Lucena Lines

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Lucena Lines
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A Lucena Lines Yutong ZK6107HA at Calamba, Laguna
Parent JAC Liner
Founded2004;20 years ago (2004)
Headquarters2001 Taft Avenue, cor. San Juan St., Brgy. 37, Pasay [1]
Locale Southern Luzon
Service area
Service typeCity & Provincial Operation
Stations
  • Cubao
  • Buendia
  • PITX
  • Avienda
Fleet100+
OperatorLucena Lines, Inc.
Website jacliner.com

Lucena Lines Inc. (LLI) is a bus operating company in the Philippines. It is a subsidiary of JAC Liner Inc. and commenced its own operations in December 2004. [2] [3] It has operations from Manila to Lucena in the province of Quezon, Pagsanjan and Santa Cruz in the province of Laguna.

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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 then became the company's repair shop and head office.

When the company was able to avail the Bus Installment Purchase Program (BIPP) in 1988, it gave way to purchase of 26 brand new buses and was granted to have additional franchises along EDSA. They later expanded their operations to the Southern Tagalog, where it immediately established itself as one of the largest bus company in the country. [3]

In December 2004, they established their own affiliate company with a new name called Lucena Lines Inc. [4] Named after the city of Lucena, the capital of Quezon province, they established operations connecting Manila to Lucena, and all the way to the province of Marinduque. Their operations also came with the help of a shipping company, Montenegro Shipping Lines. [5]

In 2011, JAC Liner along with Lucena Lines were the first bus companies 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 liners 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 absorbed some bus companies which were once bought by JAC Liner, and became JAC's subsidiary. The buses from these former subsidiaries are now managed and repainted under the name of Lucena Lines. They were:

Fleet

A Yutong ZK6107HA unit of Lucena Lines LLI Bus Company Inc. 5146.jpg
A Yutong ZK6107HA unit of Lucena Lines

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

Former bus fleets:

Branding and Livery

Lucena Lines bus in the 2013 red, yellow, and white spherical livery. Lucena Lines Kinglong.JPG
Lucena Lines bus in the 2013 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 pays the rights to use 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. All Lucena Lines units were updated to their red, yellow and white spherical livery until it was simplified in 2013. [12]

In 2013, Lucena Lines started using its abbreviation "LLI" in their livery, while it started using the JAC Liner logo for their livery in 2016. With the simplified name, riders often dubbed them "Lu Li".

Bus Terminals

Metro Manila

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

Provincial

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

Destinations

A Lucena Lines bus heading to Santa Cruz. This one was once used and owned under Laguna Express Inc. LLI Bus Co. Inc. 7802.jpg
A Lucena Lines bus heading to Santa Cruz. This one was once used and owned under Laguna Express Inc.

With the under management of JAC Liner, Lucena Lines uses the terminals of JAC Liner in Buendia, Pasay, Kamias Quezon City and Grand Central Terminal in Lucena.

Source: [16]

Metro Manila

Provincial

Former destinations

See also

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  2. ↑ "JAC Liner and Lucena Lines". Flickr. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  3. 1 2 "JAC Liner Inc. | About Us". jacliner.com. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  4. ↑ "Lucena Lines Inc Company Profile | EMIS". www.emis.com. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  5. ↑ "Lucena Grand Central Terminal: Transport and Fares". Lucenahin | Lucena City Community Website. 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  6. ↑ "PLDT powers first Wi-Fi enabled bus line". www.pldt.com. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  7. ↑ "JAC Liner First Free Wi-FI Bus, Routes". MattsCradle. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  8. ↑ "Provincial Bus Franchises 2015 - Open Data". data.gov.ph. Archived from the original on 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  9. ↑ "lucena lines man almazora". Flickr. 10 May 2008. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  10. ↑ "Lucena Lines MAN Lion's Coach". Flickr. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  11. ↑ "Popeye Attacks". Flickr. 26 April 2011. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  12. ↑ "Take Down!!!". Flickr. 26 April 2011. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  13. ↑ "JAC Liner Inc. (Kamias Terminal, Quezon City, Metro Manila)". www.clickthecity.com. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  14. ↑ "JAC Liner Inc. (LRT - Buendia Terminal, Pasay, Metro Manila)". www.clickthecity.com. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  15. ↑ "JAC Liner Inc. | Terminals". jacliner.com. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  16. ↑ "JAC Liner Inc. | Routes & Schedules". jacliner.com. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
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