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Paco station
Railway station in metro Manila, Philippines / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Location | Pedro Gil Street, Paco Manila, Metro Manila Philippines | ||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 14°34′45″N 120°59′57″E | ||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Philippine National Railways | ||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Philippine National Railways | ||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | South Main Line Planned: South Commuter Former: Naic and Cavite | ||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms 2 island platforms (NSCR) | ||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 6 (NSCR and SLH) | ||||||||||||||||
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Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
Architect | William E. Parsons[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Beaux-Arts[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Station code | PC | ||||||||||||||||
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Opened | March 25, 1908 | ||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
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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.