Portal de Usme (TransMilenio) explained

Portal de Usme
Address:Avenida Caracas with Calle 63 sur
Borough:Usme neighborhood
Line:Caracas Sur - Usme
Platforms:2
Opened:August 6, 2001

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

Location

Portal de Usme is located in the extreme south of Bogotá, specifically on Avenida Caracas 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 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

Old trunk services

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

Current trunk services

Service as of April 29, 2006
Type Northern Routes Western Route
Local
Express Every day
All Day
Express Monday through Saturday
All day
Express Monday through Friday
Morning rush
Ending routes
Local
Express Every day
All Day
Express Monday through Saturday
All day

Feeder routes

The terminal operates the following feeder routes:

Inter-city service

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