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Sunday, July 31, 2022

SAN PABLO STATION - PRE-REBUILD

 


San Pablo: Opened 1911

The following photos, taken back in 2009, show the San Pablo railway station in Laguna.

Since this time, the station has undergone a total rebuild, a video of which is available

 HERE.



San Pablo station recently saw the reintroduction of train services, with the new Quezon Commuter operating between here and Lucena four times a day.

Departures for Lucena.
07.00
11.00
15.30
19.30
There are currently no services between San Pablo and Manila.









Despite appearances, there is a loop track for running around locomotives on the Quezon Commuter.
Photo: Brad Peadon




Rare luggage trolley. No idea what has become of it now.
Photo: Brad Peadon




Suspect this is the dunny. (CR in the Philippines).
Photo: Brad Peadon



The old station had become a storage area for trikes.
Photo: Brad Peadon








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Video of San Pablo showing the station since rebuild.
Shame the historic original structure could not be retained as part of the work.
Hopefully, the damage at Lucena is reversed and it does not also find itself obliterated from the face of the earth.



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Colonel and I at the rebuilt San Pablo railway station during our 2018 south line survey expedition.


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