Fermina Express, Corporation (FermEx) is a commuter bus company servicing

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. The company is under the umbrella of Mencorp Transport Systems Incorporated.

History

Fermina Express started in 1996 with services within Metro Manila that plies over

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corridor, and has a connecting service from Cubao and Pasay to the cities of Dagupan and San Carlos in

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and Cuyapo in Nueva Ecija via

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. The bus line uses

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for northbound trips with a stopover at Mabalacat Bus Terminal (Dau). Connecting via SCTEX, the bus exits at Concepcion then towards Tarlac City with another stopover along MacArthur Highway. The bus then proceeds to its final destination. In 2008, Fermina was meted a one-month preventive suspension by the

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after one of its buses was involved in a collision that killed five people. In 2011, Fermina was identified by the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) as among the bus firms with the most traffic violations for the year. In 2014, a burning Fermina bus that was abandoned by its driver and conductor started a fire that razed a truck and four stores along Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City. That same year, a Fermina bus was hit in the rear by another city bus, which injured at least 22 people. In 2015, Fermina's provincial routes were taken over by

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. Despite the change in management, JAC Liner retained the Fermina Express name, but the buses were repainted to match JAC Liner's livery. Its provincial routes were eventually incorporated into JAC Liner's subsidiary Pangasinan Solid North Transit, Inc.

Fleet

Fermina fields

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and Golden Dragon buses for its fleet. * Golden Dragon XML6103J12 * Golden Dragon XML6125J28C * Yutong ZK6105H

Destinations

* Sapang Palay to PITX via Quezon Avenue. *

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Former destinations

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(Mabalacat Bus Terminal) *

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San Carlos City, Pangasinan San Carlos, officially the City of San Carlos (; ; ), is a component city in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 205,424 people. It is the most populated city in Pangasinan and the enti ...

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Terminal 1 & 2 * Alabang,

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