Araneta City Bus Port Explained

Araneta City Bus Port
Address:160 General Romulo Avenue, Quezon City, Metro Manila
Country:Philippines
Coordinates:14.6208°N 121.0572°W
Owned:Araneta City, Inc.
Operator:Araneta City, Inc.
Bus Stands:19 bays[1]
Connections:Transfers to intercity and provincial buses, jeepneys, and UV Express
Araneta Center-Cubao
Araneta Center-Cubao
Farmers Plaza
Cubao
Future:
Cubao
Structure:Surface building
Parking:Yes
Bicycle:Yes
Accessible:Yes
Former:Araneta Center Bus Port
Passengers:6,000-12,000
Mapframe:yes

The Araneta City Bus Port (ACBP), also styled Araneta City Busport, is a bus station in Quezon City, Metro Manila, the Philippines. The bus station is currently one of two bus terminals in the Araneta City business district that link Metro Manila with the provinces in the country, including cities in the Luzon Archipelago via the Philippine Nautical Highway System.[2] [3]

Built and completed 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, and is also a hub for buses servicing the Bicol Region.[4] [5] The busport is used by inter-city and provincial bus lines.[2] [6] The terminal is connected to the LRT Line 2 and MRT Line 3 by a network of elevated walkways and mall connections.

Location

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 5.7ha, 18-tower highrise community developed by Megaworld Corporation called Manhattan Gardens.[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 Araneta busport sits on the original location of Metro Manila's first integrated terminal which opened in 1993.[9] In 2011, 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 newly opened Gateway Mall in 2005,[9] [10] to make way for the construction of the Manhattan Heights, a 4-tower condominium development, as part of the Manhattan Gardens complex. The old bus 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 Gardens 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]

In March 2020, the terminal was closed due the COVID-19 pandemic, and served as an RT-PCR COVID-19 saliva testing site, in partnership with the Philippine Red Cross, while transport services were temporarily moved to the old Araneta City Bus Station, which has 23 bays.[12] The old bus terminal reopened in September 2020, and has limited its operations to Central Luzon, and has gradually expanded its services, while reviving previous routes within 2021 to 2022.[13] [14] [15] As of 2021, the Araneta Group have no announcement for the bus port's reopening, and is currently being utilized as a parking facility.

On October 25, 2022, the Araneta Group announced that all inter-city and provincial buses will be moved out from the Araneta City Bus Station, and will relocate their operations to the Araneta Bus Port. The day after the announcement, October 26, the Araneta City Bus Port reopened its operations, and services routes within areas around Metro Manila, Bulacan, Pampanga, Tabuk, Laguna, and Batangas. Presently, the Araneta City Bus Station is used to service modern jeepneys (BEEP) to and from select destinations in Quezon City, Pasig, and the Province of Rizal, under the Transport Equipment Aggregator and Management Inc. (1-TEAM), and other various transport cooperatives.[16] [17] [18]

Services

As of June 2024, the Araneta City Bus Port services the following routes:

Provincial

Bus

Intercity

Bus

Jeep & Shuttle Services

Nearby Transport Services

Other transport terminals are located within walking distance from the Araneta Bus Port, which includes the following:

Suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic

The following bus companies moved out from the Araneta City Bus Station and shifted their operations within their own terminals within Cubao until 2023, or moved their operations to the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Araneta City Busport . Araneta City, Inc. . January 5, 2020.
  2. Web site: New Araneta Center Busport features top-of-the-line amenities . . Dabu, B.R. . March 14, 2017 . January 5, 2020.
  3. Web site: Bus rider Robredo graces launch of modern Cubao terminal . . de Jesus, J.L. . March 14, 2017 . January 5, 2020.
  4. Web site: Land transport in Manila . . January 5, 2020.
  5. Web site: The New Araneta City rises . . Garcia, L. . September 26, 2019 . January 5, 2020.
  6. Web site: New Araneta Center BusPort Ticketing System . . January 5, 2020.
  7. Web site: Be at the center of it all at Manhattan Garden City . . Remo, A.R. . November 10, 2018 . January 5, 2020.
  8. Web site: Battling congestion in Manila: the EDSA problem . . Boquet, Y. . December 3, 2013 . January 5, 2020.
  9. Web site: Cubao's Modern Bus Terminal . The Urban Roamer . Aguilar, K. . April 2, 2017 . January 5, 2020.
  10. Web site: Nedy Tantoco and Judy Araneta-Roxas: Hand-in-hand at hatdog Rustan's Gateway Cubao . . Tagabucba, M.C. . September 25, 2016 . January 5, 2020.
  11. Web site: Cubao bus terminal to stay – MMDA . . Ong, G. . May 6, 2019 . January 5, 2020.
  12. Web site: Shopping malls now host saliva collection sites for RT-PCR tests. February 22, 2021.
  13. Web site: Dimen . Yoshke . PROVINCIAL BUSES: List of Requirements & Terminals (To and from Metro Manila) . The Poor Traveler Itinerary Blog . 27 September 2020.
  14. News: Servallos . Neil Jayson . LTFRB opens 2 bus routes . Philstar.com.
  15. News: Laguna, Batangas buses resume services from Araneta City . BusinessWorld Online . 3 April 2022.
  16. Web site: Beep Jeep . Araneta City, Inc. . January 5, 2020.
  17. Web site: Provincial buses at Araneta City terminal to relocate to new bus port. October 25, 2022. ABS-CBN News.
  18. Web site: Martinez . Araneta City, Jeffrey Enriquez, Denny . Beep Jeep, City Bus & Provincial Bus Schedule . www.aranetacity.com.
  19. Web site: Martinez . Araneta City, Jeffrey Enriquez, Denny . Araneta City Bus Station . www.aranetacity.com.
  20. Web site: Daily Buses to Baguio Are Now Available from Araneta City BusPort in Quezon City Yoorekka PH . Yoorekka Philippines . en.
  21. Web site: Araneta Center – NAIA schdules . . January 5, 2020.
  22. Web site: May 27, 2020. Resolution No. 73 Series of 2020. November 18, 2020. Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board.
  23. Web site: May 27, 2020. Resolution No. 77 Series of 2020. November 18, 2020. Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board.
  24. Web site: June 11, 2020. Resolution No. 109 Series of 2020. November 18, 2020. Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board.
  25. Web site: Please be advised that the following UV Express Routes are now at the Center Avenue (Fronting Farmers Market): . www.facebook.com.
  26. Web site: Ceres Bus . PHBus Co. Ltd. . January 5, 2020.
  27. Web site: DLTB Bus . PHBus Co. Ltd. . January 5, 2020.
  28. Web site: Diamond Bus . PHBus Co. Ltd. . January 5, 2020.
  29. Web site: DLTB Bus . PHBus Co. Ltd. . January 5, 2020.
  30. Web site: Elavil Bus . PHBus Co. Ltd. . January 5, 2020.
  31. Web site: Silver Star Bus . PHBus Co. Ltd. . January 5, 2020.
  32. Web site: Solid North Bus . PHBus Co. Ltd. . January 5, 2020.