{{Short description|Bus company in the Philippines}} {{Infobox Bus transit | name = Fermina Express | image = 2508Commonwealth Fairview, Novaliches, Quezon City Landmarks 33.jpg | image_caption = A Fermina Express bound to SM Fairview at Commonwealth Avenue | parent = Mencorp Transport Systems Incorporated | founded = {{date and age|1996}} | headquarters = Cubao, Quezon City | alliance = Farview Bus, Inc. | service_area = Metro Manila | routes = | service_type = City Operation | fleet = 160+ Buses | operator = Fermina Express }}
'''Fermina Express, Corporation (FermEx)''' is a commuter bus company servicing Metro Manila. The company is under the umbrella of Mencorp Transport Systems Incorporated.
== History == Fermina Express started in 1996 with services within Metro Manila that plies over EDSA corridor, and has a connecting service from Cubao and Pasay to the cities of Dagupan and San Carlos in Pangasinan and Cuyapo in Nueva Ecija via Paniqui, Tarlac. The bus line uses NLEX for northbound trips with a stopover at Mabalacat Bus Terminal (Dau). Connecting via SCTEX, the bus exits at Concepcion then towards Tarlac City with another stopover along MacArthur Highway. The bus then proceeds to its final destination.
In 2008, Fermina was meted a one-month preventive suspension by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board after one of its buses was involved in a collision that killed five people.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |title=Fermina bus lines face 1-month suspension over Nov.1 NLEX accident |language=en-US |newspaper=ABS-CBN News |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/nation/regions/11/02/08/fermina-bus-lines-face-1-month-suspension-over-nlex-accident |access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref> In 2011, Fermina was identified by the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) as among the bus firms with the most traffic violations for the year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gamil |first=Jaymee T. |title=MMDA identifies 'naughty' bus firms |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/114781/mmda-identifies-naughty-bus-firms |access-date=2016-11-23 |website=newsinfo.inquirer.net|date=21 December 2011 }}</ref>
In 2014, a burning Fermina bus that was abandoned by its driver and conductor started a fire that razed a truck and four stores along Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City.<ref>{{Cite news |title=WATCH: Burning Fermina bus rams truck, stores in QC |language=en-US |newspaper=ABS-CBN News |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/video/nation/metro-manila/01/17/14/watch-burning-fermina-bus-rams-truck-stores-qc |access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref> That same year, a Fermina bus was hit in the rear by another city bus, which injured at least 22 people.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/nation/metro-manila/06/10/14/2-buses-collide-qc-22-hurt|title=2 buses collide in QC; 22 hurt|newspaper=ABS-CBN News|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref>
In 2015, Fermina's provincial routes were taken over by JAC Liner Inc. Despite the change in management, JAC Liner retained the Fermina Express name, but the buses were repainted to match JAC Liner's livery. Its provincial routes were eventually incorporated into JAC Liner's subsidiary Pangasinan Solid North Transit, Inc.
==Fleet==
Fermina fields Yutong and Golden Dragon buses for its fleet. * Golden Dragon XML6103J12<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/128798523@N05/26466420973/|title=Fermina Express A-372|website=Flickr|date=17 May 2016 |access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref> * Golden Dragon XML6125J28C * Yutong ZK6105H
==Destinations== [[File:4360Fairview, Novaliches, Quezon City Landmarks 34.jpg|thumb|A Fermina Express bus in Novaliches, Quezon City.]]
* Sapang Palay to PITX via Quezon Avenue. * EDSA Carousel
== Former destinations ==
* Mabalacat, Pampanga (Mabalacat Bus Terminal) * Tarlac City, Tarlac * Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija * Bayambang, Pangasinan * Dagupan * Malasiqui, Pangasinan * San Carlos City, Pangasinan * Angat, Bulacan * Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 & 2 * Alabang, Muntinlupa.
==See also== * JAC Liner * List of bus companies of the Philippines
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{commonscat-inline}} * https://gingldg.blogspot.com/2008/08/travelling-fast-with-ferminas-express.html * http://wikimapia.org/12954411/tl/Fermina-Express-new-Terminal * http://www.gmanews.tv/largevideo/latest/31042/QTV-LTFRB-suspends-franchise-of-Fermina-Express
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Category:Bus companies of the Philippines Category:Companies based in Quezon City Category:1987 establishments in the Philippines