San Pedro station

San Pedro, Laguna station, commonly shortened as San Pedro station, is a railway station on the South Main Line (Southrail) of the Philippine National Railways. Like most of the PNR stations operating under Metro South Commuter, the station is at grade. It is located in San Pedro, Laguna, within the city proper.

San Pedro, Laguna
San Pedro, Laguna Station
LocationG. Garcia Street, San Vicente
San Pedro, Laguna
Coordinates14°21'42"N 121°03'19"E
Owned byPhilippine National Railways
Line(s)  PNR Southrail
Former:
  Carmona Branch Line
PlatformsSide platforms
Tracks3
ConnectionsJeepneys, buses, tricycles
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
Station codeSPL
History
OpenedAugust 1, 1908 (1908-08-01) (original)
December 23, 2013 (2013-12-23) (new)
October 5, 2016 (2016-10-05) (with commuter services)
Rebuilt2015
Previous namesSan Pedro Tunasan
Services
Preceding station   PNR   Following station
toward Tutuban
Metro South Commuter
toward IRRI

Currently, there are 2 stations. The old one, now used as a PNR quarters, used to be the station where passengers can ride trains going to the Bicol region, to the former terminus of the Metro Manila Commuter in Biñan and Calamba stations, and to the branch line towards Carmona station. It has 3 tracks. One track is the Main Line South, one is the spur line to Carmona, and the other is a loop siding.

A photo of the old PNR SPL station, featuring three tracks. The tracks nearest to the platform is only a siding loop and the middle one was the track to Carmona, and outer track is the Main Line South. Not to be confused with the MRR SPL station constructed in 1908.

In 2010, the tracks of the now abandoned Carmona Branch Line have been dismantled starting from its intersection of the SLEx, all the way to Carmona station in General Mariano Alvarez, Cavite, which was also the terminal of the line.

A new station was constructed in a nearby location near San Vicente road and was opened in December 2013. As of Fall 2013, there were 6 trips in San Pedro station, 2 northbound trips to Tutuban station and 1 trip southbound going to Sta. Rosa station, 1 trip southbound going to Sta. Rosa in the afternoon, and 1 trip northbound going to Tutuban station and 1 last trip for the day going to Sta. Rosa in early evening.

As of October 2018, there were four trips in San Pedro station, two northbound trips to Tutuban, which is in the morning. Those train trips are known as Metro South Commuter Train #456 & #546. 456, which would originate from Mamatid, would arrive at SPL on 5:36 AM. And 546, from Calamba railway station, would arrive exactly one hour later (6:36 AM). And two southbound trips from Tutuban station, which is the evening, known as Metro South Commuter Train #1837 and #1907. 1837, terminating at Calamba railway station, would arrive at SPL on 8:11 PM, and 1907, terminating at Mamatid railway station, would arrive 30 minutes later (8:41 PM). [1]

The branch line leading to Carmona is now a target for reconstruction in anticipation for revival of a shuttle service from Dela Rosa in Makati.[2]

History

San Pedro, formerly known as San Pedro Tunasan, was opened on August 1, 1908 as part of the extension of the Main Line South from Muntinlupa to Calamba, Laguna, the old station was last renovated in 1972 for the launching of the Metro Manila Commuter Services led by President Ferdinand Marcos.

The 1908 station was located at the place where the current San Pedro station stands today. But the station platform and building was located opposite of the platform and present station building and had 3 tracks. One was a refuge siding, one was a siding loop, and the last one was the Main Line. [3]

A new station with raised platforms, located west of the MRR counterpart of the station, was opened on December 23, 2013. For the reopening of commuter services to Santa Rosa, the station reopened on October 5, 2016.

References


  1. http://pnr.gov.ph/northbound-southbound-timetable
  2. "Carmona planned for reopening in 2019". Facebook. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  3. "(Page 14-15) Consecutive station layouts - 1476". issuu. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
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