Portal Eldorado (TransMilenio)

The Portal Eldorado, inaugurated in the year 2012, is one of the terminal stations of TransMilenio, the bus rapid transit system of Bogotá, Colombia.

Portal Eldorado

Modelia ◄ K ►
Location Av.Calle 26 with Av.Carrera 86 and Transversal 93
Neighborhood Fontibón and Engativá
Opened June 30, 2012

Location

The Portal Eldorado is located in the west of the city, on the Avenue El Dorado between the Avenue Ciudad de Cali and the transverse 93. It has accesses by pedestrian bridges located on These two ways.

It caters directly to the neighborhoods Santa Cecilia, Los Álamos and its surroundings. Nearby are the El Dorado International Airport, the Aloft Bogota Airport hotel, the Movich Buró 26 hotel, the Habiltel hotel, the main headquarters of Carvajal SA, the GlaxoSmithKline, the Hipercentro warehouse Corona Dorado and Connecta business center, headquarters of several multinationals and visa offices for the embassies of Australia and the United States.

Etymology

The Portal receives its name being the head station of the line Calle 26, and being located on the road axis of the same name. The Eldorado Avenue was baptized of this form since for a long time it was believed that the legend of Eldorado had its source in the muiscas rites of the lagoon of Guatavita, located to About 40 kilometers from the city.

Story

This station is part of Phase III of the TransMilenio system that began to be built in late 2009 and, after several delays related to corruption cases, began operations on Saturday, June 30, 2012.

Current trunk services
Service as of June 30, 2012[1]
Type Northern RoutesSouthern RoutesEnding Routes Eastern RouteFrequency
All days
1
 1 Every FIVE minutes
Express Monday through Saturday
All day		 B16
L10 G43 H54
K10 K16 K43 K54
 Every two minutes
Express Monday through Friday
All day		 B16
K16
 Every two minutes
Express Sundays and holidays
L97
K97
 Every 3–4 minutes

Dual services
Services rendered since May 31, 2014
KindRoutes to the NorthRoutes to the South
Dual Monday to Sunday
all day		M86K86

Feeding services

To each side of the portal are located the stops of the feeder routes, which began to operate also on June 30, 2012 [2]

Platform North (Engativá)
  • 16.1 circular to the neighborhood Tierra Grata.
  • 16.2 circular to the sector of Engativá Center.
  • 16.3 to the sector of Avenida Eldorado - Álamos.
  • 16.4 circular to the El Muelle neighborhood.
  • 16.5 circular to Villa Amalia neighborhood.
  • 16.6 to the La Faena neighborhood.
  • 16.14 to the Eldorado Airport.

Platform South (Fontibón)

  • 16.7 to the La Estancia neighborhood.
  • 16.8 to the free zone sector.
  • 16.9 circular to the sector of Fontibon Center.
  • 16.10 to the Villemar district.
  • 16.13 to the sector of Avenida Cali - Hayuelos.

Complementary services

The following complementary route also works:

  • 16.12 to the neighborhood Belén.

Circular Routes

From the August 8 of 2016 a circular route of the SITP enters the portal:

  • TC06 circular to the El Refugio neighborhood.

References
  1. "Nuevos servicios Fase III". Transmilenio.gov.co (in Spanish). Archived from the original (JPG) on November 29, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
  2. "TransMilenio Fase III Nuevas rutas alimentadoras" (PDF). Transmilenio.gov.co (in Spanish). Retrieved June 30, 2012.
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