Super Five Bus Transport Incorporated (Super Five) is a

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based in

Iligan City Iligan, officially the City of Iligan ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Iligan; fil, Lungsod ng Iligan; Maranao: ''Inged a Iligan''), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the region of Northern Mindanao, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has ...

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. It operates bus transport services in northern Mindanao with its main hubs in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan.

History

Super Five Transport was established on May 5, 1987, by Paul Padayhag of Iligan City. It first served the

Cagayan Cagayan ( ), officially the Province of Cagayan ( ilo, Probinsia ti Cagayan; ibg, Provinsiya na Cagayan; itv, Provinsiya ya Cagayan; fil, Lalawigan ng Cagayan), is a province in the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region, covering ...

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Iligan Iligan, officially the City of Iligan ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Iligan; fil, Lungsod ng Iligan; Maranao: ''Inged a Iligan''), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the region of Northern Mindanao, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it h ...

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Pagadian Pagadian, officially the City of Pagadian ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Pagadian; fil, Lungsod ng Pagadian; Maguindanao language, Maguindanaon: ''Kuta nu Pagadian'', Jawi alphabet, Jawi: كوتا نو ڤاڬاديان; Iranun language, Iranun: ''Bandar a ...

route using Philippines-made

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. Years later, they added Cagayan–Iligan–

Ozamiz Ozamiz, officially the City of Ozamiz ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Ozamiz; fil, Lungsod ng Ozamiz), is a 3rd class component city in the province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 140,334 people. ...

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Dipolog Dipolog, officially the City of Dipolog ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Dipolog; Subanen: ''Gembagel G'benwa Dipuleg/Bagbenwa Dipuleg''; Chavacano: ''Ciudad de Dipolog''; fil, Lungsod ng Dipolog), is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province ...

and Cagayan–

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– Wao routes.Resolution No. 2015-2621 (12th Sp) Resolution Strongly Urging Super 5 Bus Transport Inc. to Add More Bus Units and Extend Their Routes From Cagayan de Oro City to Damulog, Bukidnon ...
/ref> Despite a history of financial setbacks and temporary unit confiscations by the authorities due to violations, the company managed to compete with its rival in the region,

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Fleet

The first bus units of Super Five came from

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and

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. During the 2010s, however, they altogether decommissioned those units and replaced them with those from Chinese bus manufacturers

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and

Higer Higer Bus Company Limited, also known as Higer Bus, is a Chinese bus manufacturer based in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. It was established at the end of 1998. HIGER is China's leading exporter of buses and coaches, whose units are available in mo ...

, making them the first company in Mindanao to have units from Chinese bus manufacturers. The company is also the first in Mindanao to use diesel-electric hybrid buses for their fleet, which they bought from Higer in year 2018. The fleet is composed of: * Higer KLQ6123K * Higer KLQ6125A * Higer KLQ6112H * Higer KLQ6125B * Higer KLQ6125BA * Higer KLQ6115HZAHEVE50E * Higer KLQ6115HZ * Yutong ZK6119H2 * Yutong ZK6122HD9 * Yutong ZK6107H * Yutong ZK6107HA * Yutong ZK6105H * Yutong ZK6127H * Yutong ZK6878H

Routes

* Cagayan de Oro Wao (via

) *Cagayan de Oro

(via Ozamiz Mukas

) *Cagayan de Oro

(via Iligan Kapatagan) *Cagayan de Oro

Maramag Maramag, officially the Municipality of Maramag ( ceb, Lungsod sa Maramag; tl, Bayan ng Maramag), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bukidnon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 108,293 people. Histo ...

(via Valencia) *Cagayan de Oro Iligan (via

Laguindingan Laguindingan, officially the Municipality of Laguindingan ( ceb, Lungsod sa Laguindingan; tl, Bayan ng Laguindingan), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Misamis Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population ...

) *

– Pagadian (via Molave) (suspended)

References

{{Transportation in the Philippines Bus companies of the Philippines Transportation in Mindanao Iligan Transport companies established in 1988 1988 establishments in the Philippines

History

Fleet

Routes

See also

References