The Bonifacio Transport Corporation, or more commonly known as BGC Bus or formerly The Fort Bus, is an intercity bus company in

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, the

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, serving routes that connect

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, Bonifacio Global City, and Taguig. The company is a subsidiary of the Fort Bonifacio Development Corporation (FBDC), an affiliate company under the Ayala Corporation. The bus system uses the Beep

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as a mode of electronic payment.

History

Founded in 1998, the Bonifacio Transport Corporation was established under the Fort Bonifacio Development Corporation (FBDC). It was formed through an initial fleet of 24 buses — 10 of which are

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buses and the rest are Nissan Diesel units — as an intercity transport system to and from the adjacent business districts of Bonifacio Global City and Ayala Center. In 2008, six

O500M 1725 buses were deployed by FBDC, followed by an additional 14 buses to keep up with passenger demand. In the same year,

HM Transport Inc. HM Transport Inc. is one of the largest bus companies in the Philippines. It offers both provincial and city operations, servicing routes from Metro Manila to Laguna province and vice versa. Its city operation subsidiary, Worthy Transport Inc. ...

and the Bonifacio Transport Corporation signed an agreement, allowing the use of HM Transport buses to serve routes to and from Bonifacio Global City. As a result, a weekday bus route between the Market! Market! shopping mall in Taguig,

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, and Kalayaan Avenue was established. In 2016, the BGC Bus replaced its TapBGC contactless smart card with AF Payments Inc's Beep card. A limited public trial was conducted from June 11 to 26, and was fully rolled out on June 27, 2016.

Fleet

Bonifacio Transport Corp. utilizes and maintains

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and Higer buses. * Higer ** DMMW Aero Adamant (under HM Transport) *

** DMMW Aero Extreme ** AMC Tourist Star ** MCV

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C120 LE * Nissan Diesel **Santarosa EXFOH (under HM Transport)

Routes

BGC Bus operates primarily on 11 different routes with terminals at the

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along EDSA in Makati or at the Market! Market! mall in Taguig. On August 7, 2017, express bus routes were introduced. All times are in

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( UTC+08:00).

References

{{Transportation in the Philippines Bus companies of the Philippines Bus transportation in Metro Manila Companies based in Bonifacio Global City

History

Fleet

Routes

See also

References