Valenzuela station

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Valenzuela railway station
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The old Valenzuela station in 2018, before rehabilitation
General information
LocationMacArthur Highway, Dalandanan, Valenzuela, Philippines
Owned byPhilippine National Railways
Line(s)█ PNR Northrail
Platforms1 Island platform
Tracks2 Standard-gauge tracks
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Other information
StatusUnder construction
Station codeVAL
History
OpenedMarch 24, 1891
Services
Commuter rail

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 is rebuilt, the station will 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 a renegotiation,[1][2][3][4] due to China calling off the overseas development assistance fund for the project.[5]

With the full swing construction of the North-South Commuter Railway, the old abandoned station is cordoned off and will be restored as part of the construction agreement. The new elevated station will be located immediately above the old one.

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 reopened. Two stations may be considered. One candidate site, apart from the old station in Polo, Valenzuela, near the PNR bridge tunnel in the Karuhatan-Malinta border, the Malinta Bridge, if realized, will be within the historical railway station in Dalandanan, where Antonio Luna once planned defenses against the Americans during the precursors of the Philippine-American war. It is highly implied that the restoration of services may reach Meycauayan and beyond as it did in the past.

Railway restoration was hampered by the NLEX Segment 10.1 construction, which runs at vital parts of the route going to Valenzuela, which has since been opened on March 1, 2019. A vital component to the restoration of the services is the reconstruction of the railway bridge crossing Tullahan River, which has since been demolished and destroyed due to obsolescence and the construction of the expressway above. Studies to rebuild the bridge and eventually reintroduce railway services in Polo has been started.[7]

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. ^ a b "17 stations of Manila-Clark Railway announced". Rappler. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  7. ^ https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1077844

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