Portal del Norte (TransMilenio)

Portal del Norte
Toberín
Location Autopista Norte with Calle 172/176
Neighborhood Usaquén and Suba
Opened 2001

Portal del Norte is one of the terminus stations of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, which opened in the year 2000.

Location

Rush hour on the TransMilenio BRT system at Portal Norte, Bogotá, Colombia. A marshall tries to clear the offside lane while buses queue out of sight.

Portal del Norte is located in northern Bogotá, specifically on Autopista Norte with Calle 175.

It serves the La Uribe, Villa del Prado, Nueva Zelandia, and Northwest San Antonio neighborhoods.

History

In late 2001, after the opening of the Portal de Usme, the Portal del Norte was opened as the third terminus in the system.

Nearby there are Éxito and Home Center superstores, as well as a Colsubsidio and a small shopping center called Panama.

In mid-2005, its entire fleet of feeder buses made by Mercedes Benz and operated by Alnorte were renovated to be put into non-TransMilenio service. A new operator, Alnorte Fase 2 began service with new Volkswagen buses that bore the branding of Brazil's Busscar.

Station services

Main line service

Services since April the 29th 2006
Type Northwards Southwards Frequency
Local
B1
B5
F1
G5
Every three minutes
Express Monday through Saturday
All day
B10
B11
B12
B13
B14
B27
D10
F14
F28
G11
G12
H13
H27
J70
J72
Every two minutes
Express Monday through Saturday
Morning rush
B50
B51
B52
B53
B54
H51
H52
H60
H61
Every two minutes
Express Monday through Saturday
Evening rush
B60
B61
B62
C61
H60
F61
G61
H61
Every two minutes
Express Monday through Saturday
Mixed service, rush and non-rush
B71
B72
B73
B74
J70
H70
J72
H74
Every two minutes
Express Sunday and holidays
B90
B92
B93
B94
G90
H92
H93
D94
Every 3–4 minutes
Feeder/Inter-city Every five minutes

Feeder routes

The station has the following feeder routes:

--> one of the stops serves Santafé, the largest shopping center in the country.

--> serves the two largest cemeteries in the city, Jardines del Recuerdo and Jardines de Paz

--> serves the Bima shopping center, where the Camelot theme park is located

--> The western-most stop is a few blocks from the Carrefour supercenter in San José de Bavaria. It will also have a stop by the new Suba megalibrary.

--> Only in rush hour.

--> Only in rush hour

--> Only in rush hour

Inter-city services

Portal del Norte also has inter-city services to Chia, Zipaquirá, Cajicá, Tabio, Tenjo, Gachancipá and Tocancipá.

External links

See also

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