page_title: South Luzon Expressway
section_title: Service areas
hierarchical_section_title: South Luzon Expressway / Services / Service areas
caption_attribution_description: English: Caltex Service Area near Total Service Station, KM 40, Barangay Malitlit, SLEX, Sta Rosa, Laguna, Philippines - [1][2] -- South Luzon Expressway[3] The South Luzon Expressway (SLE or SLEx), which is formerly called the South Superhighway (SSH), and officially known as Radial Road 3 or R-3, is a network of two expressways that connects Metro Manila to the provinces of the CALABARZON region in the Philippines. The first expressway is the Metro Manila Skyway System, operated jointly by the Skyway Operation and Management Corporation (SomCo) and Citra Metro Manila Tollways Corporation (CMMTC). The second expressway, the South Luzon Tollway or Alabang-Calamba-Sto.Tomas Expressway (ACTEX), is jointly operated by the South Luzon Tollway Corporation. Santa Rosa City [4]
context_page_description: The South Luzon Expressway, formerly known as the South Superhighway, Manila South Diversion Road, and Manila South Expressway, is a network of two expressways that connects Metro Manila to the provinces of the Calabarzon region in the Philippines. The first expressway is the Skyway, operated jointly by the Skyway Operation and Management Corporation and Citra Metro Manila Tollways Corporation. The second expressway, the South Luzon Tollway or Alabang–Calamba–Santo Tomas Expressway, is jointly operated by the South Luzon Tollway Corporation, a joint venture of the Philippine National Construction Corporation and the San Miguel Corporation-backed PT Citra Marga Nusaphala Persada Tbk group of Indonesia via the Manila Toll Expressway Systems, Inc.
  The expressway is a component of Expressway 2 of the Philippine expressway network and Radial Road 3 of Manila's arterial road network.
context_section_description: The South Luzon Expressway currently has 8 service areas, with 4 on each direction. Most of the service areas occupy large land areas and have restaurants and retail space, with the exception of two service areas between Cabuyao and Silangan Exits, which are simply Petron gas stations, both opened in 2016, with no other shops other than a San Mig Food Ave convenience store and car repair services. The service areas also provide ETC reloading for Autosweep RFID users.
caption: Caltex service area in Mamplasan, Biñan, Laguna
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