reestablish the railway. In April 2014, the city government of Iloilo City agreed to purchase a 2,000 sq m lot, located along Muelle Loney near the Iloilo City Hall, owned Panay Railways for 24,446,250 Philippine pesos. The statue of Nicholas Loney that stands on the lot will not be moved but the Bureau of Fire Protection station also on the lot might be. This lot used to be a location of a terminal of the rail line. Cebu line The Philippine Railway Company, along with operating the Panay line, operated a line in Cebu for about 30 years from 1911 to 1942, when operations ceased because of the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II. The line ran from Argao in the south, through Cebu City, then to Danao in the north. The line was built by the related Philippine Railways Construction Company. Central Station was at the corner of Leon Kilat and P. Del Rosario streets, which is what now the South Bus Terminal, CityMall Bacalso, the Elizabeth Mall, and the SSS building. There was a short spur from there to the port. From Argao (where the station is now the town's fire station), the tracks went north and ran to Sab-ang, Sibonga (the station is now a library of Simala Elementary School); Valladolid, Carcar (the station is now a restaurant); Cebu City; then ending at Sitio Estasyonan, Danao, with the sitio's name from "station". The Rotunda in the poblacion of Danao was where the train would turn around, giving the place its name. During World War II, the bridges, tracks and Central Station were all struck by bombs with damage so extensive that the railway never recovered. The Cebu line was a historic and groundbreaking rail that heritage advocates have been pushing for its reconstruction since the late 1970s up to the 21st century. Gallery See also Philippine National Railways Rail transportation in the Philippines Sugar industry of the Philippines References External links Photos of Panay Railways in the 1980s from Flickriver Panay Railway articles and photos from the Philippine Railway Historical Society More Panay Railway photos from Flickr History and maps of the three Philippine railroads from an amateur historian Video of photos from the Cebu rail line A few pages from one railfan site with photos, maps and more information: http://www2.ttcn.ne.jp/~Philrail/siraipanai.htm – photos of Panay Railways, in Japanese http://www2.ttcn.ne.jp/~Philrail/panayrail.htm – photos from 2002 of