Yellow Bus Line, Inc.
Yellow Bus Line Higer KLQ6119 Premiere Class unit along with other YBL units in Davao City bus terminal
Founded13 July 1958
HeadquartersNational Highway, Barangay Dadiangas East, General Santos
Service areaMindanao
Service typeIntercity coach service
DestinationsGeneral Santos, Koronadal, Davao, Tacurong, Digos & Kidapawan
Fleet250 units (Hino Motors, Higer, Hyundai, Yutong, Ankai & Zhongtong)
OperatorYellow Bus Line, Inc.
Websitehttp://yellowbuslineinc.weebly.com/

Yellow Bus Line, Incorporated (YBLI) is a large bus company in Mindanao. It operates bus transport services in the Central and Southern Mindanao with its headquarters in General Santos. Its company-owned terminals and offices are located in General Santos and Koronadal City.

History

Yellow Bus Line Incorporated was founded on 13 July 1958 by the Yap Family of the Municipality of Koronadal (also known as Marbel, now called City of Koronadal) in South Cotabato.[1] Yellow Bus Line is the first bus company and the second largest in Mindanao with more than 200 units plying the routes in Sultan Kudarat, South Cotabato, Maguindanao, North Cotabato, Sarangani Province, and Davao. Their base of operations are located in Koronadal and General Santos. YBL is the first bus company in the Philippines to implement fixed regular wage for its drivers and conductors. In year 2015 they conducted NC III qualification exams for all their drivers and conductors.

Prior to 2011, the main fare classes for the company's bus units were the non-airconditioned Super Deluxe and the airconditioned Mabuhay Class units. In 2011, as they bought Higer Bus and Yutong units from China, they introduced the Premiere Class unit, equipped with WiFi internet connection. A year later in 2012, as they procured the first bus unit in Mindanao with a built-in comfort room from Higer Bus, they introduced the Executive Class unit, also equipped with WiFi internet connection.[2]

In March 2017, they procured their first bus units from Ankai. In June of the same year, they also purchased units from Zhongtong.

Fleet

As of October 2022.

Bus In Service Class
Higer KLQ6129AQE3 2 Executive Class
Higer KLQ6125B 10 Executive Class
Higer KLQ6123K 6 Executive Class
Yutong ZK6122HD9 17 Executive Class
Zhongtong LCK6128H 8 Elite Class
Higer KLQ6127K 2 Executive Class
Zhongtong LCK6119H 10 Executive Class
Higer KLQ6119AQE3 10 Premier Class
Yutong ZK6122HD 11 Premier Class
Higer KLQ6109AQE3 11 Premier Class
Yutong ZK6107HA 79

Mabuhay, Premier &

Super Deluxe Class

Yutong ZK6119H2 12 Premier Class
Higer KLQ6896A 5 Premier Class
Ankai HFF6119KE5B 4 Premier Class
Higer KLQ6118H 30 Premier Class
Yutong ZK6858H 3 Premier Class
Hino RK Grandeza 22 Super Deluxe

Routes of service

When Yellow Bus Line was first established in 1958, its first route of service was Cagayan-Marbel route. However, the said route was discontinued in the year 1978 in favor of the then-newly opened Davao-General Santos-Marbel route which they continue to serve to this day. The company continued to expand its service area throughout the years, serving the provinces of South Cotabato, Sarangani, Sultan Kudarat, North Cotabato, Davao del Sur and Maguindanao.

The routes serviced by Yellow Bus Line are all vice versa.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mindanao Buses: YBLI".
  2. ↑ YBL's Executive Class offers WiFi plus Toilet on a Bus!
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