San Fernando station (Pampanga)

San Fernando City station or simply San Fernando station is a defunct railway station of the PNR Northrail line of Philippine National Railways. It is situated in San Fernando, Pampanga. Historically, the old PNR train station was the site of a stopping place for Filipino and American prisoners of war during the Bataan death march in 1942.[1][2][3]

San Fernando station
LocationSan Fernando, Pampanga
Owned byPhilippine National Railways
Line(s)█ PNR Northrail
PlatformsIsland Platform
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Other information
StatusUnder Construction
Station codeSFN
History
OpenedFebruary 23, 1892 (1892-02-23)
Closed1988

The station is a historical landmark in the City of San Fernando in Pampanga, the Philippines.

The station has been closed since the ending of northbound rail services by Philippine National Railways in 1988.

History

The station was inaugurated by Governor-General Eulogio Despujol and Bernardino Nozaleda, the Archbishop of Manila, on February 23, 1892.[2]

On June 27, 1892, José Rizal disembarked from this station to meet some recruits for La Liga Filipina and again the next day en route to Bacolor.[2][3]

On April 1942, during the Bataan Death March, the station served as the ending point for the 102-kilometer (63-mile) march from Bataan, from which Filipino and American prisoners-of-war were carted to Capas in Tarlac en route to their final destination, Camp O'Donnell.[1][3]

It was closed, along with all other PNR Northrail stations, in 1988, when the North Main Line ceased its services.

Revival

The station will be one of the seventeen stations on the Manila-Clark Railway System or North–South Commuter Railway, which uses the old PNR right of way.[2][4] It will once again connect Central Luzon and Metro Manila by rail.

  • Façade of the train station
  • Frontage
  • Death March marker in the station
  • Station historical marker (2004)
  • Rear view

References
  1. Orejas, Tonette. "Death March glimpses in old train station". Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  2. Arcellaz, Princess Clea (2017-08-20). "San Fernando assures preservation of city's old train station". Sunstar. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  3. "San Fernando train station | San Fernando, Pampanga - Baktin Corporation". Baktin Corporation. 2012-01-16. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  4. "17 stations of Manila-Clark Railway announced". Rappler. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
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