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Portal de Suba (TransMilenio)
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| Location | Avenida Suba Avenida Suba (Bogotá) Avenida Suba is a major road in northern Bogotá, Colombia, connecting the locality of Suba with the rest of the capital.-Names:Avenida Suba is so named for being the principal vehicular access to the locality of the same name... with Avenida Ciudad de Cali |
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| Neighborhood | Suba Suba (Bogotá) Suba is the 11th locality of the Capital District of the Colombian capital city, Bogotá. Suba is located north of the city, limiting to the north with the municipality of Chía in Cundinamarca Department, to the west with the municipality of Cota, to the east with the locality of Usaquén and to the... |
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| Opened | April 29, 2006 | ||
El Portal de Suba is one of the terminus stations 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...
, which opened in the year 2000.
Location
Portal de Suba is located in northwestern Bogotá, specifically on Avenida SubaAvenida Suba (Bogotá)
Avenida Suba is a major road in northern Bogotá, Colombia, connecting the locality of Suba with the rest of the capital.-Names:Avenida Suba is so named for being the principal vehicular access to the locality of the same name...
with Avenida Ciudad de Cali.
History
The station opened April 29, 2006 after several months of construction delays on the line. The largest delay was in the construction of the underpass at the intersection of Avenida Suba with NQSNorte-Quito-Sur
Avenida Norte-Quito-Sur or NQS is an arterial road in Bogotá, Colombia that crosses the city from northeast to southwest.The avenue is formed from the union of three old avenues, Avenida Ciudad de Quito, Avenida Novena, and Autopista Sur.-The names:...
and Calle 80.
It is one of the two termini
Terminal Station
Terminal Station is a 1953 film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of the love affair between an Italian man and an American woman. The film was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.-Production:...
that serve the locality of Suba (the other being the Portal del Norte
Portal del Norte (TransMilenio)
Portal del Norte is one of the terminus stations of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, which opened in the year 2000.-Location:Portal del Norte is located in northern Bogotá, specifically on Autopista Norte with Calle 175....
).
Nearby is the Imperial shopping center, with its anchor Carrefour
Carrefour
Carrefour S.A. is an international hypermarket chain headquartered in Levallois-Perret, France. It is one of the largest hypermarket chains in the world...
and the Éxito of Suba.
Main line service
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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 Monday through Saturday Off-peak |
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Every two minutes | ||||||||||
| Express Sundays and holidays | EWLINE |
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Every 3–4 minutes |
Feeder routes
The station has the following feeder routes:- Route 11.1 Avenida Suba loop
- Route 11.2 San Andrés loop
- Route 11.3 Villamaría loop
- Route 11.4 Aures loop
- Route 11.5 Avenida Cali loop
- Route 11.6 Las Mercedes loop
- Route 11.7 Pinar loop
- Route 11.8 La Gaitana loop
- Route 11.9 Lisboa loop
- Route 11.10 Bilbao loop
See also
- BogotáBogotáBogotá, 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...
- TransMilenioTransMilenioTransMilenio 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...
- List of TransMilenio Stations