Talk:List of bus routes in Metro Manila: Difference between revisions

In the column “Terminals”, I think the better term would be “End Points”.

“End points” sounds like the term they use for delivery trucks and cabs ;). Terminals is actually the standard label used in bus routes list articles. See List of bus routes in Manhattan for example.–RioHondo (talk) 09:43, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

From what I read these bus routes are only valid during GCQ period. The LTFRB only issued special permits to buses, these are not new franchises. Johngabriel.ibay (talk) 10:44, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

While waiting for the LTFRB to release updated route colors for their new list of PUB routes, I decided to make a new layout for the list of bus routes here.

Changes from the current layout:

• Since there are bus route names again, I decided to add a column for it, with the “via” suffix being made smaller.
• The route number and color now share the same cell, similar to the RouteBox used for them
• Due to some routes having different route structures for NB/SB and EB/WB direction, I added a distinction between roads that are traversed in all directions or only some directions.
• Terminal stops now emphasize the location of the stop, similar to that in the express routes table. The localities could name the business district/development, city/municipal district, and city/municipality, or just the city/municipality.
• Additionally, to make the table look less cluttered, stops and intersections have been omitted. Both of these changes are meant to comply with WP:NOTDIRECTORY.
• I adopted most of these changes and tweaks from the tables on the List of bus routes in Brooklyn article.

Feedback would be much appreciated! Ganmatthew (talk • contribs) 08:10, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Update: I’ve transitioned the Local Service table to the new table layout, but not all routes have been updated yet. Furthermore, I noticed that many of the routes are not conforming to the new routes and modified routes on the recent LTFRB memos yet, so to anyone who sees this, feel free to edit the table if you can. Thanks!

Here are the LTFRB memorandum circulars for easy referencing:

Ganmatthew (talk • contribs) 16:33, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

My web search shows 18 goes through PTIX. Jidanni (talk) 05:42, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I’ve made some templates and modules to make making all those Rint + RouteBox bus stop templates easier. The first is {{PUV stop}}, which creates bus stop markers/labels. It currently supports all 60+ bus routes in Metro Manila, the BGC Bus, the revived Love Bus, and the Quezon City Bus Service.

To compare the difference of the current way that stops are outlined and how the template changes things, here are examples of how Rint and RouteBox is normally used:

{{rint|bus|rapid}} {{RouteBox|E|EDSA Busway|#FF0000|white}} Quezon Avenue →  E  Quezon Avenue

{{rint|bus|1}} [[File:BGC Bus Logo.svg|40px|link=BGC Bus]] {{nobold|Market! Market!}} |{{RouteBox|AS02|BGC Bus|#6d6d6d|white}} {{RouteBox|AS10|BGC Bus|#6d6d6d|white}} {{RouteBox|C01|BGC Bus|#884a9d|white}} {{RouteBox|EX02|BGC Bus|#fe0000|white}} {{RouteBox|NR11|BGC Bus|#00ffff|black}} {{RouteBox|WR12|BGC Bus|#000000|white}} → Market! Market!  AS02   AS10   C01   EX02   NR11   WR12 

Now instead of having to copy and paste existing templates from other articles, look up the correct color, and deal with that kind of unmaintainable spaghetti, this template does all of that automatically in a simple way:

{{PUV stop|city|name=Quezon Avenue}} →  1  Quezon Avenue

{{PUV stop|bgc|name=Market! Market!|AS10|C01|EX02|NR11|WR12}} →  AS02   AS10   C01   EX02   NR11   WR12  Market! Market!

This template was inspired by the setup used for Rint, Module:Adjacent stations/Manila MRT, and Module:Adjacent stations/Manila MRT but designed specifically for the Rint + RouteBox bus stop format. The line data is retrieved from the data source at Module:PUV line and formats it in Module:PUV stop.

The second template is {{PUV line}}, a template that directly references Module:PUV line to return the color of each line in that data source. This is meant to be used on the list of bus routes and BGC Bus articles to use a consistent set of colors, like so:

{{PUV line|city|1}} → ed2225


{{PUV line|qc|1}} → fe0000


Hope these templates help! Let me know if you have any feedback. Ganmatthew (talk • contribs) 08:48, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]