Super Five Land Transport and Services Inc. formerly known as Super Five Transport, is a

bus company A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport. It is most commonly used i ...

based in

Iligan City Iligan, officially the City of Iligan (; Bukid: ''Ciudad ta Iligan''; Maranao: ''Bandar a Iligan''; ), is a highly urbanized city in the region of Northern Mindanao, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 363,115 ...

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

. It operates bus transport services in northern Mindanao and Zamboanga Peninsula with its main hubs in

Cagayan de Oro Cagayan de Oro (abbreviated CDO and officially the City of Cagayan de Oro; ; Bukid language, Binukid: ''Ciudad ta Cagayan de Oro''; ; ) is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Regions of the Philippi ...

and Iligan.

History

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

Cagayan Cagayan ( ), officially the Province of Cagayan (; ; ; isnag language, Isnag: ''Provinsia nga Cagayan''; ivatan language, Ivatan: ''Provinsiya nu Cagayan''; ; ), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Cag ...

–

Iligan Iligan, officially the City of Iligan (; Bukid: ''Ciudad ta Iligan''; Maranao: ''Bandar a Iligan''; ), is a highly urbanized city in the region of Northern Mindanao, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 363,115 ...

–

Pagadian Pagadian, officially the City of Pagadian, is a Component city of the Philippines, component city and the capital of the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines. It is the regional center of Zamboanga Peninsula ...

route using Philippines-made

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. Years later, they added Cagayan–Iligan–

Ozamiz Ozamiz, officially the City of Ozamiz (; ), is a component city in the province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 140,334 people making it the most populous city in Misamis Occidental. Al ...

–

Dipolog Dipolog (), officially the City of Dipolog (; Subanen languages, Subanen: ''Gembagel G'benwa Dipuleg/Bagbenwa Dipuleg''; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city and capital of the Provinces of the Philippines, prov ...

and Cagayan–

Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

– 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,

Rural Transit Vallacar Transit Incorporated (VTI) is a Philippine transportation service under the umbrella of the Yanson Group of Bus Companies (YGBC), serving as its flagship subsidiary. The bus company is a family-owned and managed business that has grow ...

Fleet

The first bus units of Super 5 came from

Nissan Diesel UD Trucks Corporation (UDトラックス株式会社, ''UD Torakkusu Kabushikigaisha'') is a Japanese company whose principal business is the manufacturing and sales of diesel trucks, buses, bus chassis and special-purpose vehicles. Its headquar ...

and

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

Yutong Yutong (officially Zhengzhou Yutong Group Co., Ltd.) is a Chinese manufacturer of commercial vehicles, especially electric buses, headquartered in Zhengzhou, Henan. Yutong also has businesses in construction machinery, real estate, and other in ...

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 KLQ6112HEQ30 * Higer KLQ6125B * Higer KLQ6125BA * Higer KLQ6115HZAHEVE50E * Higer KLQ6115HZ * Higer KLQ6858Q * Yutong ZK6119H2 * Yutong ZK6122HD9 * Yutong ZK6107HA * Yutong ZK6105H * Yutong ZK6127H * Yutong ZK6878H

Routes

Wao (via

) (suspended) *Cagayan de Oro

(via

Oroquieta Oroquieta, officially the City of Oroquieta (; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city and capital of the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, i ...

) *Cagayan de Oro

(via Kapatagan) *Cagayan de Oro

Maramag Maramag, officially the Municipality of Maramag (; ), is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Bukidnon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 108,293 people. Hist ...

(via Valencia) *Cagayan de Oro Iligan (via

Laguindingan Laguindingan, officially the Municipality of Laguindingan (; ), is a municipality in the province of Misamis Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,363 people. Its most notable landmark is the Laguindi ...

) *Cagayan de Oro Pagadian (via Molave) *Cagayan de Oro Kibawe (via Valencia Maramag) (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