Portal de las Américas is a terminus station of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, which opened in the year 2000.
Portal de las Américas | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Avenida Ciudad de Cali with Avenida Ciudad de Villavicencio Kennedy | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Américas | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | December 21, 2003 | ||||||||||
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Location
editPortal de las Américas is located in southwestern Bogotá, specifically on Avenida Ciudad de Cali with Avenida Ciudad de Villavicencio. It is also known for its many ghost sightings
History
editIn December 2003, this station was opened before work was even finished on the line running along the Avenida Ciudad de Cali. It was the fifth terminus of the system to be opened.
At first, only red buses of the size of the feeder buses were used at this station. They bore signs reading P.A. or PORTAL AMÉRICAS but did not have a formal route number. In May 2004, after the Biblioteca Tintal and Patio Bonito stations were opened, the station began normal operations on one of its three platforms.
Station services
editOld trunk services
edit| Kind | Routes | Frequency |
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| Current |  |
Every 3 minutes on average |
| Express |   |
Every 2 minutes on average |
| Super Express |     |
Every 2 minutes on average |
| Express Dominical |  |
Every 3 or 4 minutes on average |
Main line service
edit| Type | Northern routes | |||
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| Local |
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| Express Every Day All day |
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| Express Monday through Saturday All day |
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| Express Monday through Friday Morning rush |
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| Express Monday through Friday Mixed service, morning and evening rush |
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| Ending Routes | ||||
| Local |
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| Express Every Day All day |
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| Express Monday through Saturday All day |
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| Express Monday through Saturday Evening rush |
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| Express Monday through Friday Mixed service, morning and evening rush |
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Feeder routes
editThe following feeder routes serve this station:
- 9.1 Casablanca loop
- 9.2 Metrovivienda loop
- 9.3 Bosa La Libertad loop
- 9.4 Patio Bonito loop
- 9.5 Avenida Tintal loop
- 9.6 Avenida Villavicencio loop
- 9.7 Bosa la Independencia loop
- 9.8 Porvenir loop
- 9.9 Bosa-Santafé loop
- 9.10 Roma loop
- 9.11 Franja Seca loop
Inter-city service
editDespite having three platforms, the Portal de las Américas does not have inter-city buses because it is located in a populous area in the southwest of the city, far from any routes leaving town.