Angeles station is an under-construction elevated

North–South Commuter Railway The North–South Commuter Railway (; NSCR), also known as the Clark–Calamba Railway, is a commuter rail system under construction on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Running from New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac, to Calamba, Laguna, ...

(NSCR) station located in Angeles,

Pampanga Pampanga, officially the Province of Pampanga (; ; ), is a province in Central Luzon in the Philippines. Lying on the northern shore of Manila Bay, Pampanga is bordered by Tarlac to the north, Nueva Ecija to the northeast, Bulacan to the east, ...

, Philippines. The station was part of the

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(PNR) North Main Line before its closure in the 1980s.

History

The station has been used for passenger and freight transportation notably by

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and the

(PNR). In April 1942, during

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, local residents threw food and drinks into wagons filled with US and Filipino soldiers being transported by the

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. The station ceased to operate after the North Main Line was closed in 1988. Since then, the local government has converted the area into a park. The station was to be rebuilt as a part of the Northrail project, which involved the upgrading of the existing single track to an elevated dual-track system,

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the

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from

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, and linking Manila to

Malolos Malolos , officially the City of Malolos (), is a component city and capital of the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 261,189 people. It is the capital city of the province of Bulacan as the ...

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and further on to

Angeles City Angeles (), officially the City of Angeles (; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 462,928 people. A ...

Clark Special Economic Zone Clark, officially the Clark Freeport and Special Economic Zone (CFEZ), is a freeport and special economic zone in Central Luzon, Philippines, managed by the Clark Development Corporation (CDC), a government-owned and controlled corporation (GO ...

and

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. The project commenced in 2007, but was repeatedly halted then discontinued in 2011. The station is currently being rebuilt as part of the second phase of the

. Partial operations are planned to begin by 2027.

References

* {{coord missing, Philippines Philippine National Railways stations Railway stations in Pampanga Proposed railway stations in the Philippines