Valenzuela Gateway Complex

The Valenzuela Gateway Complex, also known as the Valenzuela Gateway Complex Terminal and Valenzuela Gateway Complex (VGC) Central Integrated Terminal is an inter-regional intermodal transit hub in Valenzuela, Metro Manila, the Philippines. It is planned to be one of three provincial bus stations serving Metro Manila and the principal terminal for province-bound and incoming buses from Central and Northern Luzon regions.^[1][2][3]

Valenzuela Gateway Complex Terminal Valenzuela Gateway Complex Central Integrated Terminal
Intermodal
The Valenzuela terminal in June 2019
General information
Location	Paso de Blas, Valenzuela, Metro Manila Philippines
Owned by	Valenzuela Gateway Complex Corporation
Bus routes	50  51  52   13  20  37  Paso De Blas
Bus operators	Various Bus Operators
Connections	Transfers to intercity and provincial buses, jeepneys, and UV Express
History
Opened	August 15, 2018 (2018-08-15)

Location

 

Valenzuela Gateway Complex in Paso de Blas, Valenzuela

The Valenzuela Gateway Complex Terminal is located on a 5-hectare (12-acre) site in Paso de Blas, east-central Valenzuela.^[4] It is situated alongside East Service Road of the North Luzon Expressway at its junction with Paso de Blas Road at the Paso de Blas (Valenzuela City) Interchange and opposite Puregold Paso de Blas. Nearby landmarks include the Malinta Market and the 60-hectare (150-acre) former Plastic City manufacturing estate being redeveloped by Ayala Land into a mixed-use urban complex.^[5]

History

The Valenzuela terminal started its interim operation on August 15, 2018.^[2] A provincial bus ban on EDSA was announced earlier in the month with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announcing that nine bus companies serving the provinces of Bataan, Bulacan, Pampanga, Zambales, Pangasinan, Baguio, Ilocos Sur and Cagayan Valley and 1,954 buses would be accommodated at the new terminal.^[2] The terminal is part of a traffic reduction plan by MMDA that aims to free up the busy highway of some 2,276 northbound provincial buses.^[3] The plan also includes building two other provincial bus terminals in the south of the region for southbound provincial buses and the eventual closure of all 46 bus terminals on EDSA.^[4][6]

The ban on provincial buses along EDSA was deferred until the completion of certain facilities and infrastructure at the Valenzuela terminal.^[7] The House of Representatives of the Philippines also expressed its concern over the designation of the Valenzuela terminal as Metro Manila's northern terminal citing its limited space, lack of infrastructure, and narrow streets, among others.^[8]

In March 2019, the MMDA announced the relocation of all provincial bus operators to the three designated provincial bus terminals including Valenzuela, and the permanent closure of all EDSA bus terminals starting June 2019.^[6]

Services

VGC services the following routes:

Buses

• Mega Manila Consortium Corporation operates 3 bus routes of the rationalized bus transit going to and from Alabang, Araneta City Cubao, and PITX respectively.^[9][10]
• Buses passing to and from Bagong Silang, Monumento, Novaliches, Sapang Palay, and Santa Cruz also stops at this terminal.^[11]

Jeepneys

• Modern and Traditional jeepneys operates the routes to and from Monumento, Bocaue, Marilao and in Santa Maria (Caypombo).^[12]

See also

• Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange

External links

•   Media related to Valenzuela Gateway Complex (Paso de Blas, Valenzuela City) at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. Cabalza, Dexter (August 7, 2018). "New Valenzuela bus terminal to ease traffic on Edsa". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
2. Pateña, Aerol John (August 6, 2018). "Provincial buses may use Valenzuela terminal starting Aug. 15: MMDA". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
3. Layug, Margaret Claire (August 4, 2018). "Valenzuela integrated bus terminal to free EDSA of north-bound buses". GMA Network. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
4. Ramirez, Robertzon (August 5, 2018). "Provincial bus terminals in Quezon City moved to Valenzuela". The Philippine Star. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
5. Abadilla, Doris Dumlao (July 6, 2018). "Gatchalian's Plastic City up for face-lift into urban hub". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
6. Subingsubing, Krixia (March 28, 2019). "MMDA plans to close all Edsa bus terminals". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
7. Javier Kate Louise (August 9, 2018). "EDSA provincial bus ban deferred". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
8. "House Resolution No. 2171" (PDF). House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
9. Memorandum Circular No. 67 (2022), Guidelines for the Resumption of Operations of Non-EDSA City Bus Routes (PDF)
10. Cite error: The named reference Valenzuela Gateway Complex was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
11. Memorandum Circular No. 74 (2022), Opening of Additional Non-EDSA City Bus Routes in the MUCEP Area (PDF)
12. "LIST: Here Are the Routes at Valenzuela's Bus Terminal". Spot.Ph. Retrieved September 15, 2023.

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