Portal de Usme (TransMilenio)

Portal de Usme is one of the terminal stations in the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, opened in the year 2000.

Portal de Usme
General information
LocationAvenida Caracas with Calle 63 sur
Usme neighborhood
Line(s)Caracas Sur - Usme
Platforms2
History
OpenedAugust 6, 2001
Services
Preceding station TransMilenio Following station
Molinos H Terminus

Location

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Portal de Usme is located in the extreme south of Bogotá, specifically on Avenida Caracas south of the La Picota national penitentiary.

History

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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 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 against the station by disarming six sticks of the explosive.

Station services

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Old trunk services

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Services rendered until April 29, 2006
Kind Routes Frequency
Current   Every 3 minutes on average
Express         Every 2 minutes on average
Express Dominical   Every 3 or 4 minutes on average

Current trunk services

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Service as of April 29, 2006
Type Northern Routes Western Route
Local
3
Express Every day
All Day
B75
Express Monday through Saturday
All day
D20 B72 C17
K54
Express Monday through Friday
Morning rush
D51
Ending routes
Local 3
Express Every day
All Day
H75
Express Monday through Saturday
All day
H20 H54 H72 H17

Feeder routes

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The terminal operates the following feeder routes:

  • 3-2 Santa Librada loop
  • 3-3 Chuniza loop
  • 3-4 Alfonso López loop
  • 3-5 Usminia loop
  • 3-6 Danubio loop
  • 3-8 Virrey loop
  • 3-9 Marichuela loop
  • 3-10 Usme-Centro loop
  • 3-11 La Fiscala loop
  • 3-12 Compostela loop
  • 3-13 Nebraska loop
  • 3-14 El Uval loop

Inter-city service

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Due to its location near the mountainous south of the city, the station does not have inter-city service.

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See also

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