General Santander (TransMilenio)

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General Santander

NQS Calle 38 A Sur

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Alquería

Location

Troncal NQS with Carrera 42

Localidad

Antonio Nariño, Puente Aranda and Rafael Uribe Uribe

Inauguración

2005

The simple station General Santander is part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, opened in the year 2000.

1 Location
2 History
3 Station Services
4 External links
5 See also

[edit] Location

The station is located in southern Bogotá, specifically on Avenida NQS south of the Avenida Batallón Caldas bridge.

[edit] History

In October of 2005, phase two of the TransMilenio opend from Calle 92 with Autopista Norte to General Santader.

The station receives its name due to the proximity of the police school located a few blocks away.

The station is the only one in the system located in three localities of Bogotá. The supports for the pedestrian bridge on the north side is situated in Puente Aranda, while the supports for the southern bridge are located in Rafael Uribe Uribe. The transfer point for the future feeder routes is located in Antonio Nariño.

[edit] Station Services

This article or section contains information about a planned or expected future railway station.
It may contain information of a speculative nature and the content may change dramatically as the construction and/or completion of the railway station approaches, and more information becomes available.

In 2006, this station will begin functioning as an intermediate station, serving bothmain-line busses and feeder routes.

[edit] Main Line Service

**Service as of April 29, 2006**
Type	Northern Routes	Southern Routes	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 Saturday Evening rush			Every two minutes
Express Sunday and holidays			Every 3-4 minutes