall be built beside the old one with a buffer zone, similar to [[Seoul Station]] in [[South Korea]].<ref>{{Cite report|title=Environmental Impact Statement Report (EISR) for the South Commuter Railway Project (SCRP)|work=Malolos–Clark Railway Project (Blumentritt Extension) and South Commuter Railway Project for Packages CP S-01 and CP S-02; Construction Of Civil Structures: Viaducts, Bridges, and Four Stations|publisher=[[Department of Transportation (Philippines)]]|date=December 4, 2020}}</ref>


According to rendered images of the NSCR freight tracks belonging to the [[PNR South Long Haul]]'s northward extension to the [[Port of Manila]] will pass through the bottom of the NSCR station and behind the original building.<ref>{{Cite image|first=Andrew|last=Pan|title=Render of the PNR NSCR Paco station|url=https://www.facebook.com/PTERCOfficial/photos/a.1814507465464972/2764486910467018/|publisher=Philippine Train Enthusiast and Railfans Club|date=December 7, 2020|access-date=September 16, 2021|url-status=live}} {{registration required}}</ref>
According to rendered images of the NSCR freight tracks belonging to the [[PNR South Long Haul]]'s northward extension to the [[Port of Manila]] will pass through the bottom of the NSCR station and behind the original building.<ref>{{Cite AV media|first=Andrew|last=Pan|title=Render of the PNR NSCR Paco station|url=https://www.facebook.com/PTERCOfficial/photos/a.1814507465464972/2764486910467018/|publisher=Philippine Train Enthusiast and Railfans Club|date=December 7, 2020|access-date=September 16, 2021| url-access=registration}} {{registration required}}</ref>


==Station Layout==
==Station layout==
{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
{| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=4 valign=top|'''L1<br />Platforms'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=4 valign=top|'''L1<br />Platforms'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]], doors will open on the right</small>
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]], doors will open on the right</small>
Line 66: Line 72:
|-
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''L1'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''L1'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Concourse/<br>Street Level
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Concourse/<br />Street Level
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=400 valign=top|Ticket Booths, Station Control, Shops, [[Pedro Gil Street]]
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=400 valign=top|Ticket Booths, Station Control, Shops, [[Pedro Gil Street]]
|}
|}


==Nearby landmarks==
==Nearby landmarks==
The station is near [[Plaza Dilao]], Paco Market, [[Paco Church|San Fernando de Dilao Church]], [[Paco Catholic School]], and [[Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion de la Concordia]]. Plaza Dilao is also where the statue dedicated to Blessed [[Dom Justo Takayama]] stands. The newest section of [[Skyway (Metro Manila)|Skyway Stage 3]] passes by the old and new stations.
The station is near [[Plaza Dilao]], Paco Market, [[Paco Church|San Fernando de Dilao Church]], [[Paco Catholic School]], and [[Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion de la Concordia]]. Plaza Dilao is also where the statue dedicated to Blessed [[Dom Justo Takayama]] stands. [[Skyway (Metro Manila)|Skyway Stage 3]] passes by the old and new stations.


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Tutuban railway station]]
*[[Tutuban railway station]]

==External links==
* {{commonscat-inline}}

==Notes==
{{noteslist}}


==References==
==References==
Line 83: Line 95:
[[Category:Philippine National Railways stations]]
[[Category:Philippine National Railways stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Metro Manila]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Metro Manila]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1915]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the Philippines opened in 1915]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Paco, Manila]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Paco, Manila]]

Latest revision as of 16:23, 15 September 2024

Paco
Train station
Platform area of Paco station
General information
LocationPedro Gil Street, Paco
Manila, Metro Manila
Philippines
Coordinates14°34′45″N 120°59′57″E / 14.57917°N 120.99917°E / 14.57917; 120.99917
Owned byPhilippine National Railways
Operated byPhilippine National Railways
Line(s)  South Main Line
Planned: South Commuter
Former:   Naic and Cavite
Platforms2 side platforms
2 island platforms (NSCR)
Tracks2
6 (NSCR and SLH)
Construction
AccessibleYes
ArchitectWilliam E. Parsons[a]
Architectural styleBeaux-Arts[a]
Other information
Station codePC
History
OpenedMarch 25, 1908
Rebuilt2009
Services
Preceding station PNR Following station
Santa Mesa
towards Governor Pascual
 North Shuttle Dela Rosa
towards Bicutan
Pandacan
towards Tutuban
 Metro South Commuter San Andres
towards IRRI
Future services
Preceding station PNR Following station
Santa Mesa
towards Clark International Airport
 NSCR Commuter
CIA–Calamba
 Buendia
towards Calamba
Santa Mesa
towards Tutuban
 NSCR Commuter
Tutuban–Calamba
Location
Paco is located in Manila
Paco
Paco
Location in Manila
Paco is located in Metro Manila
Paco
Paco
Location in Metro Manila
Paco is located in Luzon
Paco
Paco
Location in Luzon
Paco is located in Philippines
Paco
Paco
Location in the Philippines

Paco station is a railway station located on the South Main Line in the city of Manila, Philippines. It was originally opened by the Manila Railroad Company in 1908 as a major hub in the southern half of Manila, where trains toward Cavite province once operated. The old train station building was designed by William E. Parsons and was completed in 1915. Prior to the electrification plan in the late 1970s, Paco was the southernmost double-track station on the line.

The station eventually lost its significance in the following decades and only the façade remains intact with the interior in a state of decay after a 1996 demolition plan to give way for the construction of a shopping mall. A newer utilitarian platform area has been built for the PNR Metro Commuter Line behind the old station in 2009. Preservation efforts have been stated since 2015 with the construction of the North–South Commuter Railway.

History

[edit]
Facade of the old station

Early history

[edit]

The station was established on March 25, 1908, as a station serving the Manila Belt Line (from Tutuban to Paco) and the now-defunct Cavite Line (then from Paco to Binakayan in Kawit, Cavite). The railroad towards Muntinlupa, then in Rizal, was later inaugurated on June 21, 1908. Construction of the station began in 1912 and was completed by 1915.[1] What would become the old station building was designed by William E. Parsons, a graduate of the École des Beaux-Arts and was the Consulting Architect of the Bureau of Public Works at that time.[2][3] The Belt Line later gave way to the Manila Railroad's Main Line South in the 1910s.

During the Battle of Manila on February 7, 1945, the United States Army 148th Infantry Regiment crossed the Pasig River from the north and landed in the suburbs of Pandacan and Paco with the Filipino troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army. A battle took place around the station with some 300 Imperial Japanese Army defending it.[4]

Contemporary history

[edit]

The old station fell into disuse in the years following the war. The station was partially demolished in 1996 to make way for a shopping mall in the area.[1] A new station was also built to the southwest as part of PNR's reconstruction in 2009 due to the old station building being unusable.[5]

The Department of Transportation and Communications started plans to restore and conserve the old station building in 2015. Heritage advocates including the Heritage Conservation Society welcomed the development.[6] As of July 2020, the new Paco station shall be built beside the old one with a buffer zone, similar to Seoul Station in South Korea.[7]

According to rendered images of the NSCR freight tracks belonging to the PNR South Long Haul's northward extension to the Port of Manila will pass through the bottom of the NSCR station and behind the original building.[8]

Station layout

[edit]
L1
Platforms 		Side platform, doors will open on the right
Platform A PNR Metro Commuter towards Tutuban (←)
Platform B PNR Metro Commuter towards Alabang (→)
Side platform, doors will open on the right
L1 Concourse/
Street Level 		Ticket Booths, Station Control, Shops, Pedro Gil Street

Nearby landmarks

[edit]

The station is near Plaza Dilao, Paco Market, San Fernando de Dilao Church, Paco Catholic School, and Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion de la Concordia. Plaza Dilao is also where the statue dedicated to Blessed Dom Justo Takayama stands. Skyway Stage 3 passes by the old and new stations.

See also

[edit]
[edit]

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Old Paco station building

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b De Guzman, Nicai (March 1, 2019). "There's Art Hidden Inside This Abandoned Manila Railway Station". Esquire Philippines. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  2. ^ "Report of the governor general of the Philippine Islands". 1908. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  3. ^ "The 8 Most Haunting 'Abandoned' Places in the Philippines". September 18, 2019. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  4. ^ Figueroa, Antonio (February 11, 2010). "Paco Railroad Station Soon to Become Historic Landmark". Archived from the original on June 9, 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  5. ^ Cooper, David (2009). "3D Virtual Building Constructions From ActiveWorlds". Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  6. ^ Palaña, Aberon Voltaire (June 23, 2015). "Paco restoration earns accolades". The Manila Times. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  7. ^ Environmental Impact Statement Report (EISR) for the South Commuter Railway Project (SCRP). Malolos–Clark Railway Project (Blumentritt Extension) and South Commuter Railway Project for Packages CP S-01 and CP S-02; Construction Of Civil Structures: Viaducts, Bridges, and Four Stations (Report). Department of Transportation (Philippines). December 4, 2020.
  8. ^ Pan, Andrew (December 7, 2020). Render of the PNR NSCR Paco station. Philippine Train Enthusiast and Railfans Club. Retrieved September 16, 2021. (registration required)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Paco_station&oldid=1245867089"