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{{Short description|Philippines-based bus company}}
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| headquarters     = [[Dipolog]], Philippines
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| service_area     = Mindanao
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'''Lilian Express, Inc.,''' was a bus company based in [[Dipolog]] in the [[Philippines]]. It served bus routes to the [[Zamboanga Peninsula]].

Its buses and route network were merged with Rural Transit and Bachelor Express after it was bought out completely by the [[Vallacar Transit|Yanson Group of Companies]] in 2005.<ref>[http://www.dipolognon.com/dipolognonHeadlinebisaya205052005.htm Lillian Express sold.]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2005/05/24/news/two.bus.companies.fold.400.laid.off.html |title=Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro - Two bus companies fold; 400 laid off |website=[[SunStar]] |accessdate=January 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050527030019/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2005/05/24/news/two.bus.companies.fold.400.laid.off.html |archivedate=May 27, 2005 }} Two bus companies fold</ref>

== History ==
Lilian Express' name was taken from the [[family]] [[matriarch]] '''Lillian''' Opulentisima-Young. It started its business operation in Dipolog in the early 1960s and eventually branched to [[Ozamiz]], [[Pagadian]] and [[Zamboanga City]].

In 1995, it expanded its [[bus]] [[transport]] service to the cities of [[Davao City|Davao]], [[Butuan]], [[Cagayan de Oro]], [[Iligan]], [[Pagadian]], and in the province of [[Bukidnon]].<ref>[http://www.zamboanga.net/touristinfoinsert.htm International Port Of Entry<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>{{bcn|date=June 2024}} Its sister company Mary May Express, runs [[Dipolog]] to [[Zamboanga City]] routes.

On March 5, 2005, the whole route network was bought out completely in by Yanson Group of Bus Companies, a [[Bacolod]]-based bus conglomerate, commencing from its [[Davao City|Davao]], [[Agusan del Sur|Agusan]], and [[Bukidnon]] route networks, then followed by [[Cagayan de Oro]] and [[Dipolog]] routes. Its last transport service to the public was made on April 30, 2005, on board an 8:00PM bus from [[Zamboanga City]] bound for [[Dipolog]] which arrived at 1:30AM the following day.

Its transport operations were merged with [[Rural Transit of Mindanao|Rural Transit of Mindanao Inc.]], which resulted Yanson Group to form their company re-structure by having bases in key cities. The remaining facilities of Lilian Express became Rural Transit's Dipolog and Pagadian bases.

== Fleet ==
Majority of Lilian Express' fleet was locally manufactured in Zamboanga City. At that time, names local coach makers in Zamboanga City were unknown yet the demands of their manufacturing were high. In 2000, they started to acquire buses from Santarosa Philippines with their early models like Santarosa AKR and Minibuses.
* Santarosa Nissan Diesel Metrostar (CMF87L Chassis)
* Santarosa Nissan Diesel Exfoh FE6B (CPB87N Chassis)
* Santarosa Nissan Diesel FE6-B AKR 1994 Model (CMF87L Chassis)
* Santarosa Mitsubishi Fuso 8DC9 AKR
* Isuzu Forward (converted to passenger bus)

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511022302/http://www.visitmyphilippines.com/images/ads/3122d23274a39e98f1d817b419d6f799.doc Lillian Express ]
* [http://www.tourism.gov.ph/explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=getthere&province=51 Land Transport in Zamboanga Sibugay.]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080428165901/http://www.cvis.net.ph/cvisnet/main/vismincompanies/list_06.html List of Companies in Visayas and Mindanao.]

{{Transportation in the Philippines}}

[[Category:Bus companies of the Philippines]]
[[Category:Companies based in Dipolog]]
[[Category:Transport companies established in 1962]]
[[Category:1962 establishments in the Philippines]]
[[Category:Transport companies disestablished in 2005]]
[[Category:2005 disestablishments in the Philippines]]