Minuto de Dios (TransMilenio)
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Location | Calle 80 with Carrera 73 A | ||
Neighborhood | Engativá Engativá Engativá, which translates to Chieftain of Inga, was a municipality of Cundinamarca, but became a locality of Bogotá, Colombia when Bogotá was made "Special District" .-Geographical location:... |
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Opened | 2000 | ||
The simple station Minuto de Dios is part of the TransMilenio
TransMilenio
TransMilenio is a bus rapid transit system that serves Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. The system opened to the public in December 2000, covering Av. Caracas and Calle 80...
mass-transit system of Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, opened in the year 2000.
Location
The station is located in northwestern Bogotá, specifically on Calle 80, with Carrera 73 A, two blocks from Avenida Boyacá.It serves the demand of the Palestina and Santa María del Lago neighborhoods.
History
In 2000, phase one of the TransMilenio system was opened between Portal de la 80Portal de la 80 (TransMilenio)
The Portal de la 80 is one of the terminus stations of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, opened in the year 2000.-Location:...
and Tercer Milenio
Tercer Milenio (TransMilenio)
The simple-station Tercer Milenio is part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, opened in the year 2000.-Location:The station is located in downtown Bogotá, specifically at Avenida Caracas and Calle 6.-History:...
, including this station.
The station is named Minuto de Dios due to the neighborhood of the same name in which it is located. That neighborhood, in turn, is named for the Minuto de Dios
Minuto de Dios
Minuto de Dios is a Colombian non-profit spirit organization of Catholic religious origin founded by Rafael García Herreros. In 1950, García Herreros initiated in Colombia a daily, minute-long radio program under the name The Minute of God. The program went on national television in 1955 and as...
foundation, which has a religious center, museum, and university in the area.
Main Line Service
Type | Northern Routes | Southern Routes | Frequency | ||
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Local | EWLINE |
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Every three minutes | ||
Express Monday through Saturday All day |
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Every two minutes | ||
Express Monday through Saturday Morning rush |
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Every two minutes | ||
Express Monday through Saturday Evening rush |
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Every two minutes | |||
Express Sundays and holidays | EWLINE |
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Every 3-4 minutes |