Portal de Usme is one of the terminal stations in the
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 ...
mass-transit system of
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 larges ...
,
Colombia
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, 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
Dynamite is an explosive made of nitroglycerin, sorbents (such as powdered shells or clay), and Stabilizer (chemistry), stabilizers. It was invented by the Swedish people, Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel in Geesthacht, Northern Germa ...
against the station by disarming six sticks of the explosive.
Station services
Old trunk services
Current trunk services
Feeder routes
The terminal operates the following feeder routes:
* Santa Librada loop
* Chuniza loop
* Alfonso López loop
* Usminia loop
* Danubio loop
* Virrey loop
* Marichuela loop
* Usme-Centro loop
* La Fiscala loop
* Compostela loop
* Nebraska loop
* El Uval loop
Inter-city service
Due to its location near the mountainous south of the city, the station does not have inter-city service.
External links
TransMilenio
See also
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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 larges ...
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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 ...
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List of TransMilenio stations
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TransMilenio
Usme
Usme is the 5th locality of the Capital District of Bogotá, capital city of Colombia. Usme is located in the south of Bogotá, bordering to the north the localities of San Cristóbal, Rafael Uribe Uribe and Tunjuelito, to the west the locali ...
2001 establishments in Colombia