Dionisio R. De Leon Express

De Leon Express

Old unit of De Leon Express
Founded 1998
Defunct 2010
Headquarters Tarlac City, Tarlac, Philippines
Service area Luzon
Service type Land Transport
Fleet 30+
Operator Dionisio R. De Leon

Dionisio R. De Leon Express or simply De Leon Express was a bus company based in Tarlac City, Tarlac with around 30 units and has operations over Northern Luzon areas. It was founded and manager by its owner, Dionisio R. De Leon who's name of the company was came from.

History

The bus 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 their business, they added their bus fleet and expanded their routes to Dagupan, Pangasinan and Dau, Pampanga, up until they manage to serve a direct route to Metro Manila.

However in 2010, it was lately found out that their operations in Metro Manila was "out of line". It means that they have no authority to have their service all the way to the metro. Their buses are also aging and needed for either maintenance or replacement. They were later cited by the Metro Manila Development Authority as "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]

Despite that, De Leon Express managed to survive. But it didn't took long when the company was sold to JAC Liner. and later was merged with Pangasinan Solid North Transit[2][3]

Fleet

Of their fleet size to around 30 units, they used to have these:

Destinations

These were the routes of De Leon Express before their sellout to JAC Liner.

See also

References

  1. ↑ User, Super. "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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