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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. It has operations from Manila to Lucena in the province of Quezon, Pagsanjan and Santa Cruz in the province of Laguna.




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.
In December 2004, they established their own affiliate company with a new name called Lucena Lines Inc. 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.
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).
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.




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:

Green Star Express Inc.
Laguna Express Inc.




Fleet



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.

Yutong ZK6107HA
Yutong ZK6119H2
Yutong ZK6122HD9
Former bus fleets:

Almazora MAN 16.290 Tourist Star Universe Series
Del Monte Euro MAN 16.290
Hino RK1J-ST bodied by Pilipinas Hino Inc (now Hino Motors Philippines Corp.) and some of their coach bodies (facelifted to Santarosa NV620 fascia) modified by ABTii
Isuzu FTR (PABFTR33PL) rebodied in Santarosa NV620 Body
King Long XMQ6118JB
NDPC Euro Nissan Diesel
Nissan Diesel RB46S
Nissan Diesel Santarosa NV620
Nissan Diesel SP215NSB
MAN 16.290 Lion Star
Yutong ZK6100H




Branding and 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. 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.
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

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

Araneta City Bus Port Cubao, Quezon City
JAC Liner Kamias Terminal, Quezon City
JAC Liner Buendia Terminal, Buendia Avenue, Pasay
PITX, Paranaque City
Avenida, Manila




= Provincial

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

Lucena Grand Central Terminal, Brgy. Ilayang Dupay, Lucena City, Quezon
Santa Cruz Terminal, National Hwy, Pagsanjan, Laguna




Destinations



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:
Metro Manila

Araneta City Bus Port Cubao, Quezon City
Kamias, Quezon City
Buendia, Pasay
Alabang, Muntinlupa
Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange, Parañaque
Avienda, Manila
One Ayala, Makati
Provincial

San Pedro, Laguna
San Pablo City Central Terminal, San Pablo, Laguna
Pagsanjan, Laguna
Calamba, Laguna
Bay, Laguna
Los Baños, Laguna
Mayapa, Calamba, Laguna
Santa Cruz, Laguna
Victoria, Laguna
Candelaria, Quezon
Lucena, Quezon




Former destinations


Araneta Center Bus Terminal, Cubao, Quezon City
Ayala Center, Makati
Southwoods Mall, Biñan, Laguna
Atimonan, Quezon
Gumaca, Quezon
Calauag, Quezon
Mauban, Quezon




See also


List of bus companies of the Philippines




References

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• Encyclopedia of Chess Openings
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• JAC Liner
• List of bus companies of the Philippines
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• Candelaria, Quezon
• Starhorse Shipping Lines
• JAM Liner
• HM Transport
• Montenegro Lines