Portal del Tunal (TransMilenio)
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Portal del Tunal
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Parque
Parque (TransMilenio)
The simple station Parque is a part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, opened in the year 2000.-Location:The station is located in southern Bogotá, facing the Parque El Tunal, from which it gets its name...

Location Avenida Boyacá with
Avenida Ciudad de Villavicencio
Neighborhood Tunjuelito
Tunjuelito
Tunjuelito is the 6th locality of the Capital District of the Colombian capital city, Bogotá. Tunjuelito is located to the south of Bogotá, bordering to the north with the localities of Bosa, Kennedy and Puente Aranda, to the east with the localities of Rafael Uribe Uribe and Usme, to the south...

Location 2003

Portal del Tunal is a terminal station 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...

, opened in the year 2000.

Location

Portal del Tunal is located in southern Bogotá, in front of the Parque El Tunal, specifically at the intersection of Avenida Boyacá with Avenida Ciudad de Villavicencio.

History

In 2003, one month after the opening of 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....

, Portal del Tunal was opened as the fourth terminal station in the TransMilenio system.

Main line service

Service as of April 29, 2006
Type Northern Routes Southern Routes Frequency
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
Expresos Sundays y holidays EWLINE
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Every 3–4 minutes


Feeder services

The station has the following connections to feeder routes:
  • Route 6.1 Candelaria loop
  • Route 6.2 San Francisco loop
  • Route 6.3 Sierra Morena loop
  • Route 6.4 Paraiso-Vista Hermosa loop
  • Route 6.5 El Tesoro loop
  • Route 6.6 Juan José Rondón loop
  • Route 6.7 San Joaquín loop
  • Route 6.8 Vista Hermosa loop
  • Route 6.9 Arborizadora Alta loop

Intercity services

Due to its location in the heart of southern Bogotá, the station does not have intercity-bus service.

See also

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • List of TransMilenio Stations
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