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Green Star Express Inc. is one of the largest provincial bus companies plying the Southern Luzon Region. Once known in older times as Laguna Transportation Company Inc. before it changed into its new name, this company plies routes from Sta. Cruz, Laguna to Manila and vice versa. This bus company, before the JAC Liner Inc. acquisition, is a sister of HM Transport Inc., a Mercado-affiliated bus company. Currently, it is now a sister company of Laguna Express Inc., Lucena Lines, Solid North, JAC Liner, Inc and Metro Manila Bus Co. ==History== Green Star Express Inc., was formally organized as a corporation sometime in 2001 with a primary purpose of transporting passengers or as common carrier. Since then its buses are seen plying the highways to and from Sta. Cruz, Laguna and Manila. This corporation is being managed by the Mercado Family of San Pedro, Laguna, a well-known transportation magnate in Southern Luzon for decades. Transportation business of this Mercado family formally started by the late Artemio Mercado in April 1968 doing business under the name and style of JAM Transit, Inc. Soon thereafter, the family was able to expand their operations and eventually organized or acquired other bus companies plying the major routes of Laguna, Quezon and Bicol region with commanding superiority. These bus companies include, Jam Liner Inc., Pacita Liner, Inc. (now sister company), Quezon Liner, Inc. (now travel), AMA Transport Services (now called Amihan Bus Lines), and Laguna Transportation Co., Inc. (now called Laguna Express Inc.), among others. The onset of the Asian financial crisis in 1997 did not spare the family of its accompanying disastrous effects of the transport business. After careful study and evaluation, the board decided that temporary downsizing of the family’s business operation is the most appropriate strategic move which resulted in the divestment of the Jam Transit, Inc., Jam Liner, Inc., and AMA Transport Services. In the year 2001 after the divestments, in recognition of the need to modernize the business by adding a new fleet to satisfy the discriminating quest of the riding public for safe and comfortable travel, Green Star Express, Inc. was formed. Today, Green Star Express, Inc. is continuously plying its route in observance and obedience to its Franchise issued by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). The commitment of the corporation in its modernization efforts is not only real but apparent. It accepted the further challenge by expressing its full commitment to the use of CNG fuelled Passenger Buses the government is spearheading. It is among the pioneer applicant of the DOE program, the Natural Gas Vehicle Program for Public Transport (NGVPPT). The company has already made contract to the CNG manufacturers for the order of CNG Buses to be deployed in its Laguna-Manila operations. Recently, JAC Liner Inc. took over the Santa Cruz line of Green Star and bought its Yutong fleet. The same month, it put out its 51-series Yutong buses formerly owned by Lucena Lines and gave a new paint job to the 13-series buses bought during the Mercado era. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Green Star Express」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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