Portal Eldorado (TransMilenio) explained

Portal Eldorado
Style:TransMilenio
Address:Av.Calle 26 with Av.Carrera 86 and Transversal 93
Country:Colombia
Opened:30 June 2012

The Portal Eldorado, inaugurated in 2012, is one of the terminal stations of TransMilenio, the bus rapid transit system of Bogotá, Colombia.

Location

The Portal Eldorado is located in the west of the city, on the Avenue El Dorado between the Avenue Ciudad de Cali and the transverse 93. It has accesses by pedestrian bridges located on These two ways.

It caters directly to the neighborhoods Santa Cecilia, Los Álamos and its surroundings. Nearby are the El Dorado International Airport, the Aloft Bogota Airport hotel, the Movich Buró 26 hotel, the Habiltel hotel, the main headquarters of Carvajal SA, the GlaxoSmithKline headquarters in Colombia, the Hipercentro warehouse Corona Dorado and Connecta business center, headquarters of several multinationals and visa offices for the embassies of Australia and the United States.

Etymology

The Portal receives its name being the head station of the line Calle 26, and being located on the road axis of the same name. The Eldorado Avenue was baptized of this form since for a long time it was believed that the legend of Eldorado had its source in the muiscas rites of the lagoon of Guatavita, located about 40 kilometers from the city.

Story

This station is part of Phase III of the TransMilenio system that began to be built in late 2009 and, after several delays related to corruption cases, began operations on Saturday 30 June 2012.

Current trunk services

Service as of 30 June 2012[1]
Type Northern RoutesSouthern Routes Ending Routes Eastern RouteFrequency
All days
Every FIVE minutes
Express Monday through Saturday
All day
Every two minutes
Express Monday through Friday
All day
Every two minutes
Express Sundays and holidays
Every 3–4 minutes

Feeding services

To each side of the portal are located the stops of the feeder routes, which began to operate also on 30 June 2012 [2]

Platform North (Engativá)

Platform South (Fontibón)

Complementary services

The following complementary route also works:

Circular Routes

From 8 August 2016 a circular route of the SITP enters the portal:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nuevos servicios Fase III. JPG. Transmilenio.gov.co. June 30, 2012. es. dead. https://archive.today/20121129010825/http://www.transmilenio.gov.co/transmihome/Nuevo%20Servicio%20FaseIII%20(volante)22x14.jpg. November 29, 2012.
  2. Web site: TransMilenio Fase III Nuevas rutas alimentadoras. PDF. Transmilenio.gov.co. June 30, 2012. es.