BGC Bus

Bonifacio Transport Corp.
A Mercedes-Benz Citaro bus operating under the BGC Bus transport system.
Founded1998 (1998)
Headquarters2/F Bonifacio Technology Centre, 31st Street cor. 2nd Avenue, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila
Service areaBonifacio Global City
Service typeCity Operation
OperatorFort Bonifacio Development Corp.

The Bonifacio Transport Corporation, or more commonly known as BGC Bus or formerly The Fort Bus, is an intercity bus company in Metro Manila, the Philippines, serving routes plying the Bonifacio Global City (BGC), Taguig, with routes connecting BGC to Makati and to Arca South, also in Taguig, as well as a route connecting Makati and Gil Puyat LRT station, Pasay.

The company is a subsidiary of the Fort Bonifacio Development Corporation (FBDC), an affiliate company under the Ayala Corporation. The bus system uses the Beep contactless smart card and GCash e-wallet as modes of electronic payment.[1][2]

Its bus depot is situated in the western part of Bonifacio Global City, near the Kalayaan Flyover.[3]

History

Founded in 1998, the Bonifacio Transport Corporation was established under the Fort Bonifacio Development Corporation (FBDC). It was formed through an initial fleet of 24 buses — 10 of which are Mercedes-Benz buses and the rest are a mix of Daewoo, and Nissan Diesel units — as an intercity transport system to and from the adjacent business districts of Bonifacio Global City and Ayala Center.[4][5]

In 2008, six Mercedes-Benz O500M 1725 buses were deployed by FBDC, followed by an additional 14 buses to keep up with passenger demand.[6][7][8] In the same year, HM Transport Inc. and the Bonifacio Transport Corporation signed an agreement, allowing the use of HM Transport buses to serve routes to and from Bonifacio Global City. As a result, a weekday bus route between the Market! Market! shopping mall in Taguig, EDSA, and Kalayaan Avenue was established.[9]

In 2016, the BGC Bus replaced its TapBGC contactless smart card with AF Payments Inc.'s Beep card. A limited public trial was conducted from June 11 to 26, and was fully rolled out on June 27, 2016.[1]

In 2024, BGC Bus route was extended to Gil Puyat station in Pasay which began on May 20, initially operating only on weekday mornings.[10][11]

Fleet

Bonifacio Transport Corp. utilizes and maintains Mercedes-Benz buses.

These buses were formerly operated by Bonifacio Transport Corp. They have since been sold off, scrapped, or simply left inactive.

Routes

As of January 2025, BGC Bus operates primarily on 8 different routes with main terminals at the McKinley Exchange Corporate Center, also known as the EDSA Ayala Terminal, in Makati and at the Market! Market! mall in Taguig.[17][18] On August 7, 2017, express bus routes were introduced.[19] All times are in Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

List of BGC Bus routes
Route Origin Destination via Schedule Ref.
East Express    EDSA Ayala ↔    Market! Market! Monday to Friday
6 AM to 10 PM 		[20][17]
North Route    EDSA Ayala ↔    The Globe Tower    Uptown Mall Monday to Sunday
6 AM to 9 PM 		[20][17]
Central Route    Market! Market! ↔    University Parkway    Bonifacio Stopover Monday to Friday
5 AM to 10 PM 		[17][20]
Arca South Express    Arca South ↔       Market! Market! Circumferential Road 5 Monday to Friday
To BGC: 6:40 AM
To Arca South: 5 PM 		[20][17]
West Route    EDSA Ayala ↔    Fort Victoria    The Fort Monday to Friday
5 AM to 10 PM 		[20][17]
Weekend Route       EDSA Ayala ↔    Fort Victoria    Market! Market! Saturday and Sunday
5 AM to 10 PM 		[20][17]
Night Route       EDSA Ayala ↔    Fort Victoria    Market! Market! Monday to Sunday
10 PM to 5 AM 		[20][17]
LRT - Ayala Route    EDSA Ayala (MECC) →    One Ayala       LRT Buendia
   Leveriza 		Monday to Friday
6 AM to 9 AM & 5 PM to 8 PM 		[17]
List of discontinued BGC Bus routes
Route Origin Destination Schedule Ref.
North Route    North Station ↔    Uptown Parade Monday to Friday
6 AM to 10 PM 		[20][21]
Nuvali Express    Nuvali ↔    Market! Market! Monday to Friday
To BGC: 6:30 AM
To Nuvali: 6:30 PM to 7:15 PM 		[20]
Upper West Express    EDSA Ayala ↔    Crescent Park West Monday to Friday
6 AM to 10 PM 		[22]
Lower West Express    EDSA Ayala ↔    Fort Victoria Monday to Friday
6 AM to 10 PM 		[20][22]
Ayala Express    EDSA Ayala ↔    Glorietta 5 Monday to Friday
6 AM to 10 PM 		[23]
North Express Route    EDSA Ayala ↔    BGC Arts Center Monday to Friday
6 AM to 1 AM
Saturday and Sunday
6 AM to 12 AM 		[20][24]
BHS-Ayala Express    EDSA Ayala ↔    One Bonifacio High Street Sunday to Thursday
10:15 PM
Friday and Saturday
11:15 PM 		[25]


See also

References

  1. ^ a b "beep™ card & BGC Bus tie-up, a win for commuters". beep™ business. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  2. ^ "BGC bus starts accepting GCash payments onboard". Milyonaryo.com.ph. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  3. ^ Balinbin, Arjay L. (August 1, 2021). "Makati-BGC pedestrian, bike link to start full operations next year". BusinessWorld. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
  4. ^ Ni Madam Rosa (August 10, 2009). "Bonifacio Global City: Built with character, designed with soul". Philstar.com. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
  5. ^ "Megaworld properties at Fort Bonifacio Global City". Megaworldglobalcity.wordpress.com. February 16, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
  6. ^ "Shuttle's best". Philstar.com. April 14, 2008. Archived from the original on September 7, 2012. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
  7. ^ premierpropertyspecialist (August 18, 2008). "Mercedes-Benz shuttle coaches inside Bonifacio Global City". Ayalaupdates.wordpress.com. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
  8. ^ "Mercedes-Benz shuttle coaches inside Bonifacio Global City". Findarticles.com. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
  9. ^ Pio, Jojo (February 24, 2011). "Commuting-Travelling To Fort Bonifacio Global City From Ayala". Tofortbonifaciofromayala.blogspot.com. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
  10. ^ "The BGC Bus now has an LRT Gil Puyat route". TopGear. May 21, 2024.
  11. ^ Guiao, Micah Avry (May 21, 2024). "BGC Bus Has a New Route to LRT-1 Gil Puyat". Spot.ph. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
  12. ^ "BGC Bus 009 Chassis: Daewoo BF105".
  13. ^ "BGC Bus 011 Chassis: Daewoo BS106".
  14. ^ "BGC Bus 003 Chassis: Isuzu Forward FTR".
  15. ^ "Mercedes Benz Almazora Travel Star".
  16. ^ "BGC 007". Flickr.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Getting around BGC just got easier! 🚍 Check out the updated BGC Bus schedule to plan your trips better and enjoy convenient travel through the city.🚌⭐ #BGC #BGCbus". Facebook. Bonifacio Global City. January 17, 2025. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  18. ^ Guiao, Micah Avry (August 27, 2023). "LIST: Here Are the Bus Routes in BGC". Spot.ph. Summit Media. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  19. ^ Tantiangco, Aya (August 2, 2017). "BGC rolls out express buses, new routes". GMA News. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "BGC Bus Routes and Schedule Changes with the New One-Way Scheme". Primer. Primer Media Inc. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  21. ^ "North Route – BGC". Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  22. ^ a b "Lower West Route – BGC". Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  23. ^ Isla, Rouselle (April 5, 2022). "BGC Bus Route and Schedule Guide for Commuters". Moneymax. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  24. ^ "East and North Express Route – BGC". Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  25. ^ "BHS-Ayala Express". TheFortCity.com. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
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