San Fernando station (Pampanga)

San Fernando station is a railway station of the Philippine National Railways. Situated in San Fernando, Pampanga, the station was the site of a stopping place for Filipino and American prisoners of war during the Bataan death march in 1942. The old station is a historical landmark in the city.
The station has been closed since the ending of northbound rail services by Philippine National Railways in 1988.
History.
The station was inaugurated by Governor-General Eulogio Despujol and Bernardino Nozaleda, the Archbishop of Manila, on February 23, 1892. On June 27, 1892, José Rizal disembarked from this station to meet some recruits for La Liga Filipina and again the next day en route to Bacolor. On April 1942, during the Bataan Death March, the station served as the ending point for the 102-kilometer (63-mile) march from Bataan, from which Filipino and American prisoners-of-war were carted to Capas in Tarlac en route to their final destination, Camp O'Donnell.
It was closed, along with all other PNR Northrail stations, in 1988, when the North Main Line ceased its services.
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, converting the rail gauge from narrow gauge to standard gauge, and linking Manila to Malolos City in Bulacan and further on to Angeles, Clark Special Economic Zone and the Clark International Airport. The project commenced in 2007, but was repeatedly halted then discontinued in 2011.
The station will be reconstructed as an elevated station as part of the second phase of the North–South Commuter Railway. As part of the project, the historical station will also be preserved