Nichols station (formerly Bonifacio–Villamor station, and from 2028 to be referred as Senate station) is a railway station located on the South Main Line in

Taguig Taguig (), officially the City of Taguig ( fil, Lungsod ng Taguig), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 886,722 people. Located in the northwestern shores of ...

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. It derives its name from one of the area's popular nicknames, ''Nichols'', which is also the former name of

Villamor Air Base Colonel Jesus Villamor Air Base, known simply as Villamor Air Base , is the headquarters of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) and shares runways with Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). It was formerly known as Nichols Field or Nichols Air ...

. It was opened for revenue service on March 25, 2010. The station is the twelfth station from and is one of two stations serving Taguig, the other station being .

Nearby landmarks

Aside being near both

Villamor Airbase Colonel Jesus Villamor Air Base, known simply as Villamor Air Base , is the headquarters of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) and shares runways with Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). It was formerly known as Nichols Field or Nichols Air ...

and

Fort Bonifacio Fort Andres Bonifacio (formerly named Fort William McKinley) is the site of the national headquarters of the Philippine Army (Headquarters Philippine Army or HPA) located in Metro Manila, Philippines. It is located near the national headquarter ...

, it is also near Terminal 3 of

Ninoy Aquino International Airport Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA , ; fil, Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Ninoy Aquino or ''Pandaigdigang Paliparan ng Ninoy Aquino''; ), originally known and still commonly referred to as Manila International Airport (MIA), is the main ...

, Newport City, the headquarters of the

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(TESDA) and the

Libingan ng mga Bayani Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB, , ) is a national cemetery within Fort Andres Bonifacio (formerly Fort William McKinley) in Metro Manila, Philippines. First established in May 1947 as a fitting resting place for Philippine military personnel fro ...

. Further away from the station are the

Philippine State College of Aeronautics The Philippine State College of Aeronautics (PhilSCA ; fil, Kolehiyong Pampamahalaan sa Aeronautika ng Pilipinas) is a state college in the Philippines specializing in aeronautics and aviation. Its main campus is in Pasay, Metro Manila, with oth ...

, the

Pasay City South High School Pasay City South High School is a large public school in Pasay, Philippines, established in 1967. It is located at Piccio Garden, Villamor Air Base. History Pasay City South High School started as an Annex of Pasay City West High School form ...

, Magallanes Village in

Makati Makati ( ), officially the City of Makati ( fil, Lungsod ng Makati), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. Makati is the financial center of the Philippines; it has the highest concentration ...

, the

Manila American Cemetery and Memorial The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial is located in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig, Metro Manila, within the boundaries of the former Fort William McKinley. It can be reached most easily from the city via EDSA to McKinley Road, then to McKinle ...

, The Heritage Memorial Park, the

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McKinley Hill The Bonifacio Capital District (BCD) is a financial district in Metro Manila, Philippines under the joint management of Megaworld Corporation and the Bases Conversion and Development Authority. It covers the southern area of Fort Bonifacio with ...

, and McKinley West.

Transportation links

Nichols station is accessible by jeepneys plying routes on the East Service Road, Lawton Avenue (the road which leads to Fort Bonifacio) and

Sales Road Andrews Avenue (formerly and still commonly known as Nichols Road) is a major east-west thoroughfare in Metro Manila, Philippines that functions as a metropolitan linkage between Pasay and Taguig. It runs underneath the NAIA Expressway almost paral ...

(the road which leads to Villamor Airbase), as well as buses plying these routes.

Future

This station shall be rebuilt as part of the

North–South Commuter Railway The North–South Commuter Railway (NSCR), also known as the Clark–Calamba Railway, is a urban rail transit system under construction in the island of Luzon, Philippines. Running from New Clark City in Capas to Calamba, Laguna with 36 sta ...

project. A new station shall be built to the north of the

Sales Interchange The Sales Interchange (, ), also known as the Nichols Interchange, is a hybrid interchange at the boundary of Pasay and Taguig in Metro Manila, the Philippines. It is composed of a lower partial cloverleaf interchange serving as the junction betw ...

where the present one is. To be named Senate station, it will be constructed behind the

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's SWADCAP site. The station building will be built at-grade and will have two tracks and side platforms. It shall serve the new

Senate of the Philippines The Senate of the Philippines (Filipino: ''Senado ng Pilipinas'', also ''Mataas na Kapulungan ng Pilipinas'' or "upper chamber") is the upper house of Congress of the bicameral legislature of the Philippines with the House of Representatives as ...

building, along with the

Metro Manila Subway The Metro Manila Subway, formerly known as the Mega Manila Subway (MMS), is an under-construction underground rapid transit line in Metro Manila, Philippines. The line, which will run north–south between Quezon City, Pasig, Makati, Taguig, ...

station of the same name. However, these two stations are not expected to be part of a single interchange. The entire NSCR system which includes the new Senate station, is expected to open by 2028.

Station Layout

References

{{Reflist Philippine National Railways stations Railway stations in Metro Manila Railway stations opened in 2010 Buildings and structures in Taguig