Ceres Transport

This article is about a bus company in the Philippines. For a transport riders museum in Western Cape, South Africa, see Ceres Transport Riders’ Museum.

This article is about the bus line based in Luzon. For the bus line based in the Visayas, see Ceres Liner.

Ceres Transport, Incorporated, is a bus company under the umbrella of Yanson Group of Bus Companies (YGBC). Based in Batangas City, it operates bus transport services in Batangas and Metro Manila, using the Strong Republic Nautical Highway.

Ceres Transport

Ceres Transport at Pasay Terminal
Parent	Yanson Group of Bus Companies
Founded	2009; 16 years ago (2009)
Headquarters	Barangay Bolbok, Batangas City
Service area	Metro Manila Batangas Panay Negros Zamboanga Peninsula
Service type	Provincial Operation
Alliance	Gold Star Transport, Inc.
Destinations	Batangas City Quezon City Muntinlupa Pasay Manila Iloilo City Sara Kalibo Estancia Bacolod Kabankalan Dumaguete Zamboanga City
Hubs	Batangas
Fleet	600+
Operator	Ceres Transport, Inc.
Chief executive	Leo Rey V. Yanson (President and Chairman)
Website	Ceres Transport

History

In 2007, Ceres Liner's Iloilo base pioneered travel between Iloilo City and Metro Manila through the Western Nautical Highway. Proving to be profitable, Yanson Group expanded its Metro Manila operations and established Ceres Transport in 2009, being based in Batangas City. It enabled bus services encompassing Cubao, Batangas City, Mindoro, Aklan, Antique and Iloilo.

In 2012, it bought out a franchise of Gold Star Bus Company and allowed it to operate its Batangas-Cubao and Batangas-Alabang routes. Later on, Yanson Group decided to create its own subsidiary Gold Star Bus Transport Incorporated, making it apart from Ceres Transport Inc.

In 2022, Ceres Transport launched PITX - Zamboanga route which became the third bus company to have direct trips between Luzon and Mindanao following Philtranco and Davao Metro Shuttle.^[1]

In September 20, 2025 Ceres Transport launched Cubao, Quezon City - Cagayan de Oro route via Western Nautical Highway traversing the Cities of Iloilo, Bacolod, Dumaguete, Dapitan, Dipolog, Oroquieta, Ozamiz, Tangub and Iligan. Two days after the said route launched it follows the Cubao - Butuan City destination on September 22, 2025. While the Cubao, Quezon City - General Santos launched on September 23, 2025 and which was arrived on September 26, 2025 as it became the longest direct route by the company going to Mindanao. ^[2][3][4]

Branding

Ceres Transport was once a brand under Vallacar Transit Incorporated. The "transport" branding was once used to distinguish the Luzon-bound and those Ceres Liner buses at their former main base in Iloilo. Although Yanson Group had a practice to their bus branding such as "Liner" and "Tours" to differentiate their ordinary and air-conditioned buses, Ceres Transport does not have ordinary buses since it didn't click to Luzon market.

When Ceres Transport formed its own subsidiary and had its base in Batangas City, Yanson Group retained the Ceres Transport brand.

Base

Their subsidiaries are subdivided by bases. These are based on the area of their operation, and their base number shall be the prefix number for their bus fleets. Yanson Group started this practice in 2005 after they bought out Lilian Express Inc., and felt that re-organizing their company was needed.

There is only one base for Ceres Transport:

Prefix	Base Name	Address
11	Batangas	Bolbok, Batangas City, Batangas

Bus routes

A Ceres Transport bus at Batangas Port

• Batangas City - Cubao via EDSA or C-5 Road ACTEX (now under Gold Star)
• Batangas City - Alabang via Turbina or ACTEX (now under Gold Star)
• Batangas City - PITX/Buendia/Lawton via ACTEX
• Batangas City - PITX /SM Mall of Asia via ACTEX
• PITX - San Jose, Occidental Mindoro via Batangas City
• PITX - Iloilo City via Batangas City
• Pasay/Cubao - Iloilo City via Central Iloilo
• Pasay/Cubao - Iloilo City via Antique
• Pasay/Cubao - Sara via Alabang
• Pasay/Cubao - Estancia via Alabang
• Cubao - Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro via Batangas City, Calapan City
• Cubao - Kalibo via Central Iloilo
• Cubao - Bacolod via Iloilo City
• Cubao - Dumaguete via Bacolod and Kabankalan via Iloilo City
• Pasay/Cubao - Dumaguete via Bacolod and Kabankalan via Iloilo City.
• Cubao/Pasay/PITX - Butuan City via Gingoog, Cagayan de Oro, Iligan, Ozamiz, Dipolog, Dumaguete, Bacolod, Kabankalan and Iloilo City.
• Cubao/Pasay/PITX - Cagayan de Oro City via Iligan, Ozamiz, Dipolog, Dumaguete, Bacolod, Kabankalan and Iloilo City.
• Cubao/Pasay/PITX - Cebu City via Batangas City, Iloilo City, Bacolod, San Carlos, and Toledo.
• Cubao/Pasay/PITX - General Santos City via Koronadal, Tacurong, Kabacan, Kibawe, Valencia, Malaybalay, Cagayan de Oro, Iligan, Ozamiz, Dipolog, Dumaguete, Bacolod, Kabankalan and Iloilo City.
• Cubao/Pasay/PITX - Hinoba-an via Batangas City, Iloilo City, Bacolod, Himamaylan, Kabankalan, Sipalay.
• Cubao/PITX - Zamboanga City via Ipil, Liloy, Sindangan, Dipolog, Dumaguete, Bacolod, Kabankalan and Iloilo City.
• Caticlan - Dumaguete via Bacolod and Mabinay

Fleet

Ceres Transport has several units from Chinese brand buses. Some of their fleets are also provided by their parent company's coach building division, Vallacar Transit Incorporated - Transport Engineering and Bus Body Assembly Plant (VTI-TEBBAP).

• Yanson ViKing
• Yanson Legacy
• Yutong ZK6127HA/HYG
• Yutong ZK6117HYG
• Yutong ZK6119HYG
• King Long XMQ6126Y
• King Long XMQ6119T
• King Long XMQ6125AY
• King Long XMQ6128AYW

See also

• List of bus companies of the Philippines