Prior to the electrification plan in the late 1970s, Paco was the southernmost double-track station on the line.

The station eventually lost its significance in the following decades and only the façade remains intact with the interior in a state of decay after a 1996 demolition plan to give way for the construction of a shopping mall.

A newer utilitarian platform area has been built for the PNR Metro Commuter Line behind the old station in 2009.

[1] What would become the old station building was designed by William E. Parsons, a graduate of the École des Beaux-Arts and was the Consulting Architect of the Bureau of Public Works at that time.

Plaza Dilao is also where the statue dedicated to Blessed Dom Justo Takayama stands.