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Tutuban station (also known as Manila station or Divisoria station) is the central railway
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of the
Philippine National Railways The Philippine National Railways (PNR) ( fil, Pambansang Daang-Bakal ng Pilipinas and es, Ferrocarril Nacional de Filipinas) is a state-owned railway company in the Philippines which operates one commuter rail service between Metro Manila a ...
(PNR) network located in the city of
Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populated ...
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. The name refers to two stations: the original Tutuban station, which today forms part of
Tutuban Center Tutuban Center is a shopping complex and public transit hub in Manila, the Philippines that opened in 1993. It encompasses five retail buildings and a parking building in and around Manila's central train station located in the shopping precinct ...
, and the PNR Executive Building, which houses PNR offices.


History

Tutuban station was built as part of the "Ferrocarril de Manila-Dagupan" or the Manila-Dagupan Line, which constitutes much of the North Main Line today. The cornerstone of the main station building at Tutuban was laid on July 31, 1887. The railway was long at the time of its opening on November 24, 1892, running from Manila to
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in
Pangasinan Pangasinan, officially the Province of Pangasinan ( pag, Luyag/Probinsia na Pangasinan, ; ilo, Probinsia ti Pangasinan; tl, Lalawigan ng Pangasinan), is a coastal province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region of Luzon. Its cap ...
. The
Manila Railroad Company The Manila Railroad Company (MRR) was a Filipino state-owned enterprise responsible for the management and operation of rail transport in the island of Luzon. It was originally established by an Englishman named Edmund Sykes as the private Manil ...
(MRR) was renamed
Philippine National Railways The Philippine National Railways (PNR) ( fil, Pambansang Daang-Bakal ng Pilipinas and es, Ferrocarril Nacional de Filipinas) is a state-owned railway company in the Philippines which operates one commuter rail service between Metro Manila a ...
(PNR) under Republic Act No. 4156 enacted after World War II. In 1988, PNR evaluated the possibility of renting of land to Tutuban at C.M. Recto Avenue in response to the challenges of development and help promote the site to be the center of trade. PNR implemented the first part of the master development plan of Tutuban Properties, Inc. in 1991, and later entrusted the management and development of the land. The Tutuban Center Mall was formally inaugurated to the public led by President Fidel V. Ramos on February 21, 1994. The following years have witnessed the continued efforts among PNR, Tutuban Properties, Inc., and the Philippine Government to advance the methods of travel by reorganizing the overall railroad system, improve the civic and business buildings around the Tutuban, and keep the emphasis on history. The development of PNR Plaza is a step to verify the cause of reactivating the overall railroad system as one method of travel and trading. The Tutuban Station Executive Building was inaugurated on May 30, 1996. Tutuban station will be renovated to become more transit-oriented and a newer station will be built for the
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while the 1996 station will serve only the Manila-Legazpi long-haul intercity services if revived. According to a presentation by JICA in 2019, the old station building nicknamed the "Heritage Building" will be once more included in a
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mixed-use zone. Therefore, the Tutuban Center Mall that sits in the area of the station will be removed. It will also connect to the LRT Line 2 for ease of transferring between lines.


Gallery

File:Tutubanrailwaystationjf1188 04.JPG, Philippine National Railways seal File:Tutubanrailwaystationjf1188 12.JPG, Façade File:Tutubanrailwaystationjf1188 08.JPG, Vintage
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"Dagupan" steam locomotive File:Tutuban centermall.jpg, Exterior of the original Tutuban station built in 1892, which today is part of
Tutuban Center Tutuban Center is a shopping complex and public transit hub in Manila, the Philippines that opened in 1993. It encompasses five retail buildings and a parking building in and around Manila's central train station located in the shopping precinct ...
File:WTMP DinoBrinas DSC 0071.jpeg, Façade of the PNR Tutuban station File:PNR Tutuban Platform 2.jpg, Platform 2 File:Interior of Tutuban Centermall.JPG, Interior of Tutuban Center Main Building with the existing columns of the old Tutuban station File:Historical Marker of the old Tutuban Railway Station.JPG, Historical marker of the Tutuban Center Main Building File:Tutuban Station Iron Corinthian Column.JPG, Iron Corinthian column at Tutuban Center Mall File:Tutuban Centermall Lobby.JPG, Restored lobby wall of the old Tutuban station File:New PNR Tutuban PNR Station.JPG, Lobby of the current Tutuban station File:PNR Historical Marker.JPG, Historical marker at the new Tutuban station File:PNR Depot.JPG, PNR depot in Tutuban File:Pic geo photos - ph=mm=manila=tondo=divisoria=c.m. recto ave.=tutuban centermall - main bldg. -philippines--2015-0624--ls- (2).JPG, Façade of the old Tutuban station. Currently the Tutuban Center Mall File:Tutuban Station Facade.JPG, Tutuban Center Mall. Formerly the old Tutuban station façade File:Tutuban PNR station 2019-12-21.jpg, Tutuban station in December 2019, with an INKA 8000 class DMU parked in the platform


See also

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Paco station Paco station is a railway station located on the South Main Line in the city of Manila, Philippines. It was originally opened by the Manila Railroad Company in 1908 as a major hub in the southern half of Manila, where trains toward Cavite provin ...


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{{SRTS Philippine National Railways stations Railway stations in Metro Manila Railway stations opened in 1892 Buildings and structures in Tondo, Manila Spanish colonial infrastructure in the Philippines