San Fernando railway station (Pampanga)

Coordinates: 15°1′36.6″N 120°41′12.15″E / 15.026833°N 120.6867083°E / 15.026833; 120.6867083

San Fernando City Station
Location	San Fernando, Pampanga
Owned by	Philippine National Railways
Line(s)	█ PNR Northrail
Other information
Station code	SFN

San Fernando City station or simply San Fernando station is a defunct railway station of the PNR Northrail line of Philippine National Railways. It is situated San Fernando, Pampanga. Historically, the old PNR train station was the site of a stopping place for Filipino and American prisoners of war during the Bataan death march in 1942.

The stations is a historical landmark in the City of San Fernando in Pampanga, the Philippines. The station was inaugurated by Governor-General Eulogio Despujol and Bernardino Nozaleda, the Archbishop of Manila, on February 23, 1892. José Rizal disembarked from this station on June 27, 1892 to meet some recruits for La Liga Filipina and again the next day en route to Bacolor. During the Bataan Death March in April 1942, the station served as the ending point for the 102-kilometer 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. The station has been closed since the ending of northbound rail services by Philippine National Railways over twenty years ago.

Façade of the train station
Frontage
Death March marker in the station
Station historical marker (2004)
Rear view

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