A bus station or a bus interchange is a structure where city buses or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. While the term bus depot can also be used to refer to a bus station, it can also refer to a bus garage . A bus station is larger than a bus stop , which is usually simply a place on the roadside, where buses can stop. It may be intended as a terminal station for a number of routes, or as a transfer station where the routes continue.
42-677: The Araneta City Bus Port ( ACBP ), also styled Araneta City Busport , is a bus station in Quezon City , Philippines. The bus station is currently one of two bus terminals in the Araneta City business district that link Metro Manila with the provinces in the country, including cities in the Luzon Archipelago via the Philippine Nautical Highway System . Built and completed in 2017 as
84-626: A 5-hectare (12-acre) lot near the Ynares Center , it was successfully inaugurated on March 4, 2009, bringing back the Capitol Building inside the provincial territory from which it was absent for 34 years (when Pasig was incorporated into Metro Manila ). On June 19, 2020, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11475 into law, which officially transferred the capital of the Rizal province from Pasig to Antipolo . The law
126-401: A densely populated area north of Ortigas Center in east-central Metro Manila that has the highest density of bus terminals in the entire Manila metropolitan area. It is directly across from Ali Mall and one block from the old Araneta bus station on Times Square Avenue. The Araneta busport sits on the original location of Metro Manila's first integrated terminal which opened in 1993. In 2011,
168-834: A dynamic passenger information system. The latter requires fewer platforms, but does not provide consistent locations for passengers. Kilambakkam bus terminus in Chennai is spread over an area of 358,200 square metres (88.52 acres), making it the largest bus station in the world. The Woodlands Bus Interchange in Singapore is one of the busiest bus interchanges in the world, handling up to 400,000 passengers daily across 42 bus services. Other Singaporean bus interchanges such as Bedok Bus Interchange , Tampines Bus Interchange and Yishun Bus Interchange handle similar number of passengers daily. The largest underground bus station in Europe
210-535: A large number of people from farther provinces have migrated to the province, resulting in minor but significant usage of the Bicolano , Cebuano , various Cordilleran languages , Cuyunon , Ilocano , Hiligaynon , Kapampangan , Karay-a , Pangasinan and Waray , as well as various Lumad (indigenous languages in Mindanao) languages, Iranun , Maranao , Maguindanaon and Tausug languages. Roman Catholicism
252-600: Is Kamppi Centre in Helsinki, Finland completed in 2006. The terminal cost 100 million Euro to complete and took 3 years to design and build. Today, the bus terminal, which covers 25,000 square meters, is the busiest bus terminal in Finland. Every day, the terminal has around 700 bus departures, transporting approximately 170,000 passengers. Preston Bus Station in Preston, England, built in 1969 and later heritage-listed ,
294-409: Is located along General Romulo Avenue on the eastern side of Araneta City within the barangay of Socorro , Quezon City. It occupies the ground level of Manhattan Heights, a four-tower residential condominium complex that is part of the 5.7-hectare (14-acre), 18-tower highrise community developed by Megaworld Corporation called Manhattan Gardens . The bus station is situated in the district of Cubao,
336-652: Is the predominant religion with about 80 percent adherence. Various Christian groups exist such as Members Church of God International (MCGI) , Oneness Apostolic or Pentecostal like UPC, ALJC and ACJC, Iglesia Filipina Independiente , Born-again Christians , Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide , Iglesia ni Cristo comprise 4%, Jehovah's Witnesses , Baptist , Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints , El Shaddai (movement) Methodists , Presbyterians , Seventh-day Adventist and other Evangelical Christians . Muslims , Anitists , animists, and atheists are also present in
378-594: The City of Greater Manila , by virtue of Executive Order No. 400 signed by President Manuel L. Quezon as an emergency measure. The city was dissolved by President Sergio Osmeña in 1945, thus restoring the pre-war status of the merged cities and towns. Through Presidential Decree No. 824, Rizal was partitioned on November 7, 1975 to form Metropolitan Manila . The municipalities of Las Piñas , Parañaque , Muntinlupa , Taguig , Pateros , Makati , Mandaluyong , San Juan , Malabon , Navotas , Pasig and Marikina , and
420-735: The Lincoln Tunnel and one block west of Times Square . The terminal is the largest in the Western Hemisphere and the busiest in the world by volume of traffic, serving about 8,000 buses and 225,000 people on an average weekday and more than 65 million people a year. It has 223 gates. It operates intercity bus routes all over the United States and some routes with international destinations, mostly in Canada, and mostly operated by Greyhound Lines. The largest bus terminal in
462-996: The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority announced in May 2019 that the Araneta bus terminal shall be exempt from the ban. In March 2020, the terminal was closed due the COVID-19 pandemic , and served as an RT-PCR COVID-19 saliva testing site, in partnership with the Philippine Red Cross , while transport services were temporarily moved to the old Araneta City Bus Station, which has 23 bays. The old bus terminal reopened in September 2020, and has limited its operations to Central Luzon , and has gradually expanded its services, while reviving previous routes within 2021 to 2022. As of 2021,
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#1732797328180504-701: The Province of Rizal ( Filipino : Lalawigan ng Rizal ), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon . Its capital is the city of Antipolo . It is about 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) east of Manila . The province is named after José Rizal , one of the main national heroes of the Philippines. It is bordered by Metro Manila to the west, Bulacan to the north, Quezon to
546-620: The 2020 census was 3,330,143 people, with a density of 2,800 inhabitants per square kilometer or 7,300 inhabitants per square mile. Due to its location being in the heart of the Katagalugan, almost all of the residents of Rizal mainly speak Tagalog . English and Filipino are used as second languages respectively; Filipino is a version of Tagalog which is spoken by residents of Rizal in code switching & when speaking to Tagalog speakers of other dialects. Being bordered by Metro Manila (whose majority of its cities were once part of Rizal),
588-853: The Araneta Bus Port, which includes the following: The following bus companies moved out from the Araneta City Bus Station primarily due to declining ridership due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and caused bus companies to shift their operations within their own terminals within Cubao until 2023, or moved most of their operations to the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange : Bus station Bus station platforms may be assigned to fixed bus lines, or variable in combination with
630-625: The Araneta Center Bus Station was relocated to the old Rustan's building located on Times Square Avenue built in 1974, after the department store transferred to its new home at the newly opened Gateway Mall in 2005, to make way for the construction of the Manhattan Heights, a 4-tower condominium development, as part of the Manhattan Gardens complex. The old bus terminal is expected to be torn down in
672-637: The Araneta City Bus Station is used to service modern jeepneys (BEEP) to and from select destinations in Quezon City, Pasig , and the Province of Rizal , under the Transport Equipment Aggregator and Management Inc. (1-TEAM), and other various transport cooperatives. As of September 2024, the Araneta City Bus Port services the following routes: Other transport terminals are located within walking distance from
714-611: The Araneta Group have no announcement for the bus port's reopening, and is currently being utilized as a parking facility. On October 25, 2022, the Araneta Group announced that all inter-city and provincial buses will be moved out from the Araneta City Bus Station, and will relocate their operations to the Araneta Bus Port. The day after the announcement, October 26, the Araneta City Bus Port reopened its operations, and services routes within areas around Metro Manila , Bulacan , Pampanga , Tabuk , Laguna , and Batangas . Presently,
756-570: The Assembly the issue of whether or not to write the Province of Manila with the District of Morong, was not self-sufficient to operate as a separate province. Although the delegates from Morong, Hilarion Raymundo, and José Tupas, objected to the proposal, Juan Sumulong of Antipolo strongly advocated the move. After much acrimonious debate and upon the suggestion of Trinidad H. Pardo de Tavera
798-603: The National Statistics Coordination Board (NSCB), Rizal province came out to be the Philippines' least poor province with a poverty incidence rate of 3.4%, even lower than that of the National Capital Region or Metro Manila. . On April 23, 2013, the National Statistics Coordination Board (NCSB) reported that Rizal, from being the least poor province in poverty incidence moved down to the 3rd Place, with Cavite taking over as
840-530: The Politico-Military District of Morong (i.e. Angono , Antipolo , Baras , Binangonan , Bosoboso, Cardona , Jalajala , Morong , Pililla , Quisao, Tanay , Taytay and Teresa ). The City of Manila from the old Province of Manila was treated as a separate entity. The seat of the provincial government was Pasig; however, for seven months in 1904, San Felipe Neri served as the provincial seat. The number of municipalities changed with
882-495: The Province of Tondo became the Province of Manila . All its towns were placed under the administration, fiscal supervision and control of the Governor of the new province. The town of Mariquina ( Marikina ) became the capital of the Province of Manila during the tenure of the revolutionary government of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo . The Politico-Military District of Morong had for its capital the town of Antipolo from 1898 to 1899 and
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#1732797328180924-508: The San Mateo Mountains ) was formed. This consisted of the towns of Antipolo , Bosoboso, Cainta and Taytay from the Province of Tondo, and the towns of Morong , Baras , Tanay , Pililla , Angono , Binangonan and Jala-jala from the Province of La Laguna, with Morong as the capital. This district was changed to Distrito Politico-Militar de Morong four years later. By virtue of Circular No. 83, dated September 2, 1859,
966-500: The body agreed on the creation of a new province independent of the Province of Manila. The new province was aptly named after José Rizal , the country's national hero. On June 11, 1901, the province of Rizal was officially and legally created by virtue of Act No. 137 by the First Philippine Commission which during the time was acting as the unicameral legislative body in the island of Luzon. The new province
1008-614: The capital, a designation it retained even after becoming part of the National Capital Region in 1975. The province is a part of Greater Manila Area . It is the 5th largest province in the Philippines in terms of population. Tagalog settlement arrived sometime in the pre-Spanish period. The provincial territory began with the organization of the Tondo and Laguna provinces during the Spanish administration. Some of
1050-496: The east and Laguna to the southeast. The province also lies on the northern shores of Laguna de Bay , the largest lake in the country. Rizal is a mountainous province perched on the western slopes of the southern portion of the Sierra Madre mountain range. Antipolo serves as the provincial capital since 2020, having been an administrative center since 2009 with the capitol located in the city. Previously, Pasig served as
1092-400: The economic centers of the province, while Angono , Rodriguez , Morong , San Mateo , Tanay , Binangonan and Teresa are taking successful steps to urbanize areas within their jurisdiction. Other areas of the province are having difficulty to start the urbanization process, mainly because of the lack of main roads to connect these to economic centers. In a study recently conducted by
1134-865: The future to make way for the construction of the Manhattan Plaza, the final highrise development of the Manhattan Gardens project. The modern busport at Manhattan Heights was inaugurated as the Araneta Center Bus Port in March 2017 with Vice President Leni Robredo in attendance. Following the issuance of the Metro Manila Council regulation prohibiting the operation of all provincial bus terminals along EDSA in order to ease traffic congestion in Manila's main artery,
1176-651: The jurisdiction of the Franciscan Order in the Province of La Laguna; and the Encomiendas of Nabotas (Navotas), Tambobo (Malabon), Tondo, Parañaque (then La Huerta, Parañaque ), Longalo ( Don Galo , Parañaque), Tagui and Pasig were under the jurisdiction of the Augustinians in the Province of Tondo. In 1853, a new political subdivision named Distrito Politico-Militar de los Montes de San Mateo ( transl. Political-Military District of
1218-454: The least province by 4.1% (compared to Rizal's 7.6%) and Laguna for 2nd with 6.3%. Antipolo, the province's capital city, is the center of trade and exchange, tourism, government, and economy. It is also a center of education and sports because of the availability of various educational and physical training facilities. Acclaimed of its scenic attractions, the city also produces agricultural products such as cashew nuts and rice cakes. Taytay,
1260-614: The modern alternative to, and eventual replacement for, the adjacent Araneta City Bus Terminal, the oldest integrated bus terminal in Metro Manila, in operation since 1993, and is also a hub for buses servicing the Bicol Region . The busport is used by inter-city and provincial bus lines. The terminal is connected to the LRT Line 2 and MRT Line 3 by a network of elevated walkways and mall connections. The Araneta City Bus Port
1302-408: The municipal boundaries through time, mostly occurring within the provincial boundary. On October 12, 1903, the former municipalities of Bosoboso, Malibay, Novaliches and Quisao were absorbed by Antipolo, Pasay, Caloocan and Pililla, respectively, by virtue of Act No. 942. On November 25, 1903, Muntinlupa was ceded to the Province of La Laguna and became part of the municipality of Biñan , but
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1344-409: The province's center of garment and textile manufacturing, is also the town where the country's largest mall operator runs a store near the town center. Meanwhile, Cainta serves as the center of business-process outsourcing (BPO) businesses in the province, aside from being known for the presence of several shopping centers and delicacies such as bibingka or rice cakes. The provincial legislature or
1386-450: The province. Poverty incidence of Rizal Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Before the 1990s, the primary source of economy in Rizal province were the huge piggery estates owned by Manila-based families. In recent years, the province became one of the most progressive provinces in the country, owing to its proximity to Metro Manila , the economic center of the Philippines . Antipolo , Taytay and Cainta serve as
1428-579: The provincial seat which is in Antipolo . Generally hilly and mountainous in terrain, most of the province's southern towns lie in the shores of Laguna de Bay , the country's largest inland body of water. Talim Island , the largest island situated within Laguna de Bay , is under the jurisdiction of the province and shared by the municipalities of Binangonan and Cardona. Rizal comprises 13 municipalities and 1 city . The population of Rizal in
1470-567: The southern hemisphere is the Tietê Bus Terminal located in São Paulo, Brazil. It is also the 2nd busiest in the world, serving about 90,000 people per weekday in 300 bus lines on its 89 platforms (72 for boarding and 17 for deboarding), with services to over 1,000 cities over the country and South America . The terminal is also linked to Portuguesa-Tietê , an adjacent metro station. Province of Rizal Rizal , officially
1512-408: The three cities of Caloocan , Pasay and Quezon City were excised to form the new region, while the other 14 towns remained in Rizal. On June 17, 2008, Governor Casimiro Ynares III announced the transfer of the provincial capitol from Pasig to Antipolo . The new ₱ 270-million capitol building, constructed by Ortigas & Co., owner thereof, was completed by December of that year. Built on
1554-860: The town of Tanay from 1899 to 1900. On February 6, the First Philippine Commission sought to establish civil government in the country through a provincial organization act after the Filipino-Spanish and Filipino-American conflicts. Therefore, on June 5, 1901, a historic meeting was held at the Pasig Catholic Church for the organization of a civil government in the Province of Manila and District of Morong, with 221 delegates in attendance. The first Philippine Commission, headed by William Howard Taft and composed of Commissioners Luke E. Wright , Henry C. Ide , Bernard Moses and Dean C. Worcester , discussed with
1596-467: The towns like Pasig , Parañaque , Taytay and Cainta were already thriving. From the reports of the Encomiendas in 1582–1583, the Encomiendas of Moron ( Morong ) was under the jurisdiction of La Laguna and, the Encomiendas of Passi (Pasig), Taitay (Taytay) and Tagui (Taguig) belonged to the Province of Tondo. It was recorded that in 1591, the Encomiendas of Moron and Taitay were under
1638-414: Was composed of 32 municipalities, 19 from the old Province of Manila (i.e. Cainta , Caloocan , Las Piñas , Malibay, Mariquina (Marikina) , Montalban (Rodriguez) , Muntinlupa , Navotas , Novaliches , Parañaque , Pasig , Pateros , Pineda (Pasay) , San Felipe Neri (Mandaluyong) , San Juan del Monte (San Juan) , San Mateo , San Pedro Macati (Makati) , Taguig , Tambobong (Malabon) ); and 13 from
1680-670: Was described in 2014 as "depending on how you measure it, the largest bus station in the world, the second-biggest in Europe, and the longest in Europe". It was fully refurbished in 2018. The largest bus terminal in North America is the Port Authority Bus Terminal located in New York City. The terminal is located in Midtown at 625 Eighth Avenue between 40th Street and 42nd Street, one block east of
1722-619: Was later returned to Rizal on March 22, 1905, and became part of Taguig until December 17, 1917. On October 12, 1939, Quezon City was established, which included parts of Caloocan, and later on, Novaliches and parts of Marikina, Pasig and San Juan. Marking's and the Hunter's ROTC Guerrillas operated in Rizal Province throughout the war. In 1942, Quezon City and the towns of Caloocan , Makati , Mandaluyong , Parañaque , Pasay , and San Juan were merged with Manila to form
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1764-545: Was published on June 22, 2020, and took effect on July 7, 2020. The publication of the law coincided with the 159th birth anniversary of Rizal. Rizal covers a total area of 1,182.65 square kilometers (456.62 sq mi) occupying the northern-central section of the Calabarzon in Luzon . The province is bordered on the north by Bulacan , east by Quezon , southeast by Laguna , south by Laguna de Bay , and west by Metro Manila . Located 20 kilometers (12 mi) east of Manila, commuters take approximately an hour to reach
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