Ceres Liner
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| File:Ceres Liner logo.png | |
 A Yanson FB4J Ceres Liner 5446 heading to Candoni | |
| Slogan | "First In Service * Foremost In Fleet Maintenance" |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1968 |
| Headquarters | Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod, Negros Occidental |
| Service area | Philippines (Negros and the rest of Visayas) |
| Service type | Intercity coach service |
| Fleet | 300+ (Hino Motors, Kinglong, Higer, Nissan Diesel, MAN, Isuzu, Yutong) |
| Operator | Vallacar Transit Incorporated |
Ceres Liner is a bus line under Vallacar Transit Inc., the largest public land transportation company in Bacolod, Negros Island of the Philippines.[1] It operates bus transport services from Bacolod and the whole Negros Island to other Visayan Islands such as Panay, Cebu, Bohol, Leyte and Samar.
History[edit]
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.
Bus terminals[edit]
Provincial destinations[edit]
Negros route network[2][edit]
Economy fare
- Bacolod City - Escalante City
- Bacolod City - Minapasok (Calatrava)
- Bacolod City - Sagay City
- Bacolod City - Dumaguete City via San Carlos City
- Bacolod City - Dumaguete City via Mabinay
- Bacolod City - Cebu City via Mabinay or Canlaon City
- Bacolod City - Kabankalan City
- Bacolod City - San Carlos City via Cadiz City
- Bacolod City - San Carlos City via Don Salvador Benedicto
- Bacolod City - Hinoba-an
- Bacolod City - Candoni
- Bacolod City - Canlaon City via San Carlos City
- Bacolod City - La Carlota City
- Bacolod City - La Castellana
- Bacolod City - Victorias City
Two/non-stop and Air-conditioned
- Bacolod City - Cadiz City
- Bacolod City - Hinigaran
- Bacolod City - Fabrica in Sagay City
- Bacolod City - Escalante City
- Bacolod City - Dumaguete City via San Carlos City
- Bacolod City - Dumaguete City via Mabinay
- Bacolod City - Cebu City via Tabuelan
- Bacolod City - Cebu City via Toledo City
- Bacolod City - Zamboanga City via Dapitan City/Dipolog City/Ipil
Iloilo route network[edit]
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.
Dumaguete Route Network[edit]
Economy fare and air conditioned
- Dumaguete City - San Carlos City
- Dumaguete City - Bayawan City
- Dumaguete City - Hinoba-an
- Dumaguete City - Sipalay City
- Dumaguete City - Bacolod City via Mabinay
- Dumaguete City - Kabankalan City via Mabinay
- Dumaguete City - Mabinay
- Dumaguete City - Ban Ban via Ayungon/Tayasan/Tambo
- Dumaguete City - Guihulngan City
- Dumaguete City - Cubao via Bacolod City/Kabankalan City/Mabinay
- Jimalalud - Bais City
- Jimalalud - Canlaon City
- Dumaguete City - Escalante City
- Bayawan City - Cebu City via Dumaguete City
- Bayawan City - Mabinay via Dumaguete City
- Sipalay City - Cebu City via Dumaguete City
Cebu route network[edit]
Economy fare and air-conditioned
Cebu North Routes
- Cebu City - Bogo City
- Cebu City - Hagnaya via Lambusan
- Cebu City - Bantayan Island via Sta. Fe
- Cebu City - Tabogon via Borbon
- Cebu City - Tuburan via Lugo
- Cebu City - San Isidro via Bogo/Palompon
- Cebu City - Tacloban City via Bogo/Palompon
Cebu South Routes
- Cebu City - Bato via Lilo-an
- Cebu City - Bato via Barili
- Cebu City - Alcoy via Dalaguete
- Cebu City - Carcar City
- Cebu City - Argao
- Cebu City - Balamban via Toledo City
- Cebu City - Toledo City
- Cebu City - Pinamungajan via Toledo City
- Cebu City - Bayawan City via Dumaguete City
- Cebu City - Zamboanga City via Bato/Oslob/Dapitan/Dipolog/Ipil
Metro Cebu Operations
- Carcar City - Danao City via Ayala Center Cebu
- Cebu South Bus Terminal - Mactan-Cebu International Airport
Trivia[edit]
- 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.
- Cebu is the only place to have "Sugbo Transit" brand along with Ceres Liner.
Sports teams[edit]
Ceres Liner operates sports teams (notably football).
- Ceres–Negros F.C. (PFL team)
- Ceres Crius F.C.[3] (WFL team)
See also[edit]
- Ceres Transport
- Mindanao Star
- Rural Transit
- Vallacar Transit (VTI)
- Yanson Group of Bus Companies
- List of bus companies of the Philippines
References[edit]
- ↑ "Ceres deploys more buses in North". Sun.Star. September 11, 2005. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
- ↑ http://www.bacolodcity.gov.ph/trip_schedule_by_land.htm
- ↑ http://crsfc.com
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