Valenzuela railway station

Valenzuela Station
Location Valenzuela, Philippines
Owned by Philippine National Railways
Line(s) █ PNR Northrail
Platforms 1 Side platform
Tracks 2 Standard-gauge tracks
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Other information
Status Under Construction
Station code VAL
History
Opened March 24, 1891;
Services
Commuter railinter-city railExpress train

Valenzuela railway station was a railway station that is situated on the Northrail line. This line has been used for passenger and freight transportation by Philippine National Railways and its precursors in the past. If the railway line will be rebuilt, it shall be located within the city of Valenzuela.

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. The station was supposed to be built as a result of 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, however, construction was halted though as of 2011. The ill-governed project did not continue even after an renegotiation,[1][2][3][4] due to China calling off the overseas development assistance fund for the project.[5]

Revival

This station will be one of the first 6 stations of the Manila-Clark Railway or North-South Commuter Railway, a mass transit railway from Manila to the New Clark City.[6] It is expected to be finished by 2021.[6]

It is also a likely target for restoration for the Metro North Commuter Line as the station before it, Acacia railway station, is now undergoing re-tracking. One candidate site, apart from the old PNR bridge tunnel in Karuhatan, if realized, will be within the historical railway station in Polo, Valenzuela, within Dalandanan in Malinta, where Antonio Luna once planned defenses against the Americans during the precursors of the Philippine-American war.

References

  1. ↑ Northrail construction now 'on track', bayan-natin.blogspot.com, original article at The Manila Bulletin, retrieved October 20, 2011.
  2. ↑ Philippine National Railways, retrieved October 20, 2011.
  3. ↑ CAPEX Program (October 10, 2011), docs.google.com, retrieved October 20, 2011
  4. ↑ Chinese foreign aid goes offtrack in the Philippines Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine., Roel Landingin for PCIJ (Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism), retrieved October 20, 2011
  5. ↑ "PH gov't ends dispute with China's Sinomach over Northrail project". Rappler. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  6. 1 2 "17 stations of Manila-Clark Railway announced". Rappler. Retrieved 2018-08-04.

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