Ceres Liner is a bus line under Vallacar Transit Inc., the largest public land transportation company in Bacolod, Negros Island of the Philippines. It operates bus transport services from Bacolod and the whole Negros Island to other Visayan Islands such as Panay, Cebu, Bohol, Leyte and Samar.
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History
The company was founded in 1968 by Ricardo B. Yanson and his wife, Olivia Villaflores Yanson, beginning with the purchase of one jeepney unit. This effort ultimately became a jeepney-assembly business. The then-jeepney line was named Ceres Motors (named after Yanson's youngest sibling, Ceres). In the early 1970s, the market was flooded with Ford Fieras; so the couple decided to diversify into a small bus line which plied the Bacolod City-Valladolid-La Carlota route (hence, Val-La-Car) and Ceres Motors became Ceres Liner.
By 1980, Ceres Liner had covered the whole Negros Island and in 1981, they ventured into Mindanao. They bought out Fortune Express and Bachelor Express, both Cagayan de Oro-based bus companies in 1985, and formed Rural Transit of Mindanao, while retaining the name of the latter, as one of the conditions of the contract of sale. In 2005, the conglomerate bought out Lilian Express Inc. and sister company Mary May Express, its fiercest business rival and became the dominant transit company in the island of Mindanao. In 2007, its buses pioneered travel through the Western Nautical Highway.
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Bus terminals
- Western Visayas
- Bacolod
- Dumaguete
- Iloilo City
- Roxas (Capiz)
- Kalibo
- Central Visayas
- Cebu City
- Metro Manila
- Alabang, Muntinlupa
- EDSA, Pasay
- Cubao, Quezon City
Provincial destinations
Negros route network
Economy fare
- Bacolod - Escalante
- Bacolod - Minapasok (Calatrava)
- Bacolod - Sagay
- Bacolod - Dumaguete via San Carlos/Mabinay
- Bacolod - Cebu City via Mabinay or Canlaon
- Bacolod - Kabankalan
- Bacolod - San Carlos via Cadiz
- Bacolod - San Carlos via Don Salvador Benedicto
- Bacolod - Hinoba-an
- Bacolod - Candoni
- Bacolod - Canlaon City via San Carlos
- Bacolod - La Carlota
- Bacolod - La Castellana
- Bacolod - Victorias
Two/non-stop and Air-conditioned
- Bacolod - Cadiz
- Bacolod - Hinigaran
- Bacolod - Fabrica in Sagay
- Bacolod - Escalante
- Bacolod - Dumaguete via Mabinay
- Bacolod - Cebu City via Tabuelan
- Bacolod - Cebu City via Toledo
- Bacolod - Zamboanga City via Dapitan/Dipolog/Ipil
Iloilo route network
- Economy fare and air-conditioned
- Iloilo City-Caticlan via Kalibo, Passi & V.V.
- Iloilo City-Buruanga via Kalibo, Passii & V.V.
- Iloilo City-Roxas City via Passi & V.V.
- Iloilo City (Ungka Terminal)-Roxas City via Calinog, Tapaz, Dumalag & V.V.
- Iloilo City-Calinog via Passi & V.V.
- Iloilo City (Ungka Terminal)-Tapaz viaCalinog & V.V.
- Iloilo City (Ungka Terminal)-Jamindan via Calinog, Tapaz & V.V.
- Iloilo City-Kalibo via Passi & V.V.
- Iloilo City-Kalibo via Calinog, Tapaz, Jamindan & V.V.
- Iloilo City-Caticlan via San Jose & V.V.
- Iloilo City-Kalibo via San Jose & V.V.
- Iloilo City-Culasi & V.V.
- Iloilo City-Pandan & V.V.
- Iloilo City-Libertad & V.V.
- Iloilo City-Bugasong & V.V.
- Iloilo City-San Jose & V.V.
- Iloilo City-San Jose via Tobias Fornier (Dao) Anini-y Casay & V.V
- Iloilo City- Dao via Anini-y & V.V.
- Iloilo City-Estancia & V.V.
- Iloilo City-Estancia via Balasan & V.V.
- Iloilo City-Balasan & V.V.
- Iloilo City- Concepcion via Sara, Ajuy & V.V.
- Iloilo City-Barotac Viejo & V.V.
- Iloilo City-Carles & V.V.
- Iloilo City-Sara & V.V.
- Iloilo City-Sara 2 Stop Fare & V.V.
- Roxas City-Estancia & V.V.
- Roxas City- Balasan & V.V.
Cebu route network
Economy fare and air-conditioned
- Cebu City - Bato via Oslob/Barili
- Cebu City - Alcoy via Dalaguete
- Cebu City - Bogo
- Cebu City - Tacloban via Bogo/Palompon
- Cebu City - San Isidro via Bogo/Palompon
- Cebu City - Maasin
- Cebu City - Samboan
- Cebu City - Balamban via Toledo
- Cebu City - Tuburan, Tabuelan via Lugo
- Cebu City - Hagnaya via Lambusan
- Cebu City - Maya via Kawit/Bagay
- Cebu City - Bayawan via Dumaguete
- Cebu City - Bantayan Island via Sta. Fe
- Cebu City - Zamboanga City via Bato/Oslob/Dapitan/Dipolog/Ipil
Trivia
- Negrenses often substitute the word "bus" with "Ceres" because the company is a major monopolist in Negros, their home region.
- Ceres Liner buses are painted yellow.
Sports teams
Ceres Liner operates sports teams (notably football).
- Ceres-Negros F.C. (PFL team)
- Ceres Crius F.C. (WFL team)
See also
- Bachelor Express
- Ceres Transport
- Mindanao Star
- Rural Transit
- Vallacar Transit (VTI)
- Yanson Group of Bus Companies
- List of bus companies of the Philippines
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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