Lucena Lines

Lucena Lines Inc. (LLI), is a subsidiary of JAC Liner Inc. and commenced its own operations back in December 2004.^[2][3] It has operations from Manila to Lucena and Mauban in the province of Quezon, and to the province of Marinduque.

History

JAC Liner started in April 1987 as a sole proprietorship operating two second hand buses along Alabang - Fairview route. The owner's family backyard lot was then became the company's repair shop and head office.

When the company were assisted by a Bus Installment Purchase Program (BIPP) in 1988, it gave their way purchase 26 brand new buses and was granted to have additional franchises along EDSA. They later expand their operations to the Southern Tagalog<meta />regions, where it immediately established itself as one of the largest bus company in the country.^[3]

In December 2004, they establish their own affiliate company Lucena Lines Inc.^[4] Named after their the city of Lucena, the capital of Quezon province, they establish operations connecting from Manila to Lucena, and all the way to the province of Marinduque with the help of a shipping company, Montenegro Shipping Lines.^[5]

In 2011, JAC Liner along with Lucena Lines makes the first bus company in the country to offer free Wi-Fi on board service through the help of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT)^.[6][7]

Along with JAC Liner, Lucena Lines grew and became one of the predominant bus liner in Luzon. As of 2015, the parent, JAC Liner is now the largest bus company in the country in terms of fleet size.^[8]

Absorption from former subsidiaries

Lucena Lines now absorbs some bus companies which once bought by JAC Liner and became JAC's subsidiary. However, it soon went to dissolve having JAC Liner in control. The buses from these former subsidiaries are now managed and repainted under the name of Lucena Lines. They were:

• Green Star Express Inc.
• Laguna Express Inc.

Fleet

A Yutong ZK6107HA unit of Lucena Lines

Lucena Lines runs ordinary and air conditioned bus units. Recently, the company has started to offer deluxe trips as well. Majority of their buses are made from Yutong.

• MAN 16.290 Lion Star^[9]
• Santarosa Euro Man 18.310
• Santarosa Euro Nissan Diesel
• Yutong ZK6100H
• Yutong ZK6100HA
• Yutong ZK6107H
• Yutong ZK6107HA
• King Long XMQ6118JB

Livery

Lucena Lines in red, yellow, and white spherical livery.

Lucena Lines at its introduction used to have red, yellow and white stripes livery with Popeye as their identical logo. Like PARTAS that uses Roadrunner as their corporate logo and branding, their parent JAC Liner pay the rights in using Popeye as Lucena Lines' corporate logo and branding to the owner, Warner Brothers.^[10][11] However in 2010, the Popeye logo wasn't used anymore and all Lucena Lines units were updated to its red, yellow and white spherical livery.^[12]

In 2016, the name Lucena Lines were re-branded as "LLI" and uses the identical JAC Liner livery colors for their livery.

Bus Terminals

Metro Manila

They have three bus terminals in Metro Manila which are all under JAC Liner, to wit:

• Araneta Center Bus Station, Quezon City
• JAC Liner Cubao Terminal, Kamias, Quezon City^[13]
• JAC Liner Buendia Terminal, Buendia Avenue, Pasay^[14]

Provincial

Lucena Lines has operations to two bus terminals where JAC Liner is also at present, to wit:^[15]

• Lucena Grand Central Terminal, Ilayang Dupay, Lucena
• Polo, Mauban, Quezon

Routes

A Lucena Lines bus heading to Santa Cruz. This one was once used and owned under Laguna Express Inc.

Their routes as of 2016 with exclusion to their services within Metro Manila:^[16]

Metro Manila

• Kamias, Quezon City
• Buendia, Pasay

Provincial Destinations

• Lucena, Quezon
• Mauban, Quezon
• Marinduque

See also

• Dagupan Bus Co., Inc.
• Fermina Express
• JAC Liner
• List of bus companies of the Philippines

References