Location: Tutuban Station, Claro M. Recto Avenue, Tutuban, Tondo, Manila
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: Train Station
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: 1934
Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee
Marker text:
MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY
PREPARATION OF A GENERAL PLAN FOR RAILROAD ON LUZON AUTHORIZED BY ROYAL DECREE JUNE 26, 1875. ROYAL APPROVAL OF DON EDUARDO LOPEZ NAVARRO’S PLANS MAY 11, 1883. CONCESSION FOR THE MANILA-DAGUPAN LINE AWARDED TO DON EDMUNDO SYKIES, JANUARY 21, 1887, AND LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY, LTD. OF LONDON. CORNER STONE OF THE MAIN STATION BUILDING AT TUTUBAN LAID JULY 31, 1887. ENTIRE MANILA-DAGUPAN LINE, 196 KILOMETERS LONG, COMPLETED AND SERVICE INAUGURATED NOVEMBER 24, 1892.