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| Slogan | “We Take Pride in Our Safe and Courteous Employees” |
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| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | Cubao,Quezon City, Philippines |
| Service area | Ilocos Region, Philippines  |
| Service type | Provincial Operation |
| Fleet | 180+ vehicles (MAN, Hino, Nissan Diesel, Mitsubishi Fuso, Golden Dragon, Mercedes-Benz) |
| Operator | Partas Transportation Co., Inc. |
Partas Transportation Co., Inc. is a bus transportation company in the Philippines. It operates a 24/7 service for passengers and freight (known as "waybill") between Metro Manila and northwest Luzon (the Ilocos corridor), with services also running to Baguio City. It also provides limousine service for stars and rock bands visiting Ilocos Sur.
The word "Partas" is actually "SATRAP" in reverse, since its owner was a former governor. "Partas" also sounds like "Pardas," the Ilocano word for "fast" or "speed."
Starting service in 1992, during a time when Philippine Rabbit and rival Farinas Transit ruled the Ilocos routes; and with millionaire Santiago Rondaris' Times Transit shut down for good due to labor disputes (but was replaced by Dominion Bus Lines), Partas caught attention with state-of-the-art blue-and-white buses powered by Nissan Diesel and MAN. Adding to the flair of the buses is the incorporation of the Roadrunner character from Looney Tunes. The riding public were also satisfied with the comfort and cleanliness of its buses. With the arrival of their newer Hino, Fuso, and Mercedes-Benz buses, livery consisting of plain white with the Roadrunner character or white with red and blue stripes and accents were implemented.
Partas is one of two bus companies in the Ilocos Region to have ever fielded a double-decker bus (the other being Farinas Transportation).
The principal provincial termini are at Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, Vigan City, Ilocos Sur, Bangued City, Abra, Baguio City and San Fernando, La Union.
A limited service operates through the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA), located within the Clark Special Economic Zone in Angeles City, Pampanga, to cater to air passengers heading further north.
In the capital, the main hub is at Cubao, Quezon City, which runs services to all destinations (except for Baguio) and is the only terminal offering services through the DMIA. Services for Baguio (as well as Laoag and Bangued) run from the terminal on EDSA in Pasay City. The newest Metro Manila terminal to open is in the Sampaloc district of Manila City, principally catering for students in Manila's University Belt; services from here run to Laoag and Bangued.
Services also run between Baguio City and Vigan, Laoag and Bangued, splitting from the Manila-bound services at Bauang, La Union just south of San Fernando City.
List of passenger termini
- Metro Manila
- Cubao, Quezon City
- Pasay City
- Sampaloc, City of Manila
- Provincial
- Laoag, Ilocos Norte
- Vigan, Ilocos Sur
- Baguio, Benguet
- Bangued, Abra
- San Fernando, La Union
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