Victory Liner


Victory Liner, Inc. is one of the largest provincial bus companies operating in the Philippines, servicing routes mainly to the provinces of Central Luzon which includes Zambales, Pampanga, Bulacan and Northern Luzon which includes Benguet, Pangasinan, Bataan, Nueva Vizcaya, Kalinga, Isabela and Cagayan. This bus company played a major role in transport industry since it became the product of Japanese occupation of the country after World War II, with used Chevy trucks from the United States Army as their primary transportation fleet.
Today, Victory Liner has grown as one of the largest bus transportation business groups in the Philippines, servicing all key destinations in Northern and Central Luzon. Victory Liner deploys more than 900 buses in its daily operations. It is the sister company of Five Star.

Etymology

The company was founded by Mr. Jose Hernandez. Its beginnings trace back from the years of Japanese occupation in the country. The phrase "Victory Joe", reminiscent of America's victory in the World War II became a household word way back then, Mr. Hernandez decided to coin out the name of his bus firm from it, and so became Victory Liner.

History

Mr. Jose I. Hernandez, a pre-war mechanic, had collected bits and pieces of machinery, metals and spare parts from abandoned U.S. Military vehicles intending to build a delivery truck from scratch for his family's buy-and-sell business of rice, corn, vegetables and their home-made laundry soap. Upon completion of the truck, he was surprised to see that what he envisioned to be a delivery truck turned out to be more like a bus.
On October 15, 1945, Mr. Hernandez's first bus plied the Manila-Olongapo-Manila line. He was the driver and Leonardo D. Trinidad was his conductor.
Mr. Hernandez was unaware that that was the start of a very big thing. Later on, the Hernandezes incorporated the business and became one of the main transport modes in the province of Zambales, Quezon and Batangas to ferry passengers and goods to and from Manila and the provinces of Bulacan, Pampanga, Bataan, Zambales, Pangasinan, La Union, Tarlac, Benguet, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Isabela, Cagayan, Apayao, and Kalinga.
The Company was passed on to the son of Mr. Jose Hernandez, Johnny Hernandez.
In 2007, Victory Liner introduced a Deluxe class, Available only in Baguio and Cagayan Valley routes.
In 2011, Victory Liner initially equipped 50 air-conditioned buses with Sun Broadband Wireless Wi-Fi powered by Sun Cellular to allow passengers with Wi-Fi capable gadgets such as mobile phones, laptops and other wireless gadgets to log on to the Internet making travel more productive and entertaining. Victory Liner will have the most number of buses with free Wi-Fi after Sun equips its whole fleet of air conditioned buses before the end of the year. To date, more than 600 airconditioned buses and are equipped with Wi-Fi technology and still growing.
In 2012, Victory Liner has tied up with AirAsia Philippines, the country's newest low cost airline, to provide free shuttle service for inbound and outbound passengers of Clark International Airport for the convenience of AirAsia passengers and guests.

Fleet

Victory Liner maintains and utilize the following:
Here are the list includes:
Santarosa Motor Works
Zyle Daewoo Corporation

Hino
Hyundai
Kia
King Long
Almazora
Yutong
AutoDelta
Del Monte Motors
Former Bus Fleets:

Isuzu
King Long
M.A.N
Mitsubishi Fuso
Nissan Diesel / Uniflow Diesel
Santarosa Motor Works
Kassbohrer Setra
Each and every unit of their buses has its own fare classes:
Note: Baguio First Class has stewardess, while Tuguegarao First Class has no stewardess.

Terminals

Metro Manila

Central Luzon
Ilocos Region
Cordillera Administrative Region
Cagayan Valley Region

Metro Manila

Olongapo
Sta. Cruz
Dagupan
Baguio
Tuguegarao