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
Main line service
Service as of April 29, 2006
| Type |
Northern Routes |
Southern Routes |
Frequency |
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 Monday through Saturday
Mixed service, rush and non-rush |
|
|
Every two minutes |
| Express Sundays and holidays |
|
|
Every 3–4 minutes |
Feeder routes
Así mismo funcionan las siguientes rutas alimentadoras:
- Route 3.1 La Aurora loop
- Route 3.2 Santa Librada loop
- Route 3.3 Chuniza loop
- Route 3.4 Alfonso López loop
- Route 3.5 Usminia loop
- Route 3.6 Danubio loop
- Route 3.7 Avenida Caracas loop
- Route 3.8 Virrey loop
- Route 3.9 Marichuela loop
- Route 3.10 Usme-Centro loop
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
