Paco
Platform area of Paco station
General information
Location	Pedro Gil Street,Paco Manila,Metro Manila Philippines
Coordinates	14°34′45″N120°59′57″E / 14.57917°N 120.99917°E /14.57917; 120.99917
System	Train station
Owned by	Philippine National Railways
Operated by	Philippine National Railways
Lines	South Main Line Planned:South Commuter Former:  Naic and Cavite
Platforms	2side platforms 2island platforms (NSCR)
Tracks	2 6 (NSCR and SLH)
Construction
Accessible	yes
Architect	William E. Parsons[a]
Architectural style	Beaux-Arts[a]
Other information
Station code	PC
History
Opened	March 25, 1908
Rebuilt	2009
Services
Preceding station PNR Following station Santa Mesa towardsGovernor Pascual North Shuttle Dela Rosa towardsBicutan Pandacan towardsTutuban Metro South Commuter San Andres towardsIRRI
Future services Preceding station PNR Following station Santa Mesa towardsClark International Airport NSCR Commuter CIA–Calamba Buendia towardsCalamba Santa Mesa towardsTutuban NSCR Commuter Tutuban–Calamba
Location Paco Location inManila Show map of Manila Paco Location inMetro Manila Show map of Metro Manila Paco Location inLuzon Show map of Luzon Paco Location in the Philippines Show map of Philippines

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Legend
Governor Pascual Malabon Caloocan Caloocan Caloocan Depot 10th Avenue 5th Avenue Caloocan Manila Estero de Sunog Apog Solis Tutuban Railyard & Tayuman Locomotive Shed Tutuban Blumentritt Laon Laan España Estero de Valencia Santa Mesa Pasig River Estero de Pandacan Pandacan Estero de Pandacan Paco San Andres Vito Cruz Manila Makati Buendia Dela Rosa Pasay Road Estero de Tripa de Gallina EDSA 3 Estero de Tripa de Gallina Makati Taguig Nichols FTI Taguig Parañaque Bicutan Parañaque Muntinlupa Sucat Sucat River Mangangate River Alabang Bayanan Creek Poblacion River Muntinlupa Magdaong River Tunasan Muntinlupa   Tunasan River   San Pedro San Isidro River San Pedro San Pedro Carmona Carmona Pacita Main Gate San Pedro Biñan Golden City 1 Biñan Biñan River Biñan Santa Rosa Silang-Santa Rosa River Santa Rosa Golden City 2 Santa Rosa Cabuyao Cabuyao River delta Cabuyao Gulod Cabuyao River delta Mamatid Banlic Cabuyao Calamba San Cristobal River San Juan River Calamba Pansol Masili Calamba Los Baños Dampalit Creek Los Baños Anos Creek College Molawin River IRRI Lucena-Legazpi

Paco station is a railway station located on theSouth Main Line in the city ofManila,Philippines. It was originally opened by theManila Railroad Company in 1908 as a major hub in the southern half ofManila, where trains towardCavite province once operated. The old train station building was designed byWilliam E. Parsons and was completed in 1915. Prior to the electrification plan in the late 1970s, Paco was the southernmostdouble-track station on the line.

The station eventually lost its significance in the following decades and only thefaçade remains intact with the interior in a state of decay after a 1996 demolition plan to give way for the construction of ashopping mall. A newer utilitarian platform area has been built for thePNR Metro Commuter Line behind the old station in 2009. Preservation efforts have been stated since 2015 with the construction of theNorth–South Commuter Railway.

Paco station was established on March 25, 1908, as a station serving the Manila Belt Line (fromTutuban to Paco) and the now-defunct Cavite Line (then from Paco to Binakayan,Kawit,Cavite). The railroad towardsMuntinlupa, then inRizal, was later inaugurated on June 21, 1908. Construction of the station began in 1912 and was completed by 1915.^[1] What would become the old station building was designed byWilliam E. Parsons, a graduate of theÉcole des Beaux-Arts and was the Consulting Architect of theBureau of Public Works at that time.^[2][3] The Belt Line later gave way to the Manila Railroad's Main Line South in the 1910s.

During theBattle of Manila on February 7, 1945, theUnited States Army148th Infantry Regiment crossed thePasig River from the north and landed in the suburbs ofPandacan and Paco with the Filipino troops under thePhilippine Commonwealth Army. A battle took place around the station with some 300Imperial Japanese Army defending it.^[4]

The old station fell into disuse in the years following the war. The station was partially demolished in 1996 to make way for a shopping mall in the area.^[1] A new station was also built to the southwest as part of PNR's reconstruction in 2009 due to the old station building being unusable.^[5]

TheDepartment of Transportation and Communications started plans to restore and conserve the old station building in 2015. Heritage advocates including the Heritage Conservation Society welcomed the development.^[6] As of July 2020, the new Paco station shall be built beside the old one with a buffer zone, similar toSeoul Station inSouth Korea.^[7]

According to rendered images of the NSCR freight tracks belonging to thePNR South Long Haul's northward extension to thePort of Manila will pass through the bottom of the NSCR station and behind the original building.^[8]

The station is nearPlaza Dilao, Paco Market,San Fernando de Dilao Church,Paco Catholic School, andColegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion de la Concordia. Plaza Dilao is also where the statue dedicated to BlessedDom Justo Takayama stands.Skyway Stage 3 passes by the old and new stations.

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