Marilao - municipality of the Philippines in the province of Bulacan

Marilao is a municipality in Bulacan. Together with nearby Meycauayan, they form a large suburban area north of Metro Manila.

Understand

Marilao occupies over of land area, but they are nearly similar in size as neighboring Meycauayan. It is largely suburban in character, but still has some paddy fields.

The low-lying parts of this municipality are notorious for flooding during the rainy season. MacArthur Highway near SM City Marilao can be easily flooded after heavy rain, especially when worsened by high tide.

Get in

By jeepney

MacArthur Highway has a lot of jeepneys running north or south.

By bus

City buses stop at Marilao Exit.

By train

There are no trains serving Marilao. The north main line to San Fernando (La Union) closed in the late 1980s, save for a section to the rolling stock maintenance depot in Caloocan, and the tracks torn up, but part of the line is being reconstructed from 2018 as the modern Manila-Clark Railway, with electric trains to run up to . The old station is a ruin near Villarica Road, while the new station is to be at the front of SM City Marilao.

Get around

See

• National Shrine of the Divine Mercy. Shrine dedicated to the Divine Mercy, built 1992. 2019-07-31
• San Miguel Arcangel Parish (Marilao Church). Barn-style Baroque church completed in 1868. It was destroyed by a fire in 1896, at the midst of the Philippine Revolution. Today, Marilao Church is an important reference point for both locals and visitors. 2019-07-31

Do

Buy

• SM City Marilao, MacArthur Highway. 10AM-9PM. Two-story high big box surrounded by some warehouses and paddies. This houses many restaurants, a SM Store location, a SM Hypermarket, and cinemas. To the front of it is the future location for Marilao Station on the Manila-Clark railway. 2019-07-31

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