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Venecia (TransMilenio)
The simple station Venecia 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 Autopista Sur with Carrera 54A. It serves the Venecia and Fatima neighborhoods. History This station was opened April 15, 2006 as part of the section between the stations General Santander and Portal del Sur of the NQS line. The station is named Venecia due to the neighborhood of the same name that lies to the south. Station Services Old trunk services Main line service Feeder routes This station does not have connections to feeder routes. Inter-city service This station does not have inter-city service. External links Opening of the line from eltiempo.com{Dead link, date=July 2018 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes See also *Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunjuelito
Tunjuelito is the 6th locality of the Capital District of the Colombian capital, Bogotá. Tunjuelito is located in the south of Bogotá, bordering to the north with the localities of Bosa, Kennedy and Puente Aranda, to the east with the localities of Rafael Uribe Uribe and Usme, to the south with Usme and to the west with Ciudad Bolívar. This district is mostly inhabited by working and lower class residents. Etymology The locality is named Tunjuelito as a diminutive form of ''tunjo'', the votive figures of the indigenous Muisca. Points of interest The locality hosts Parque El Tunal and the Biblioteca El Tunal, part of Biblored's network of libraries. Neighborhoods Tunjuelito, El Tunal, San Benito, San Vicente Ferrer, Fátima, El Carmen, San Carlos, Muzú, Venecia, Isla del Sol and La Sevillana. Transportation The main entrance to Tunjuelito is through the Avenida Caracas and the Avenida Ciudad de Villavicencio, which is also served by a TransMilenio TransMi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogotá
Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the largest cities in the world. The city is administered as the Capital District, as well as the capital of, though not part of, the surrounding department of Cundinamarca. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia. It is the political, economic, administrative, and industrial center of the country. Bogotá was founded as the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada on 6 August 1538 by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada after a harsh expedition into the Andes conquering the Muisca, the indigenous inhabitants of the Altiplano. Santafé (its name after 1540) became the seat of the government of the Spanish Royal Audiencia of the New Kingdom of Granada (cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TransMilenio
TransMilenio is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system that serves Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, and Soacha. The system opened to the public in December 2000, covering Avenida Caracas, Caracas Avenue and 80 street. Other lines were added gradually over the next several years, and as of 2022, 12 lines totalling run throughout the city. It is part of the city's Integrated Public Transport System (Bogotá), Integrated Public Transport System (''Sistema Integrado de Transporte Público'' [SITP] in Spanish), along with the urban, complementary and special bus services operating on neighbourhoods and main streets. It was inspired by Curitiba's ''Rede Integrada de Transporte'' (Integrated Transportation Network). TransMilenio consists of several interconnected BRT lines, with raised floor stations in the center of a main avenue, or "''troncal''". Passengers typically reach the stations via a bridge over the street. Usually four lanes down the center of the street are dedicated to bus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest. Colombia is divided into 32 departments and the Capital District of Bogotá, the country's largest city. It covers an area of 1,141,748 square kilometers (440,831 sq mi), and has a population of 52 million. Colombia's cultural heritage—including language, religion, cuisine, and art—reflects its history as a Spanish colony, fusing cultural elements brought by immigration from Europe and the Middle East, with those brought by enslaved Africans, as well as with those of the various Amerindian civilizations that predate colonization. Spanish is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autopista Sur (Bogotá)
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General Santander (TransMilenio)
The intermediate station General Santander 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 NQS south of the Avenida Batallón Caldas bridge. History In October 2005, phase two of the TransMilenio opened from Calle 92 with Autopista Norte to General Santander. 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 are located in Puente Aranda, while the supports for the southern bridge are located in Rafael Uribe Uribe. The transfer point for the feeder routes is located in Antonio Nariño. Station Services In 2006, began functioning as an intermediate station, serving both main-line buses and feeder routes. Old trunk services Main line service Feeder routes The st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portal Del Sur (TransMilenio)
Portal del Sur is one of the terminus stations of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, which opened in the year 2000. Location The Portal del Sur is located in the south of the city, more specifically on Autopista Sur where it meets the cemetery ''Jardines del Apogeo'' (carrera 72D). History The inauguration of the head station was made on April 15, 2006, although public space works and some mixed lanes continued until June of the same year. The portal has a cycling service for users. Beginning in September 2013, "TuLlave" travel cards work in the Portal del Sur, after months of discussions on how to start integrating the cards used in all phases of TransMilenio. Station services Old trunk services Main line service Feeder Routes The station receives the following feeder routes: * Avenida Bosa loop * Bosa Centro loop * Albán Carbonell loop * Bosa Laureles loop * Terminal Sur loop * Perdomo loop * Olarte - Timiza loop Special Services The fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norte-Quito-Sur
Avenida Norte-Quito-Sur or NQS is an arterial road in Bogotá, Colombia that crosses the city from northeast to southwest. The avenue is formed from the union of three old avenues, Avenida Ciudad de Quito, Avenida Novena, and Autopista Sur. Etymology The complete name of the road, from its end on Calle 170 until the entrance to the municipality of Soacha is ''Avenida Norte-Quito-Sur''. Along the route of these three roads, it also is known by four other names: ''Avenida Carrera Novena'', ''Carrera 30'', ''Avenida Calle 57 Sur'', and ''Troncal NQS''. Route NQS is divided into three distinct stretches, with three different names: * ''Avenida Novena'' runs through the Usaquén neighborhood in north Bogotá from north to south, parallel to the railway that joins Bogotá with the Sabana Central and Boyacá, from Calle 153. This route was lengthened to join with Carrera 30 at Calle 92, forming the northerly stretch of NQS * ''Avenida Ciudad de Quito'', also called ''Carrera 30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
