If you want to travel with the transmilenio buses, buy a plasticcard for 3. Transmilenio users are saving an average of 223 hours annually, which roughly equates to a 32 percent reduction in travel times. Other lines were added gradually over the next several years, and as of 2019, 8 lines totalling 114. The articulated bus transmilenio is an advanced stateoftheart traffic management system alternative to daily traffic congestion. Thats like putting four baseball bases on the ground, side by side in a square, and telling six people to stand in that area. Jun 30, 2012 bogota is one of the few latin american capital cities that has no metro. In 1988, transportation in bogota was described as. You can go anywhere with this card as long as you stay. The project started in 2000, and it has now become a model for the country, region and the world. Transmilenio is a bus system with dedicated bus lanes which run through bogota. This station opened in 2005 as part of the second line of phase two of transmilenio construction, opening service to. Mapa rutas transmilenio en formato pdf en bogota pda. Figure 1 shos a view of the transmilenio system in w central bogota.
Since the beginning of its operation in 2000, transmilenio has grown to run some 1,300 buses that cover 11 routes and carry almost one third of bogotas total number of. Ruta 1 portal eldorado universidades y viceversa lv 04. Bogota, the transmilenio mass transit system sought to change the way in which. The transmilenio was designed to carry six passengers per square meter. The objective of the project is to establish a safe, efficient, rapid, comfortable and effective modern mass transit system that ensures high levels of passenger transportation 9.
Bogota is one of the few latin american capital cities that has no metro. The following 8 files are in this category, out of 8 total. The transmilenio median busway system was built over a 3year period and placed in revenue service in december 2000. Transmilenio is a bus rapid transit brt system that serves bogota, the capital of colombia, and soacha.
The change was brought by transmilenio, a bus rapid transit system located within the metropolitan area of the city of bogota, colombia. The stations are distributed according to the zones implemented april 29, 2006. Es handelt sich meist um gliederbusse mit zwei bis sogar drei gliedern. In a city where getting from a to b can be stressful, tiring and chaotic, it doesnt help that the sitp and transmilenio system i. This station opened in 2005 as part of the second line of phase two of transmilenio construction, opening service to avenida nqs. The project is a publicprivate partnership ppp, in which responsibilities are distributed between the. This is a complete list of 147 stations of the transmilenio 143 at bogota and 4 at soacha, colombia. Oct 21, 2015 the transmilenio was designed to carry six passengers per square meter. It was implemented in bogota at the beginning of january, 2001.
The system started with 92 articulated buses, which are constructed of two red bus structures connected in the middle by a flexible tube. Tips for transmilenio in bogota bogota message board. Getting around bogota means using the transmilenio, it is cheap and often faster than a taxi. Information about the bus system transmilenio of bogota. After a couple of days travelling around bogota as a complete beginner i thought i would post a few tips ive learnt in that time for others new to. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Movilizate en bogota en transmilenio, consulta las rutas disponibles y planea tu viaje. Bogota, colombia transmilenio is bogota s sustainable mass urban transport system based on a bus rapid transit brt scheme. Transmilenio is a publicprivate system that is designed for operation by private contractors under government oversight. Comparte, navega y encuentra tus lugares favoritos utilizando mapas bogota.