Santa Lucía (TransMilenio)

Santa Lucía
Calle 40 Sur Socorro
Biblioteca
Location Avenida Caracas
with Calle 45B Sur and Diagonal 46 Sur
Neighborhood Rafael Uribe Uribe and Tunjuelito
Opened 2000

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

Location

The station is located in southern Bogotá, specifically on Avenida Caracas with Calle 45B Sur and Diagonal 46 Sur.

It serves the Ciudad Tunal and Claret neighborhoods.

History

At the beginning of 2001, the second phase of the Caracas line of the system was opened from Tercer Milenio to the intermediate station Calle 40 Sur. A few months later, service was extended south to Portal de Usme.

The station is named Santa Lucía for the neighborhood of the same name located to the west of the station.

On January 6, 2003, an incendiary device exploded near this station. In 2004, three people were injured by shrapnel from a bomb that exploded on a bus that was on the route with Caracas at Calle 47 Sur, one block from the station.

Station services

Main line service

Service as of April 29, 2006
Type Northern Routes Southern Routes Frequency
Local
D3
C4
H3
H4
Every three minutes
Express Monday through Saturday
All day
C17
D20
D21
H17
H20
H21
Every two minutes
Express Monday through Saturday
Morning rush
B53
H51
Every two minutes
Express Monday through Saturday
Evening rush
B60
Every two minutes
Express Sundays and holidays
B92
B93
H92
H93
Every 3–4 minutes

Feeder routes

This station has no connections to feeder routes.

Inter-city service

This station does not have inter-city service.

See also