Paco
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Philippine National Railways | |||||||||||
Facade of the station.
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Quirino Avenue cor. Pedro Gil Street Paco, Manila |
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Owned by | Philippine National Railways | ||||||||||
Line(s) | PNR Southrail, Cavite line (defunct) | ||||||||||
Platforms | Side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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Station code | PC | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1908, 1915 (building) | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2009 | ||||||||||
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Paco is a station on the Southrail line of the Philippine National Railways. It serves Paco in Manila, Metro Manila. This is also the last station beside Quirino Avenue before turning left towards Pres. Sergio Osmeña Highway (formerly South Superhighway).
It was originally built across Plaza Dilao in 1915, which was during the American colonial period. The old station, however, was partly demolished in 1996 by a developer that begun constructing a shopping mall next to it. The demolition was not completed due to the cancellation of the mall construction, leaving the facade intact up to now. In 2009, the old station was replaced with a new station at the corner of Quirino Avenue and Pedro Gil Street. In 2015, the Department of Transportation and Communications mulls the planned restoration and conservation of the old Paco railway station building. Heritage advocates including the Heritage Conservation Society welcomed the development.
San Andres station in San Andres Bukid in Manila follows this station. Paco is preceded by Pandacan. There are also LRT-1 stations that exist not very far from the station, which are Pedro Gil and Quirino. It will require a commute from this station to get to those LRT stations.
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.