Tagkawayan station is a railway station located on the South Main Line in Tagkawayan, Quezon, Philippines. Serving the Tagkawayan municipal proper, it has been used for the Bicol Express and Isarog Limited. As of 2023, services have been suspended for a variety of reasons.
History
Tagkawayan was opened on January 11, 1938 when the first freight service from Manila to Legazpi commenced, passenger services started on January 31.
On April 16, 1995 an IED had detonated on the tracks, with the perpetrators never being found.[citation needed]
Train services on the entire Bicol commuter line were suspended in 2009 due to lack of rolling stock and a series of devastating Typhoons; as of 2023, trains from Tagkawayan to Naga City remained suspended even as other commuter services resumed.[1] While it was reported in 2021 that services from Tagkawayan was to be resumed,[2] it did in fact not happen. Instead, the Pasay-Tiwi bus serves riders in the meantime.
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