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Calle 127 (TransMilenio)
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| Location | Autopista Norte Autopista Norte (Bogotá) Autopista Norte, also called Autopista paseo de los libertadores , is a major road in Bogotá, Colombia, running through the northern part of the city to its southern end at Avenida Caracas.-Names:... with Calle 125 |
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| Neighborhood | Usaquén Usaquén Usaquén is a residential and commercial locality in northern Bogotá, capital of Colombia. Although it is designated on maps as Bogotá's #1 locality, it was a separate municipality of Cundinamarca until 1954, when it was annexed into the city. Today, Usaquén is home of more than 480.000 inhabitants... and Suba Suba (Bogotá) Suba is the 11th locality of the Capital District of the Colombian capital city, Bogotá. Suba is located north of the city, limiting to the north with the municipality of Chía in Cundinamarca Department, to the west with the municipality of Cota, to the east with the locality of Usaquén and to the... |
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| Opened | 2001 | ||
The simple station Calle 127 is part of the TransMilenio
TransMilenio
TransMilenio is a bus rapid transit system that serves Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. The system opened to the public in December 2000, covering Av. Caracas and Calle 80...
mass-transit system of Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, which opened in the year 2000.
Location
The station is located in northern Bogotá, specifically on Autopista NorteAutopista Norte (Bogotá)
Autopista Norte, also called Autopista paseo de los libertadores , is a major road in Bogotá, Colombia, running through the northern part of the city to its southern end at Avenida Caracas.-Names:...
with Calle 125.
It serves the Santa Bárbara Occidental and La Calleja neighborhoods. It is the nearest station to the shopping districts of Avenida Calle 127 (Avenida Rodrigo Lara Bonilla) and Avenida Carrera 19.
Many passengers use this station to go to Unicentro, the second-largest mall in the city.
History
After the opening of the Portal de UsmePortal de Usme (TransMilenio)
Portal de Usme is one of the terminal stations in the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, opened in the year 2000.-Location:...
in early 2001, the Autopista Norte line was opened. This station was added as a northerly expansion of that line, which was completed with the opening of the Portal del Norte
Portal del Norte (TransMilenio)
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:Portal del Norte is located in northern Bogotá, specifically on Autopista Norte with Calle 175....
later that year.
The station is named Calle 127 due to its proximity to that road.
Main Line Service
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| Local | EWLINE |
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Every three minutes | |||||||
| Express Monday through Saturday All day |
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Every two minutes | |||||||
| Express Monday through Saturday Morning rush |
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Every two minutes | ||||||||
| Express Monday through Saturday Evening rush |
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Every two minutes | |||||||
| Express Monday through Saturday Mixed service, rush and non-rush |
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Every two minutes | |||||||
| Express Sunday and holidays | EWLINE |
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Every 3–4 minutes |
See also
- BogotáBogotáBogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
- TransMilenioTransMilenioTransMilenio is a bus rapid transit system that serves Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. The system opened to the public in December 2000, covering Av. Caracas and Calle 80...
- List of TransMilenio Stations