EDSA Carousel Bus Operates 24/7, Free During Certain Hours

The EDSA Carousel Bus operates for 24 hours, and for free within a 19-hour window, the Department of Transportation said Wednesday.

The Libreng Sakay is available from 4 a.m. to 11 p.m. only under the service contracting program of the Department of Transportation where drivers are compensated based on operating hours and distance traveled.

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Outside these hours, operators and drivers may collect fare from passengers to help them weather fuel price hikes, the DOTr said.

Passengers may ride a bus at any of EDSA Busway's 17 stations:

Median:

• Monumento
• Bagong Barrio
• Balintawak
• Kaingin
• Roosevelt
• North Avenue
• Quezon Avenue
• Nepa Q. Mart
• Main Avenue
• Santolan
• Ortigas
• Guadalupe
• Buendia

Curbside:

• Ayala
• Taft
• MOA
• Macapagal

Terminal:

• PITX

For passengers' ease of access, the DOTr also plans to open 11 more busway stations:

• Tramo
• Taft (median)
• Roxas Boulevard
• Magallanes
• Ormoc
• Kamuning/NIA
• Cubao
• Connecticut
• Greenfields
• Estrella
• Ayala (median)