Victory Liner

Victory Liner
Slogan "We Move People Better Safer"
Founded 1945
Headquarters 713 Rizal Avenue Extension, Barangay 72, Grace Park West, Caloocan City, Philippines
Service area Manila-Northern Luzon, Philippines
Service type Provincial Operation
Fleet 900+ bus units, (Ordinary, Air-Conditioned and Deluxe buses)
Operator Victory Liner, Inc.
Website www.victoryliner.com

Victory Liner, Inc. is one of the largest provincial bus companies operating in the Philippines. This bus company played a major role in transport industry since it became the product of Japanese occupation in the country after World War II.

Today, Victory Liner, Inc. has grown as one of the largest bus transportation business groups in the Philippines, servicing all key destinations in Northern Luzon and Southern Tagalog. As of today, Victory Liner deploys more than 900 buses in its daily operations. The company is a sister company of Five Star Bus Company.

Etymology

The company was founded by Mr. Jose Hernandez. Its beginnings trace back from the years of Japanese occupation in the country. The phrase "Victory Joe", reminiscent of America's victory in the World War II became a household word way back then, Mr. Hernandez decided to coin out the name of his bus firm from it, and so became Victory Liner.

History

Mr. Jose I. Hernandez, a pre-war mechanic, has collected bits and pieces of machinery, metals and spare parts from abandoned U.S. Military vehicles. He intended to build a delivery truck from scratch for his family's buy and sell business of rice, corn, vegetables and their home-made laundry soap. Upon completion of the truck, he was surprised to see that what he envisioned to be a delivery truck turned out to be more like a bus.

On October 15, 1945, Mr. Hernandez's first bus plied the Manila-Olongapo-Manila line. He was the driver and Leonardo D. Trinidad (a brother-in-law) was his conductor.

Never did he know that that was the start of a very big thing. Later on, the Hernandezes incorporated the business and became one of the main transport modes in the province of Zambales, Quezon and Batangas to ferry passengers and goods to and from Manila and the provinces of Bulacan, Pampanga, Bataan, Zambales, Pangasinan, Tarlac, Benguet, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Isabela, Cagayan, Apayao, and Kalinga.

The Company was passed to the son of Mr. Hernandez, Johnny Hernandez.

In 2007, Victory Liner introduced a Deluxe class, Available only in Baguio and Cagayan Valley routes.

In 2011, Victory Liner initially equipped 50 air-conditioned buses with Sun Broadband Wireless Wi-Fi powered by Sun Cellular to allow passengers with Wi-Fi capable gadgets such as mobile phones, laptops and other wireless gadgets to log on to the Internet making travel more productive and entertaining.[1] Victory Liner will have the most number of buses with free Wi-Fi after Sun equips its whole fleet of air conditioned buses before the end of the year. To date, more than 600 airconditioned bused are equipped with Wi-Fi technology and still growing.[2]

In 2012, Victory Liner has tied up with AirAsia Philippines, the country’s newest low cost airline, to provide free shuttle service for inbound and outbound passengers of Clark International Airport for the convenience of AirAsia passengers and guests, Victory Liner shuttle bus provides return services from Dau and Marquee Mall to Clark airport.

Recently, Victory Liner together with its sister companies, Five Star, Sta. Lucia Express uses Tachograph to its fleets to monitor drivers who are over-speeding or who are speeding beyond 120 km/h per hour continuously. Drivers who violate the rule will be automatically suspended.

Fleet

Currently, Victory Liner is maintaining and utilizing Ankai, Daewoo, Higer, Hino, Hyundai, Kia, King Long, MAN, UD Nissan Diesel and Yutong buses for its fleet.

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Fare Classes

Destinations

Metro Manila

Provincial Destinations

Inter-Provincial Destinations

Former Destinations

Victory Liner's fictional route was Lucena City, Quezon based on the show Mara Clara (2010 TV series). Currently, Victory Liner doesn't have any Southern Luzon destinations. However, they did ply the Bicol route from its Pasay terminal for a short period of time in the early 90's until it was suspended by the LTFRB because of complaints filed by several Southern Luzon bus operators citing that any bus company operating in Northern Luzon must not operate in Southern Luzon under the same name.

Subsidiaries

Sta. Lucia Express

Bicol Isarog Transport System Inc.(BITSI)

References

  1. ↑ Philippine Star Online: Victory Liner is the newest Wi-Fi spot
  2. ↑ Manila Bulletin Online: Victory Liner equips all its buses with free Wi-Fi

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