Ricaurte (TransMilenio)

Ricaurte
Ricaurte
General information
Location	Troncal Calle 13 between Carreras 27 and 29 and Avenida NQS between Calles 9 and 12.; Los Mártires; Colombia
History
Opened	August 2003
Services

The transfer station Ricaurte is part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, opened in the year 2000.

Location edit

The station is located near downtown Bogotá, specifically at the intersection of Calle 13 with Carrera 27, right before the Carrera 30 bridge.

History edit

The station was opened in 2003 during the opening of the Américas-Calle 13 line. At the end of that same year, one side of the station was closed for the construction of a tunnel connection to the median of Avenida NQS. That portion was opened in 2005

The station has three entrances: at the traffic light on Avenida Calle 13 with Carrera 27, by the pedestrian bridge located on Avenida NQS with Calle 10, and through the building on the plaza located at the intersection of NQS with Calle 13.

The station is named Ricaurte due to the proximity of the neighborhood with the same name.

It is one of the two stations in the entire system that is part of more than one zone: zones Américas and NQS Central.

Station Services edit

Old trunk services edit

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

Main line service edit

Service as of April 29, 2006
Type	Routes to the North	Routes to the East	Routes to the South	Routes to the West
Avenida NQS wagons
Local	4 7		4 7
Express Every Day All day	B12 D22		G43	K43
Express Monday to Saturday All day	B11		G11
Express Monday to Friday All day	C30		C30
Express Saturday from 5:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.	C30		C30
Avenida Calle 13 wagons
Local		5		5
Express Every Day All day	B14 C19	J23		F14 F19 F23
Express Monday to Saturday All day		M51		F51