BGC Bus

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.

Bonifacio Transport Corp.

A Mercedes-Benz Citaro bus operating under the BGC Bus transport system.
Founded	1998; 27 years ago (1998)
Headquarters	2/F Bonifacio Technology Centre, 31st Street cor. 2nd Avenue, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila
Service area	Bonifacio Global City
Service type	City Operation
Operator	Fort Bonifacio Development Corp.

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

Mercedes-Benz DMMW Aero Extreme

MCV Evolution C120 LE

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

• Mercedes-Benz
  • Almazora Tourist Star
  • MCV Evolution C120 LE

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

• Daewoo
  • FDIC Daewoo BF105^[12]
  • FDIC Spider Series (Daewoo BS106 chassis)^[13]
• Isuzu
  • Almazora City Star (Isuzu Forward Chassis)^[14]
• Mercedes-Benz
  • Almazora Travel Star^[15]
  • DMMW Aero Extreme
• UD Nissan Diesel
  • Santarosa EXFOH (Nissan Diesel Condor Chassis)^[16]

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	EX01  EDSA Ayala	↔	EX02  Market! Market!		Monday to Friday 6 AM to 10 PM	[20][17]
	North Route	N01  EDSA Ayala	↔	N07  The Globe Tower	N05  Uptown Mall	Monday to Sunday 6 AM to 9 PM	[20][17]
	Central Route	C01  Market! Market!	↔	C09  University Parkway	C05  Bonifacio Stopover	Monday to Friday 5 AM to 10 PM	[17][20]
	Arca South Express	AS01  Arca South	↔	AS02   AS10  Market! Market!	Circumferential Road 5	Monday to Friday To BGC: 6:40 AM To Arca South: 5 PM	[20][17]
	West Route	W01  EDSA Ayala	↔	W09  Fort Victoria	W05  The Fort	Monday to Friday 5 AM to 10 PM	[20][17]
	Weekend Route	WR01   WR18  EDSA Ayala	↔	WR17  Fort Victoria	WR12  Market! Market!	Saturday and Sunday 5 AM to 10 PM	[20][17]
	Night Route	NR01   NR17  EDSA Ayala	↔	NR16  Fort Victoria	NR11  Market! Market!	Monday to Sunday 10 PM to 5 AM	[20][17]
	LRT - Ayala Route	L01  EDSA Ayala (MECC)	→	L17  One Ayala	L08   L10  LRT Buendia  L09  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	N01  North Station	↔	N12  Uptown Parade	Monday to Friday 6 AM to 10 PM	[20][21]
	Nuvali Express	NU01  Nuvali	↔	NU02  Market! Market!	Monday to Friday To BGC: 6:30 AM To Nuvali: 6:30 PM to 7:15 PM	[20]
	Upper West Express	WX01  EDSA Ayala	↔	WX03  Crescent Park West	Monday to Friday 6 AM to 10 PM	[22]
	Lower West Express	L01  EDSA Ayala	↔	L05  Fort Victoria	Monday to Friday 6 AM to 10 PM	[20][22]
	Ayala Express	AX01  EDSA Ayala	↔	AX10  Glorietta 5	Monday to Friday 6 AM to 10 PM	[23]
	North Express Route	NX01  EDSA Ayala	↔	NX07  BGC Arts Center	Monday to Friday 6 AM to 1 AM Saturday and Sunday 6 AM to 12 AM	[20][24]
	BHS-Ayala Express	BA01  EDSA Ayala	↔	BA02  One Bonifacio High Street	Sunday to Thursday 10:15 PM Friday and Saturday 11:15 PM	[25]

See also

• List of bus routes in Metro Manila
• List of bus companies of the Philippines
• Premium Point-to-Point Bus Service