Portal 20 de Julio (TransMilenio)

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Portal 20 de Julio
General information
LocationCarrera 5A with Calle 31 Sur
San Cristóbal
Coordinates4°33′54″N 74°05′49″W / 4.56500°N 74.09694°W / 4.56500; -74.09694
Line(s)Carrera Décima
Platforms1
History
OpenedSeptember 15, 2012
Services
Preceding station TransMilenio Following station
Country Sur
towards San Diego
L Terminus

The Portal 20 de Julio is one of the terminal or head stations that are part of TransMilenio, the bus rapid mass transit system of Bogotá. It is located in the southeast of the city, on Carrera 5A between 30A Sur and 32 Sur streets. There is also a pedestrian entrance on Calle 31 Sur. It is the end of the Carrera Décima [es] line.

Surroundings[edit]

It serves the Suramérica, Veinte de Julio, San Isidro, Villa de los Alpes I, and Bello Horizonte districts and surrounding areas. Nearby are Serafina Park, the South American and Florentino Gonzalez schools, Santuario del Niño Jesús del Veinte de Julio and the SuperCADE 20 de Julio.

History[edit]

This station is part of the Transmilenio Phase III that began to be built at the end of 2009 and was opened in 2012. It was developed at a site where the Moore pipe factory operated.

The station has two platforms for buses, an access building, an administrative building and a fairground where the street vendors of the sector of 20 de Julio were to be relocated, and which consists of a basement, two floors and a small square. In addition, a garage was built to house up to 56 articulated buses and 126 bi-articulated buses and a bicycle rack with capacity for 256 bicycles.

Station services[edit]

Main services[edit]

Services rendered from September 15, 2012[1]
Type Routes to the West Routes to the North
Local 2
Express Monday to Saturday
All day
K10 B18
Express Sundays and holidays K97
Routes that finish in the station
Local 2
Expresos Monday to Saturday all day L10 L18
Expresos Sundays and holidays L97

Dual Service[edit]

Services rendered from September 15, 2012
Type Routes to the North Routes to the South
Dual every day
All day
M82 L82

Feeder Routes[edit]

On November 17, 2012, the operation of feeder routes to this station began:

  • 13.6 Juan Rey loop
  • 13.7 Península loop
  • 13.8 Altamira loop
  • 13.9 Tihuaque loop
  • 13.10 Villa del Cerro loop
  • 13.12 Los Libertadores loop
  • 13.13 Resurrección loop

References[edit]

  1. ^ "New services Phase III". TransMilenio. November 29, 2012. Archived from the original on November 29, 2012.

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