De Leon Express
Old unit of De Leon Express
Founded1998
Defunct2010
HeadquartersTarlac City, Tarlac, Philippines
Service areaLuzon
Service typeLand Transport
Fleet30+
OperatorDionisio R. De Leon

Dionisio R. De Leon Express or simply De Leon Express was a Philippine bus company based in Tarlac City, with approximately 30 units and operations throughout Northern Luzon. It was founded and manager by its owner, Dionisio R. De Leon for which the company was named.

History

The company started in 1998 by its owner, Dionisio R. De Leon. Using his name as the company's trade-name, his company started to operate routes from Tarlac City to San Carlos, Pangasinan with only two bus units. After seeing a good potential to expand the business, De Leon Express added to its bus fleet and expanded its routes to Dagupan, Pangasinan and Dau Bus Terminal, eventually including a direct route to Metro Manila.

However, in 2010, it was discovered by authorities that the operation in Metro Manila was "out of line". meaning that De Leon Express had no authority to provide service all the way to the metro. Their buses were also found to be aging and in need of maintenance or replacement. They were cited by the Metro Manila Development Authority as colorum vehicles: "Unregistered Subs/Replacement Engine" or bus units with no registration or needed for engine replacement due to failure upon having series of emission tests.[1]

De Leon Express continued to operate and was eventually sold to JAC Liner, which later merged with Pangasinan Solid North Transit.[2][3]

Fleet

The De Leon Express fleet included:

  • Mitsubishi Fuso 8DC8 (Ordinary Fare, Almazora Travel Star Body)[4]
  • Mitsubishi Fuso 8DC9 (Ordinary Fare, Almazora Travel Star Body)
  • Mitsubishi Fuso 6D22 (Ordinary Fare, Almazora Travel Star Body)[5]
  • Yutong ZK6107H
  • Man Almazora Tourist Star R39

Destinations

Former routes of De Leon Express before sake to JAC Liner.

  • Dagupan - Cubao via Dau TPLEX Carmen or SCTEX Concepcion
  • Tarlac City - San Carlos
  • San Carlos - Cubao (Via Basista/SCTEX Concepcion)
  • San Carlos - Cubao (Via Malasiqui/SCTEX Concepcion)
  • San Carlos - Cubao/Kamias (Via Dau SCTEX-Concepcion, Tarlac)
  • Bayambang - Cubao (via Dau)
  • Dau - Cubao or Aveinda

See also

References

  1. ↑ "MMDA Releases List of Top Colorum/Out-of-Line PUB Violators". www.mmda.gov.ph. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  2. ↑ Hiker, Kalongkong (2013-04-03). "Solid North The First Wi-Fi Bus Bound to North Luzon". Kalongkong Hiker. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  3. ↑ "PLDT powers first Wi-Fi enabled bus line". www.pldt.com. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  4. ↑ "De Leon Express 1227 Almazora". Flickr. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  5. ↑ "De Leon Express 1197 Almazora". Flickr. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
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