The Araneta City Bus Port is located along General Romulo Avenue on the eastern side of Araneta City within the barangay of Socorro, Quezon City. It occupies the ground level of Manhattan Heights, a four-tower residential condominium complex that is part of the, 18-tower highrise community developed by Megaworld Corporation called Manhattan Garden City. The bus station is situated in the district of Cubao, a densely populated area north of Ortigas Center in east-central Metro Manila that has the highest density of bus terminals in the entire Manila metropolitan area. It is directly across from Ali Mall and one block from the old Araneta bus station on Times Square Avenue.
History
The Araneta busport sits on the original location of Metro Manila's first integrated terminal which opened in 1993. In 2011, to make way for the construction of the Manhattan Heights condominium complex, the Araneta Center bus station was relocated to the old Rustan's building located on Times Square Avenue built in 1974, after the department store transferred to its new home at the then newly opened Gateway Mall. The old terminal is expected to be torn down in the future to make way for the construction of the Manhattan Plaza, the final highrise development of the Manhattan Garden City project. The modern busport at Manhattan Heights was inaugurated as the Araneta Center Bus Port in March 2017 with Vice PresidentLeni Robredo in attendance. Following the issuance of the Metro Manila Council regulation prohibiting the operation of all provincial bus terminals along EDSA in order to ease traffic congestion in Manila's main artery, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority announced in May 2019 that the Araneta bus terminal shall be exempt from the ban.
Services
As of January 2020, the Araneta busport services the following routes:
Provincial
Bus
Provincial Buses like Amihan, Belleza, Bobis Liner, Cagsawa Travel, JVH, Megabus, Raymond Transportation and RSL operate to and from several destinations in the Bicol Region, including Masbate.
Diamond Bus – operates to and from select destinations in Samar.
DLTBCo – operates provincial buses to and from the following destinations in the Bicol Region and Eastern Visayas: Legazpi, Daet, Ormoc, Borongan and Catarman.
Araneta City, Inc. operates electric-powered city shuttles to destinations within the Araneta City district.
Transport Equipment Aggregator and Management Inc operates modern jeepneys to and from select destinations in Quezon City such as Lagro, North Fairview, Diliman, Philcoa and Tandang Sora.
Traditional jeeps operate from the Araneta City Jeepney Terminal further north along General Romulo Avenue to Calumpang, Lagro, Libis, SM City Fairview, Litex Manggahan and Projects 2 and 3, Q.C.
