Américas Carrera 53 A (TransMilenio)
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Américas - Carrera 53 A
EWLINE
Puente Aranda
Puente Aranda (TransMilenio)
The simple station Puente Aranda, is part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, which opened in the year 2000.-Location:...

Pradera
Pradera (TransMilenio)
The simple station Pradera is part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, which opened in the year 2000.-Location:The station is located in the industrial sector of the city, specifically on Avenida de Las Américas with Carrera 65....

Location Avenida de Las Américas
with Carrera 53 A
Neighborhood Puente Aranda
Puente Aranda
Puente Aranda is the 16th location of the Capital District of the Colombian capital city, Bogotá. It is located in the midwest within the city and was named after an old bridge in the hacienda of Juan Aranda over the "Chinúa River" now called the San Francisco Creek that dates from the 16th...

Opened December of 2003

The simple station Américas - Carrera 53 A 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 the industrial zone of Bogotá, specifically on Avenida de Las Américas with Carrera 53 A.

It serves the Salazar Gómez, San Rafael, and Puente Aranda neighborhoods.

History

In 2003, the Las Américas line was extended from this station to Transversal 86
Transversal 86 (TransMilenio)
The simple station Transversal 86 is part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, which opened in the year 2000.-Location:The station is located in southwestern Bogotá, specifically on Avenida de Las Américas with transversal 86...

.

The station is named Américas - Carrera 53 A due to its location at that intersection.

Main Line Service

Service as of April 29, 2006
Type Northern Routes Southern Routes Frequency
Corriente EWLINE
EWLINE
Cada 3 minutos en promedio
Express Sundays and holidays
all day
EWLINE
EWLINE
Cada 2 minutos en promedio

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