Lilian Express, Inc., was a bus company based in Dipolog City in the

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. It served bus routes to the Zamboanga Peninsula. Its buses and route network were merged with Rural Transit and Bachelor Express after it was bought out completely by the Yanson Group of Companies in 2005.

History

Lilian Express' name was taken from the

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matriarch Lillian Opulentisima-Young. It started its business operation in Dipolog City in the early 1960s and eventually branched to

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, Pagadian and

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. In 1995, it expanded its bus

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service to the cities of Davao, Butuan,

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, Iligan, Pagadian, and in the province of Bukidnon.International Port Of Entry
/ref> Its sister company Mary May Express, runs Dipolog to

routes. On March 5, 2005, the whole route network was bought out completely in by Yanson Group of Bus Companies, a

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-based bus conglomerate, commencing from its Davao, Agusan, and Bukidnon route networks, then followed by

and Dipolog routes. Its last transport service to the public was made on April 30, 2005, on board an 8:00PM bus from

bound for Dipolog City which arrived at 1:30AM the following day. Its transport operations were merged with Rural Transit of Mindanao Inc., which resulted Yanson Group to form their company re-structure by having bases in key cities. The remaining facilities of Lilian Express became Rural Transit's Dipolog and Pagadian bases.

Fleet

Majority of Lilian Express' fleet was locally manufactured in Zamboanga City. At that time, names local coach makers in Zamboanga City were unknown yet the demands of their manufacturing were high. In 2000, they started to acquire buses from Santarosa Philippines with their early models like Santarosa AKR and Minibuses. * Santarosa Nissan Diesel Metrostar (CMF87L Chassis) * Santarosa Nissan Diesel Exfoh FE6B (CPB87N Chassis) * Santarosa Nissan Diesel FE6-B AKR 1994 Model (CMF87L Chassis) * Santarosa Mitsubishi Fuso 8DC9 AKR * Isuzu Forward (converted to passenger bus)

Company hubs

* Capitol Avenue, Dipolog City * Osmena Street,

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References

External links

Lillian Express

Land Transport in Zamboanga Sibugay.

{{Transportation in the Philippines Bus companies of the Philippines Dipolog Companies based in Dipolog