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Portal de Usme (TransMilenio)
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| Location | Avenida Caracas Avenida Caracas (Bogotá) Avenida Caracas, sometimes called Carrera 14, is an arterial road in Bogotá, Colombia that runs through the city from north to south.-Names:... with Calle 63 sur |
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| Neighborhood | Usme Usme Usme is the 5th locality of the Capital District of Bogotá, capital city of Colombia. Usme is located in the southwestern part of Bogotá limiting to the north with the localities of San Cristóbal, Rafael Uribe Uribe and Tunjuelito, to the west with the locality of Ciudad Bolívar, to the south with... |
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| Opened | 2001 | ||
Portal de Usme is one of the terminal stations in 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
Portal de Usme is located in the extreme south of Bogotá, specifically on Avenida CaracasAvenida Caracas (Bogotá)
Avenida Caracas, sometimes called Carrera 14, is an arterial road in Bogotá, Colombia that runs through the city from north to south.-Names:...
south of the La Picota national penitentiary.
History
In 2001, a few months after the opening of the system, the Portal de Usme was opened as the second terminal station in the system.After a lawsuit from a passenger complaining of lack of handicapped access
Accessibility
Accessibility is a general term used to describe the degree to which a product, device, service, or environment is available to as many people as possible. Accessibility can be viewed as the "ability to access" and benefit from some system or entity...
on the feeder routes at the station, the fleet of feeder buses was renovated to accommodate this service in 2005.
On February 2, 2002, police thwarted an attempt to use dynamite
Dynamite
Dynamite is an explosive material based on nitroglycerin, initially using diatomaceous earth , or another absorbent substance such as powdered shells, clay, sawdust, or wood pulp. Dynamites using organic materials such as sawdust are less stable and such use has been generally discontinued...
against the station by disarming six sticks of the explosive.
Main line service
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| 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 Mixed service, rush and non-rush |
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Every two minutes | |||||
| Express Sundays and holidays | EWLINE |
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Every 3–4 minutes |
Feeder routes
Así mismo funcionan las siguientes rutas alimentadoras:- Route 3.1 La Aurora loop
- Route 3.2 Santa Librada loop
- Route 3.3 Chuniza loop
- Route 3.4 Alfonso López loop
- Route 3.5 Usminia loop
- Route 3.6 Danubio loop
- Route 3.7 Avenida CaracasAvenida Caracas (Bogotá)Avenida Caracas, sometimes called Carrera 14, is an arterial road in Bogotá, Colombia that runs through the city from north to south.-Names:...
loop - Route 3.8 Virrey loop
- Route 3.9 Marichuela loop
- Route 3.10 Usme-Centro loop
Inter-city service
Due to its location near the mountainous south of the city, the station does not have inter-city service.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