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Rionegro (TransMilenio)
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| Location | Avenida Suba Avenida Suba (Bogotá) Avenida Suba is a major road in northern Bogotá, Colombia, connecting the locality of Suba with the rest of the capital.-Names:Avenida Suba is so named for being the principal vehicular access to the locality of the same name... with Calle 91 |
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| Neighborhood | 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 | April 29, 2006 | ||
The simple station Rionegro 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 northwestern Bogotá, specifically on Avenida SubaAvenida Suba (Bogotá)
Avenida Suba is a major road in northern Bogotá, Colombia, connecting the locality of Suba with the rest of the capital.-Names:Avenida Suba is so named for being the principal vehicular access to the locality of the same name...
with Calle 91.
It serves the Rionegro and La Castellana neighborhoods.
History
In 2006, phase two of the TransMilenio system was completed, including the Avenida SubaAvenida Suba (Bogotá)
Avenida Suba is a major road in northern Bogotá, Colombia, connecting the locality of Suba with the rest of the capital.-Names:Avenida Suba is so named for being the principal vehicular access to the locality of the same name...
line, on which this station is located.
The station is named Rionegro as it is located two blocks from the location where Avendida Suba crosses the Rionegro canal, which runs westerly to the Juan Amarillo river.
The canal runs from the east, running with the Virrey canal through the park of that same name.
The neighborhood located to the west of the station takes the same name.
Main Line Service
| Type | Northern Routes | Southern Routes | Frequency | ||
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| Local | EWLINE |
EWLINE |
Every three minutes | ||
| Express Monday through Saturday All day |
EWLINE |
EWLINE |
Every two minutes |