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Antipolo is a station situated on the Antipolo Line.  It is the main railroad station of Antipolo City, Rizal.

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History

Antipolo was opened on December 24, 1908 as the terminus of the Antipolo line.  

Due to maintenance difficulties and losses during off-peak seasons, Act No. 2748 was passed on February 21, 1918 to discontinue the section between Taytay and Antipolo, the last train to Manila ran on March 15 of the same year.

the tracks between Taytay and Antipolo were later paved for a bus substitute. Bus services between Taytay and Antipolo station started on May 1, 1937.

The station building and its ticket booth sustained minor damages during the Liberation of Antipolo in 1945. It was demolished in 2017 to give way for the road widening of Sumulong Memorial Circle, the former tracks itself.

Informations

  • The station code of Antipolo is AN.
  • The area where Antipolo Station stands was also known as Siete Media.
  • San Jose St. were the station building is located, leads to the Cathedral and Municipal Hall (then a municipality) further down south.
  • The closure of the line has severely affected the operations of the Antipolo Hotel.



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