Portal del Norte (TransMilenio) explained

Portal del Norte
Style:TransMilenio
Borough:Usaquén and Suba (Bogotá)
Country:Colombia
Opened:February 2, 2002

Portal del Norte is one of the terminus stations of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, which opened in the year 2000.

Location

Portal del Norte is located in northern Bogotá, specifically on Autopista Norte with Calle 175.

It serves the La Uribe, Villa del Prado, Nueva Zelandia, and Northwest San Antonio neighborhoods.

History

In late 2001, after the opening of the Portal de Usme, the Portal del Norte was opened as the third terminus in the system.

Nearby there are Éxito and Home Center superstores, as well as a Colsubsidio and a small shopping center called Panama.

In mid-2005, its entire fleet of feeder buses made by Mercedes Benz and operated by Alnortewere renovated to be put into non-TransMilenio service. A new operator, Alnorte Fase 2 began servicewith new Volkswagen buses that bore the branding of Brazil's Busscar.

Station services

Old trunk services

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

Main line service

Services since April the 29th 2006
Type Northwards Southwards Frequency
Local
Every three minutes
Express Monday through Saturday
All day
Every two minutes
Express Monday through Saturday
Morning rush
Every two minutes
Express Monday through Friday
Morning rush
Every two minutes
Express Saturday
Morning Rush
Every two minutes
Express Monday through Saturday
Mixed service, rush and non-rush
Every two minutes
Express Monday through Friday
Mixed service, rush and non-rush
Every two minutes
Express Sunday and holidays
Every 3–4 minutes
Feeder/Inter-cityEvery five minutes

Feeding services

The following feeder routes also work:

Inter-city services

Portal del Norte also has inter-city services toChia, Zipaquirá, Cajicá, Tabio, Tenjo, Gachancipá and Tocancipá.

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See also