Araneta City Bus Port

The Araneta City Bus Port (ACBP), also styled Araneta City Busport, is a bus station in Quezon City, Metro Manila, the Philippines. It is currently one of two bus terminals in the Araneta City business district that link Metro Manila with the provinces in the north and south of the country, including cities in the Visayas and Mindanao via the Philippine Nautical Highway System.[2][3] The station is also a hub for buses servicing the Bicol Region.[4] It was built in 2017 as the modern alternative to, and eventual replacement for, the adjacent Araneta City Bus Terminal, the oldest integrated bus terminal in Metro Manila, in operation since 1993.[5] The busport is used by at least 19 provincial bus lines, including DLTBCo, Ceres Transport and Philtranco.[2][6] It is connected to Manila's Line 2 and Line 3 by a network of elevated walkways and mall connections.

Araneta City Bus Port
The busport entrance from General Romulo Avenue
Location	160 General Romulo Avenue Quezon City, Metro Manila Philippines
Coordinates	14°37′15″N 121°3′26″E
Owned by	Araneta City, Inc.
Operated by	Araneta City, Inc.
Bus stands	19 bays[1]
Connections	Araneta Center–Cubao station 3 Araneta Center–Cubao station
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Website	Araneta City Busport
History
Opened	March 14, 2017 (2017-03-14)[2]
Previous names	Araneta Center Bus Port
Traffic
Passengers	6,000[1]

Location

General Romulo Avenue alongside Ali Mall

The Araneta City Bus Port is located along General Romulo Avenue on the eastern side of Araneta City within the barangay of Socorro, Quezon City. It occupies the ground level of Manhattan Heights, a four-tower residential condominium complex that is part of the 5.7-hectare (14-acre), 18-tower highrise community developed by Megaworld Corporation called Manhattan Garden City.[7] The bus station is situated in the district of Cubao, a densely populated area north of Ortigas Center in east-central Metro Manila that has the highest density of bus terminals in the entire Manila metropolitan area.[8] It is directly across from Ali Mall and one block from the old Araneta bus station on Times Square Avenue.

History

The old Araneta bus terminal on Times Square Avenue

The Araneta busport sits on the original location of Metro Manila's first integrated terminal which opened in 1993.[9] In 2011, to make way for the construction of the Manhattan Heights condominium complex, the Araneta Center bus station was relocated to the old Rustan's building located on Times Square Avenue built in 1974, after the department store transferred to its new home at the then newly opened Gateway Mall.[9][10] The old terminal is expected to be torn down in the future to make way for the construction of the Manhattan Plaza, the final highrise development of the Manhattan Garden City project.[9]

The modern busport at Manhattan Heights was inaugurated as the Araneta Center Bus Port in March 2017 with Vice President Leni Robredo in attendance.[3] Following the issuance of the Metro Manila Council regulation prohibiting the operation of all provincial bus terminals along EDSA in order to ease traffic congestion in Manila's main artery, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority announced in May 2019 that the Araneta bus terminal shall be exempt from the ban.[11]

Services

As of January 2020, the Araneta busport services the following routes:

Provincial

Bus

• Provincial Buses like Amihan, Belleza, Bobis Liner, Cagsawa Travel, JVH, Megabus, Raymond Transportation and RSL operate to and from several destinations in the Bicol Region, including Masbate.

• ALPS The Bus – operate to and from several destinations in Batangas, Bicol Region and Iloilo City.

• Ceres Transport – operates provincial buses to several destinations in Batangas & parts of Western Visayas, including Malay and Kalibo in Aklan, San Jose de Buenavista, Antique, Roxas, Capiz and Iloilo City.[12]

• CUL Transport – services the routes to Sorsogon, Leyte and Southern Leyte including Sorsogon City, Tacloban, Ormoc, Baybay and Maasin.[13]

• Diamond Bus – operates to and from select destinations in Samar.[14]

• DLTBCo – operates provincial buses to and from the following destinations in the Bicol Region and Eastern Visayas: Legazpi, Daet, Ormoc, Borongan and Catarman.[15]

• Elavil Bus Company – operates provincial buses to several destinations in Northern Samar.[16]

• Philtranco – serves the terminal on its route to several destinations in the Bicol Region via its main terminal in Pasay.[6]

• Silver Star Shuttle & Tours – operates bus services to and from Samar, Eastern Samar, Leyte and Bohol, including Calbayog, Catbalogan, Guiuan, Tacloban and Tagbilaran.[17]

• Solid North Transit – runs several routes from Araneta City Bus Port to destinations in Pampanga, Tarlac and Pangasinan.[18]

Intercity

Bus

• UBE Express operates Premium Point-to-Point Bus Service to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.[19]

Jeep

• Araneta City, Inc. operates electric-powered city shuttles (e-shuttles, also known as Green & Go) to destinations within the Araneta City district.

• Transport Equipment Aggregator and Management Inc (1-TEAM) operates modern jeepneys (BEEP) to and from select destinations in Quezon City such as Lagro, North Fairview, Diliman, Philcoa and Tandang Sora.[20]

• Traditional jeeps operate from the Araneta City Jeepney Terminal further north along General Romulo Avenue to Calumpang, Lagro, Libis, SM City Fairview, Litex Manggahan and Projects 2 and 3, Q.C.

References

1. "Araneta City Busport". Araneta City, Inc. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
2. Dabu, B.R. (March 14, 2017). "New Araneta Center Busport features top-of-the-line amenities". GMA Network. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
3. de Jesus, J.L. (March 14, 2017). "Bus rider Robredo graces launch of modern Cubao terminal". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
4. "Land transport in Manila". Lonely Planet. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
5. Garcia, L. (September 26, 2019). "The New Araneta City rises". BusinessMirror. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
6. "New Araneta Center BusPort Ticketing System". Philtranco. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
7. Remo, A.R. (November 10, 2018). "Be at the center of it all at Manhattan Garden City". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
8. Boquet, Y. (December 3, 2013). "Battling congestion in Manila: the EDSA problem" (PDF). United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
9. Aguilar, K. (April 2, 2017). "Cubao's Modern Bus Terminal". The Urban Roamer. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
10. Tagabucba, M.C. (September 25, 2016). "Nedy Tantoco and Judy Araneta-Roxas: Hand-in-hand at Rustan's Gateway Cubao". The Philippine Star. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
11. Ong, G. (May 6, 2019). "Cubao bus terminal to stay – MMDA". The Philippine Star. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
12. "Ceres Bus". PHBus Co. Ltd. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
13. "DLTB Bus". PHBus Co. Ltd. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
14. "Diamond Bus". PHBus Co. Ltd. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
15. "DLTB Bus". PHBus Co. Ltd. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
16. "Elavil Bus". PHBus Co. Ltd. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
17. "Silver Star Bus". PHBus Co. Ltd. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
18. "Solid North Bus". PHBus Co. Ltd. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
19. "Araneta Center – NAIA schdules". Premium Point-to-Point Bus Service. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
20. "Beep Jeep". Araneta City, Inc. Retrieved January 5, 2020.

External links

• Official website of Araneta City Busport