Angeles station explained

Angeles
Country:Philippines
Line:Planned: North Commuter
Former: North Main Line
Structure:Elevated
Platform:Island platform
Tracks:4
Opened:1892
Closed:1988
Rebuilt:2021–ongoing
Status:Under construction
Code:ANG
Owned:Philippine National Railways
Operator:Philippine National Railways

Angeles station is an under-construction elevated North–South Commuter Railway (NSCR) station located in Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines.[1]

The station was part of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) North Main Line before its closure in the 1980s.

History

The station has been used for passenger and freight transportation notably by Manila Railroad Company and the Philippine National Railways (PNR).[2] [3]

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 Imperial Japanese Army.

The station ceased to operate after the North Main Line was closed in 1988.[4] Since then, the local government has converted the area into a park.

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.[5] The project commenced in 2007, but was repeatedly halted then discontinued in 2011.[6] [7]

The station is currently being rebuilt as part of the second phase of the North–South Commuter Railway.[8] [9] Partial operations are planned to begin by 2027.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paz . Chrisee Dela . 17 stations of Manila-Clark Railway announced . 2019-04-24 . Rappler . en.
  2. News: Orejas, Tonette . 124-yr-old rail tracks spring to life in Angeles . September 16, 2020 . Inquirer . December 5, 2015.
  3. Consecutive station layouts. Main Line North. Manila Railroad Company. March 12, 1949. December 30, 2022.
  4. Web site: Brief history of PNR. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090227040648/http://pnr.gov.ph/history.htm. February 27, 2009. November 4, 2011. Philippine National Railways (February 27, 2009).
  5. Web site: Off track: Northrail timeline. February 17, 2019. ABS-CBN News.
  6. Web site: Landingin. Roel. Chinese foreign aid goes offtrack in the Philippines. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425082137/http://www.realityofaid.org/userfiles/roareports/roareport_452449c76e.pdf. April 25, 2012. October 20, 2011. PCIJ (Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism).
  7. Web site: Philippines: China-funded Northrail project derailed. February 17, 2019. Financial Times. en-GB.
  8. Web site: March 8, 2021 . Completion of PNR Clark Phase 1, 2 on track . March 9, 2021 . Philippine News Agency.
  9. Web site: 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 . jica.go.jp.
  10. News: Taguines . Andrea . June 13, 2024 . North-South Commuter Railway partial operations pushed back to 2027: DOTr . 12 July 2024 . ABS-CBN News.