Ceres Transport

Ceres Transport
	Ceres Transport at Pasay Terminal
Parent	Yanson Group of Bus Companies
Founded	2009; 15 years ago
Headquarters	Barangay Bolbok, Batangas City
Service area	Metro Manila; Batangas; Panay; Negros; Zamboanga Peninsula;
Service type	Provincial Operation
Alliance	Gold Star Transport, Inc.
Destinations	Batangas City; Quezon City; Muntinlupa; Pasay; Manila; Iloilo City; Sara; Kalibo; Estancia; Bacolod; Kabankalan; Dumaguete; Zamboanga City;
Hubs	Batangas
Fleet	600+
Operator	Ceres Transport, Inc.
Chief executive	Leo Rey V. Yanson; (President and Chairman)
Website	Ceres Transport

Ceres Transport, Incorporated, is a bus company under the umbrella of Yanson Group of Bus Companies (YGBC). Based in Batangas City, it operates bus transport services in Batangas and Metro Manila, using the Strong Republic Nautical Highway.

History

In 2007, Ceres Liner's Iloilo base pioneered travel between Iloilo City and Metro Manila through the Western Nautical Highway. Proving to be profitable, Yanson Group expanded its Metro Manila operations and established Ceres Transport in 2009, being based in Batangas City. It enabled bus services encompassing Cubao, Batangas City, Mindoro, Aklan, Antique and Iloilo.

In 2012, it bought out a franchise of Gold Star Bus Company and allowed it to operate its Batangas-Cubao and Batangas-Alabang routes. Later on, Yanson Group decided to create its own subsidiary Gold Star Bus Transport Incorporated, making it apart from Ceres Transport Inc.

In 2022, Ceres launched PITX - Zamboanga route which became the third bus company to have direct trips between Luzon and Mindanao following Philtranco and Davao Metro Shuttle.^[1]

Branding

Ceres Transport was once a brand under Vallacar Transit Incorporated. The "transport" branding was once used to distinguish the Luzon-bound and those Ceres Liner buses at their former main base in Iloilo. Although Yanson Group had a practice to their bus branding such as "Liner" and "Tours" to differentiate their ordinary and air-conditioned buses, Ceres Transport does not have ordinary buses since it didn't click to Luzon market.

When Ceres Transport formed its own subsidiary and had its base in Batangas City, Yanson Group retained the Ceres Transport brand.

Base

Their subsidiaries are subdivided by bases. These are based on the area of their operation, and their base number shall be the prefix number for their bus fleets. Yanson Group started this practice in 2005 after they bought out Lilian Express Inc., and felt that re-organizing their company was needed.

There is only one base for Ceres Transport:

Prefix	Base Name	Address
11	Batangas	Bolbok, Batangas City, Batangas

Bus routes

Batangas City - Cubao via EDSA or C-5 Road ACTEX (now under Gold Star)
Batangas City - Alabang via Turbina or ACTEX (now under Gold Star)
Batangas City - PITX/Buendia/Lawton via ACTEX
Batangas City - PITX /SM Mall of Asia via ACTEX
PITX - San Jose, Occidental Mindoro via Batangas City
PITX - Iloilo City via Batangas City
Pasay/Cubao - Iloilo City via Central Iloilo
Pasay/Cubao - Iloilo City via Antique
Pasay/Cubao - Sara via Alabang
Pasay/Cubao - Estancia via Alabang
Cubao - Kalibo via Central Iloilo
Cubao - Bacolod via Iloilo City
Cubao - Dumaguete via Bacolod and Kabankalan City via Iloilo City
Pasay/Cubao - Dumaguete via Bacolod and Kabankalan City via Iloilo City.
PITX - Zamboanga City via Dipolog, Dumaguete, Bacolod, Kabankalan City and Iloilo City.
Caticlan - Dumaguete via Bacolod and Mabinay

Fleet

Ceres Transport has several units from Chinese brand buses. Some of their fleets are also provided by their parent company's coach building division, Vallacar Transit Incorporated - Transport Engineering and Bus Body Assembly Plant (VTI-TEBBAP).