Caloocan railway station

Caloocan Station
Other names Sangandaan, Caloocan, Samson
Location Samson Road.
Sangandaan, Caloocan
Owned by Philippine National Railways
Line(s)

█ PNR Northrail (1891-1997, 2018 - Present)

█ Caloocan-FTI Shuttle Line
Platforms Side platform
Tracks 1, 1 side, 1 spur to the Caloocan Depot
Other information
Station code CAL/SGDN
History
Opened March 24, 1891; September 10, 2018
Rebuilt 2009 (partly)
Services
Preceding station   PNR   Following station
TerminusCaloocan-FTI Line
toward FTI
Caloocan-Tutuban Line
toward Tutuban

Caloocan railway station (also called as Sangandaan railway station) is a railway station of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) as part of the Caloocan - FTI line. It is located and situated adjacent to Apolinario Mabini St., and along the railroad crossing on Samson Road in Caloocan, Metro Manila.

PNR reopened the Caloocan segment as part of the new Caloocan-Dela Rosa line, on August 1, 2018. However, boarding and alighting from this station was not yet possible then, as the location is very near the staging facilities for the construction of NLEX Segment 10.1.[1][2] It had to be cleared and reconditioned for reactivation by the PNR, which took more than a month.

Upon upgrading the line to stop at FTI instead of Dela Rosa station, PNR reopened the station to passengers starting September 10, after many years of closure. [3][4]

The rails beyond this station to the north has since been dismantled and replaced with standard gauge tracks, which have also been dismantled for the NLEX Segment 10.1, albeit temporarily. However, PNR intends to expand beyond Caloocan, with the exploration of the site of the old Acacia railway station at Gov. Pascual Avenue in Malabon City, and restoration of railtracks and its station is now underway.[5]

History

This was originally part of the railway line connecting Manila to northern Luzon. The station was abandoned in 1997 after services to Meycauayan ceased, but was supposed to be replaced by a new one in as a result of the rehabilitation of PNR Southrail and the Northrail project, a rebuilding of the line from Manila to Pampanga which would partly use the old right-of-way. The project commenced in 2007, construction has halted though as of 2011 and underwent many renegotiation, including a litigation as a result of the cancellation with the Chinese contractor.[6][7][8][9] On 2017, Caloocan and 16 other stations situated on the abandoned line will be rebuilt as part of the newly-revitalized Northrail system serving from Tutuban in Manila to Clark in Pampanga, reviving its use once again as a railway station.

The station was partially demolished during the construction of the NLEX 10.1 segment, and its railtracks severed from the main line for some time.

The original Caloocan Railway Station bore mute witness to the atrocities of the Philippine-American war, and its original station house is considered historical. However, it was partially demolished for NLEX Segment 10.1 which garnered complaints from historians and train enthusiasts.

Nearby landmarks

The station is near major landmarks such as SM Center Sangandaan, Sangandaan Police Station, Caloocan Post Office, Caloocan City Central Fire Station and schools such as University of the East - Caloocan and STI College Caloocan.

The station is accessible by jeepneys plying the C4 - Samson Road route starting from Malabon and Navotas through Bonifacio Monument and Manila Central University in Caloocan City.

Station Layout

L1
Platforms		 Side platform, doors will open on the left
Platform PNR Caloocan - FTI Line towards FTI and Tutuban (←)
L1 Concourse/
Street Level		 Ticket Booths, Station Control, Shops, SM Center Sangandaan, Sangandaan Police Station, Caloocan City Central Fire Station. University of the East-Caloocan, STI College Caloocan, Markets


References

  1. ↑ "20 YEARS AFTER: DOTr sees 10,000 passengers taking PNR's reopened Caloocan-Dela Rosa line". GMA News Online. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  2. ↑ News, ABS-CBN. "After 20 years, PNR's Caloocan to Makati line to reopen". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  3. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/pnrofficialpage/photos/a.247872075258165/2080678781977476/
  4. ↑ Pateña, Aerol John. "PNR launches Sangandaan-FTI rail line". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  5. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/pnrofficialpage/posts/2119205864791434
  6. ↑ Northrail construction now 'on track', bayan-natin.blogspot.com, original article at The Manila Bulletin, retrieved October 20, 2011.
  7. ↑ Philippine National Railways, retrieved October 20, 2011.
  8. ↑ CAPEX Program (October 10, 2011), docs.google.com, retrieved October 20, 2011
  9. ↑ Chinese foreign aid goes offtrack in the Philippines Archived April 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine., Roel Landingin for PCIJ (Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism), retrieved October 20, 2011

Coordinates: 14°39′30.34″N 120°58′25.45″E / 14.6584278°N 120.9737361°E / 14.6584278; 120.9737361

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