Portal de Usme (TransMilenio)

Portal de Usme
Molinos
Location Avenida Caracas with Calle 63 sur
Neighborhood Usme
Opened 2001

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

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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

Main line service

Service as of April 29, 2006
Type Northern Routes Southern Routes Frequency
Express Monday through Saturday
All day
C17
D20
H17
H20
Every two minutes
Express Monday through Saturday
Morning rush
C50
D51
H50
H51
Every two minutes
Express Monday through Saturday
Evening rush
B60
D60
H61
Every two minutes
Express Monday through Saturday
Mixed service, rush and non-rush
B70
B72
B73
H70
H74
Every two minutes
Express Sundays and holidays
B92
H92
Every 3–4 minutes

Feeder routes

Así mismo funcionan las siguientes rutas alimentadoras:

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