Bus Companies

Bachelor Express

Bachelor Express, Inc. is a Butuan-based intercity operator and one of the flagship brands of the Yanson Group of Bus Companies (YGBC), the country's largest bus group. The Yanson family expanded into Mindanao in the 1980s and acquired the original Cagayan de Oro–based Bachelor Express in 1985, keeping the well-known name as a condition of the sale. Its 2005 buyout of Lilian Express and Mary May Express cemented Bachelor as the dominant operator across the island. Today Bachelor Express runs air-conditioned and ordinary coaches across the Davao Region and Caraga, anchored on high-frequency corridors like Cagayan de Oro–Butuan and Davao–Butuan–Surigao, plus Davao services to Tagum, Mati, Tandag, Bislig (Mangagoy), Cateel, and Bayugan. It also fields the premium Bachelor Tours brand and inter-island trips reaching the Visayas via RoRo ferries. On MindaRide it runs both air-conditioned and ordinary coaches, in regular and non-stop classes, from the Davao overland terminal at Ecoland, Butuan's integrated terminal, Agora in Cagayan de Oro, and its own terminals at Mati, Surigao, and Tandag. Its Davao network also covers the Davao de Oro towns strung along the Butuan highway — Panabo, Carmen, Mawab, Nabunturan, Montevista, Monkayo, and Trento — which is why short hops to those towns share the same buses as the long Caraga runs.

Rural Transit

Rural Transit of Mindanao, Inc. (RTMI) is a Cagayan de Oro–headquartered operator and one of the core brands of the Yanson Group of Bus Companies (YGBC), the country's largest bus group. It began as the Cagayan de Oro–based Fortune Express, which the Yanson family acquired in 1985 and renamed Rural Transit of Mindanao — building it into one of the dominant carriers across northern and western Mindanao. RTMI runs air-conditioned and ordinary coaches from its Cagayan de Oro bases in Bulua (routes to western Mindanao) and Yacapin (routes to the south), plus hubs in Pagadian and Dipolog. Its network anchors on the busy Cagayan de Oro–Iligan and Cagayan de Oro–Davao corridors and reaches General Santos, Cotabato City, Dipolog, Mati, and Zamboanga City. It carries the widest range of service classes of any operator on MindaRide: air-conditioned and ordinary units running as regular, six-stop, and non-stop trips. It works from both Cagayan de Oro terminals — Agora for the southbound corridors, Bulua for the west — plus the Iligan and Dipolog city terminals, Bulaong in General Santos, and the Davao overland terminal. Its air-conditioned trips carry the Rural Tours name on terminal boards, which is how they are labelled here.

Davao Metro Shuttle

Davao Metro Shuttle (DMS) is the largest home-grown bus company in Mindanao, running a fleet of over 200 air-conditioned and ordinary units. It began in 1995 as a Davao taxi service founded by Rey T. Uy and Reynaldo Alba, put its first air-conditioned buses on the Davao–Digos route in 1996, and expanded to Davao–Tagum and Davao–Kidapawan by 1998. Today DMS connects Davao City with Davao del Sur, Davao Occidental, Cotabato, and Davao de Oro — including the Davao–Malita, Don Marcelino, and Jose Abad Santos runs down the Davao Occidental coast, plus busy Davao–Panabo, Digos, Kidapawan, and New Bataan services. It operates mainly from the Davao City Overland Transport Terminal (Ecoland) and Tagum, and in 2022 launched its first Davao–Manila overland route. On MindaRide it runs air-conditioned and ordinary units from the Davao overland terminal at Ecoland, with its own terminals at Malita and Don Marcelino down the Davao Occidental coast and a call at Butuan's integrated terminal on the Caraga run. The network here spans short Panabo and Tagum hops, the Digos, Bansalan, and Kidapawan corridors, Arakan into Cotabato, New Bataan in Davao de Oro, and the multi-day PITX service to Manila.

Mindanao Star

Mindanao Star Bus Transport, Inc. is an air-conditioned intercity operator under the Yanson Group of Bus Companies (YGBC), the country's largest bus group. It traces its roots to Weena Express, founded in 1980 by Bernardo "Digoy" Valdevieso, which pioneered the Davao City–Cotabato City route. Bachelor Express acquired the company in early 2015 and rebranded it as Mindanao Star that same year, later running it as an independent Yanson subsidiary. Its network has since grown across the Davao Region, Soccsksargen, and Cotabato — reaching Digos, Kidapawan, Koronadal (Marbel), General Santos, Cotabato City, and as far as Zamboanga City. Acquisitions of Holiday Bus (2015) and Island City Express (2018) widened its General Santos and Davao–Samal services. The company is based in Bugac, Ma-a, Davao City, with its main hub at the Davao City Overland Transport Terminal (Ecoland) and a second base in Cotabato City. On MindaRide every Mindanao Star trip is air-conditioned, running in both regular and non-stop classes out of the Ecoland terminal in Davao and its own Cotabato City terminal. The Davao corridors reach Digos, Bansalan, Sulop, Kidapawan, Koronadal (Marbel), and General Santos, while Cotabato–Zamboanga carries the network west into the peninsula. It is also the operator on Cagayan de Oro–Marawi, which leaves from Bulua rather than Agora because it heads west out of the city.

Yellow Bus Line

Yellow Bus Line, Inc. (YBLI) is a General Santos–headquartered operator serving central and southern Mindanao. The Yap family of Koronadal (then Marbel), South Cotabato established it on July 13, 1958, and it began running that September 19 as a sole proprietorship under Antonio C. Yap — six units on the Marbel–Cagayan de Oro road. It was incorporated on December 10, 1976 and started commercial operation the following January. It famously pioneered fixed regular wages for drivers and conductors in the Philippine bus industry, and is now the second largest operator in Mindanao with more than 200 units. Its first route was Cagayan de Oro–Koronadal; in 1978 it shifted to the Davao–General Santos–Marbel corridor it still anchors on today, expanding across South Cotabato, Sarangani, Sultan Kudarat, Cotabato, Davao del Sur, and Maguindanao. Its service classes track that growth: before 2011 it ran the non-air-conditioned Super Deluxe alongside the air-conditioned Mabuhay Class, then added Premiere Class in 2011 on newly bought Higer and Yutong units, and Executive Class in 2012, both with on-board WiFi. It works from its General Santos (Bulaong) and Koronadal terminals. On MindaRide it runs air-conditioned and ordinary coaches in regular and non-stop classes between the Bulaong terminal in General Santos and the Davao overland terminal, calling at Digos, Koronadal (Marbel), Tacurong, and Sen. Ninoy Aquino, with a separate General Santos–Maitum run down the Sarangani coast.

Ceres Transport

Ceres Transport, Inc. is a long-haul bus operator based in Batangas City. It was established in 2009 as a subsidiary of Vallacar Transit Inc. (the flagship company of the Yanson Group, whose iconic Ceres Liner brand traces its roots back to a 1968 Bacolod jeepney service). The company operates inter-island coaches linked via RoRo (Roll-on/Roll-off) ferries, connecting Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao through the Western and Strong Republic Nautical Highways.In 2022, Ceres launched its PITX–Zamboanga route, becoming only the third operator to run direct Luzon–Mindanao trips. Expanding its long-haul network, the company officially opened its highly anticipated Cubao–Butuan and Cubao–Cagayan de Oro services in September 2025. Both routes traverse the western maritime corridor, passing through Iloilo, Bacolod, Dumaguete, Dapitan, Dipolog, and Iligan. Additionally, in March 2026, Ceres Transport introduced its direct Cubao–Davao service via the same Western Nautical Highway network.. On MindaRide it runs air-conditioned coaches on the longest corridors the site carries: Cubao to Davao, to General Santos, and to Butuan, plus Davao–Dipolog. All three Luzon runs make the same three RoRo crossings — Dapitan to Dumaguete, BREDCO port in Bacolod to Dumangas, and Caticlan to Batangas — and not one of them runs daily, so on this operator the service day matters as much as the departure time.

Land Car Incorporated

Land Car Incorporated (LCI) is a Davao-based provincial bus operator serving the Davao Region, best known for its Davao–Mati run down the Davao Oriental coast. Operating since the late 1990s, it fields Asiastar coaches and Ankai low-floor buses out of Davao City, and also connects Tagum, Panabo, and Carmen. On MindaRide its trips are air-conditioned and leave from the Ecoland terminal in Davao. Mati is the long run; Panabo, Carmen, and Tagum sit on the same northbound highway, so the shorter fares are useful to commuters who are not going the full distance.

Davao ACF Bus Lines

Davao ACF Bus Lines, Inc., nicknamed "The Star of Malita," was founded in Davao City in 1969 by Flutarco Sison-Fontanilla. It originally ran Davao–Compostela, Davao–New Bataan, Davao–Mati, and Davao–Sigaboy routes (plus Davao City shuttle service) before relaunching in 1986 on its present Davao–Malita–Don Marcelino corridor down the Davao Occidental coast, with Digos as a secondary stop. It was registered under its current name in 1993 and operates a franchise of 29 authorized units from the Davao City Overland Transport Terminal. On MindaRide it runs air-conditioned units from the Davao overland terminal to its own terminals at Malita and Don Marcelino, the two ends of the Davao Occidental coast road. It shares that road with Davao Metro Shuttle and Nor Beli Jun Transit, so the corridor usually offers a choice of operator rather than a single departure.

Super Five Transport

Super Five Land Transport and Services, Inc. was founded on May 5, 1987 by Paul Padayhag of Iligan City, first serving the Cagayan de Oro–Iligan–Pagadian route with Philippine-built Mercedes-Benz coaches. It later added the Cagayan de Oro–Iligan–Ozamiz–Dipolog and Cagayan de Oro–Valencia–Wao corridors, becoming a longtime rival to Rural Transit across Northern Mindanao and the Zamboanga Peninsula from its Cagayan de Oro and Iligan hubs. In the 2010s, Super Five became the first Mindanao bus company to field Chinese-built Yutong and Higer coaches, and in 2018 it was the first in the region to run diesel-electric hybrid buses, sourced from Higer. It is headquartered at Tambo, Barangay Hinaplanon in Iligan City, with Paul P. Padayhag as chairman and chief executive, and fields a fleet of more than a hundred Yutong and Higer units. On MindaRide its Cagayan de Oro–Iligan service is one of the highest-frequency corridors on the site, running air-conditioned out of the Bulua terminal. The Iligan–Dipolog leg is carried as a schedule summary instead, where fixed departures have not been published.

Cattyana Transport

Cattyana Transport is a Davao-based provincial operator running the Davao City–Laak route through Panabo City, Carmen, Tagum City, and Asuncion in Davao del Norte and Davao de Oro. On MindaRide it is the only operator recorded on the Davao–Laak corridor, running air-conditioned units out of the Davao overland terminal — which makes it the single listed option for that inland Davao de Oro town.

Golden Valley

Golden Valley Bus Line Corporation, also branded Golden Valley Transport on its fare postings, is a Davao City–based provincial operator headquartered at Door 1, Eldec Realty Building, J.P. Cabaguio Avenue. Its buses depart from the Davao City Overland Transport Terminal and run a short-haul corridor threading north through Panabo City and Carmen before reaching Tagum City, the commercial capital of Davao del Norte. Beyond Tagum, Golden Valley's route continues into Davao de Oro (formerly Compostela Valley), serving Compostela, Montevista, and Nabunturan on the way to a New Bataan terminus — covering most of the major towns along the Davao–Davao de Oro highway in a single run. It shares parts of this stretch with larger Davao operators such as Davao Metro Shuttle and Bachelor Express, but runs its own confirmed flat fares per stop: P150 to Tagum City and P245 to Compostela. On MindaRide it is recorded out of the Ecoland terminal on the Davao–Tagum leg and the Compostela run beyond it, air-conditioned.

Husky Tours

Husky Tours is the public-facing brand of Biocrest Multi-Purpose Cooperative and Transport Services, a General Santos–based cooperative formed by officers of Biocrest Corporation and Eleventh Corporation. It took its name and Siberian Husky logo from the sled dog rather than its formal cooperative name, running a blue and white livery and naming individual buses for the traits it borrowed with it — Loyal, Helpful, Trustworthy. Founded in 2000 and based on Daproza Avenue in General Santos, it runs a fleet of around 36 buses. Husky Tours debuted the General Santos–Cotabato City route via Koronadal City, Tacurong City, Isulan, and Shariff Aguak at a time when other operators avoided the corridor due to conflict in the mountainous SOCCSKSARGEN–BARMM border areas. For years it was reportedly the only bus company willing to serve this route — which it opened with coaches built by Almazora Motors — and it remains its flagship service today. On MindaRide the corridor is carried as a schedule summary rather than fixed departures — General Santos to Cotabato by way of Shariff Aguak, out of the Bulaong terminal — because the operator has not published individual trip times.

Pabama Transport

Pabama Transport (Pabama Corporation) is a Kibawe, Bukidnon–based operator connecting Cagayan de Oro with the Bukidnon heartland. Founded in 1998 by the Panis family, it runs the Cagayan de Oro–Bukidnon corridor via Manolo Fortich, Malaybalay, Valencia, and Maramag — and made history as the first Philippine bus company to introduce luxury coaches with on-board tablets and double-decker provincial buses, which the LTFRB regional board allowed onto the Cagayan de Oro–Kibawe run under a franchise replacement policy. The name is a portmanteau of "Panis Bag Maker": the family made and sold bags around Kibawe before they ever ran a bus. The fleet now numbers about 84 units — Ankai, Yaxing, and Zhongtong — reaching Cagayan de Oro, the Bukidnon towns, and Gingoog City. On MindaRide the corridor is carried as a schedule summary rather than fixed departures — Cagayan de Oro to Kibawe out of Agora, air-conditioned — because the operator has not published individual trip times for it.

Yohance Express Inc

Yohance Express Inc runs the eastern nautical highway out of Cagayan de Oro, connecting Northern Mindanao to Metro Manila on a single through ticket. Its daily Daewoo coach leaves Agora Terminal at 4:00 AM and reaches the Paranaque Integrated Terminal Exchange about two days later, crossing the Surigao Strait to Southern Leyte and the San Bernardino Strait from Allen to Matnog along the way. Its coaches carry the line "Formerly: Philtranco Service Enterprises Inc." below the company name, and the succession is real: Philtranco, the country's oldest bus line, shut down in March 2026 after 112 years, and Yohance took over its Manila–Cagayan de Oro service, launching from Pasay on March 15 that year. Part of the CEM Trans Group, the company began as Joanna Jesh Transport and was renamed for Cian Yohan Mahilac, the youngest son of founder Crisinciano Mahilac. On MindaRide it is the only operator on the Cagayan de Oro–PITX corridor, running daily out of Agora — the single listed way to reach Manila from Cagayan de Oro by land and sea without changing buses.

Holy Infant Tours

Holy Infant Tours is a local Davao City transport company running the Davao City–Tagum City route (also serving Panabo and Compostela along the way), with a fleet that includes Yutong ZK6122HD and Daewoo BS106 coaches. On MindaRide it appears on the Davao–Tagum corridor out of the Ecoland terminal, air-conditioned, on a stretch it shares with Jian Liner, LB Guyano Liner, Golden Valley, and Land Car.

Jian Liner

Jian Liner is a small Davao-based operator running the Davao City–Tagum City route. In late 2024 it added two brand-new Asiastar YBL6125H coaches to its fleet — 52-seat, fully air-conditioned units with 2×2 seating, full air suspension, and Euro V–compliant Weichai engines — putting it among the newer, smaller entrants on one of Davao's busiest short-haul corridors. On MindaRide it appears on the Davao–Tagum corridor out of the Ecoland terminal, one of several operators on that stretch alongside Holy Infant Tours, LB Guyano Liner, Golden Valley, and Land Car — plus the long-haul Davao–Butuan services that pass through Tagum on their way north.

LB Guyano Liner

LB Guyano Liner Corporation is a Davao-based provincial operator running Hyundai Universe Express coaches on the Davao del Norte and Davao de Oro corridor, with a published route reaching Cateel via Tagum City, Nabunturan, and Compostela. On MindaRide it is recorded on the Davao–Tagum leg out of the Ecoland terminal, running ordinary rather than air-conditioned coaches — one of only a handful of non-air-conditioned services listed on the site.

Nor Beli Jun Transit

Nor Beli Jun Transit (Norlin Trans) was established in 1992 by Capt. Norberto C. Bajenting Sr. It runs non-aircon (ordinary) coaches on the Davao City–Malita route down the Davao Occidental coast, departing from the Davao City Overland Transport Terminal (Ecoland). It is one of the few operators on MindaRide still running ordinary — non-air-conditioned — coaches, sharing the Davao Occidental coast road to Malita with the air-conditioned services of Davao Metro Shuttle and Davao ACF Bus Lines.