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Dagupan Histty

On November 24, 1892, the means of travel and communications in Luzon was improved greatly with
the inauguration of the 195-kilometer long railway line from Manila to Dagupan in Pangasinan.

This led to the efficient delivery and transport not only of goods and people but also information to
the north via reliable and fast (8 hours at that time) mode of transportation the Philippines enjoyed
during the last decade of the 19th century.

Spanish civilians at a station of the Ferrocaril de Manila a Dagupan (Manila-Dagupan


Railway). Photo taken in the 1890's
Spanish civilians at a station of the Ferrocaril de Manila a Dagupan (Manila-Dagupan
Railway). Photo taken in the 1890's (Photo credit: Philippine-American War, 1899-1902 by Arnaldo
Dumindin)
The general plan for the establishment of the railroad line was introduced as a means of exploiting
the untapped riches of the virgin islands of Luzon, which had been endowed with nature’s blessings
but only slightly stirred by trade and commercial activity, even during the galleon trade.

Hence, on June 25, 1875, a royal decree of King Alfonso XII of Spain required the Inspector of Public
Works of the Philippine Island to submit a general plan for the establishment of a railroad line on the
island of Luzon.

On June 1, 1887, a concession for the construction of a railway line from Manila to Dagupan,
Pangasinan was awarded to Don Edmundo Sykes of the Ferrocaril de Manila-Dagupan, the original
corporate name of the Manila Railway Company Ltd. of London.

The cornerstone of the project was laid on July 31, 1887 at the present site of the Philippine National
Railways' main terminal building at Tutuban, Manila.

Since then, the construction of lines continued such that by 1940, the railway had been extended up
to Legazpi, Albay in the South and to San Fernando, La Union in the north. Branch lines were
constructed from Paniqui, Tarlac to San Quintin, Pangasinan; from Tarlac, Tarlac to San Jose, Nueva
Ecija; from Bigaa, Bulacan to Cabanatuan City; from San Fernando, Pampanga to Carmen, Pangasinan;
from College to Sta. Cruz, Laguna and from Sta. Mesa to Hulo in Mandaluyong.

The Manila Railroad officially became the Philippine National Railways (PNR) on June 20, 1946 by
virtue of Republic Act No. 4156. The PNR is an attached agency under the Department of
Transportation and Communications (DOTC).

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