Neighborhood Usaquén and Suba Phone +57 320 3962358 | Opened 2001 | |
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Location Autopista Norte with Calle 172/176 Address Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia | ||
Portal del Norte is one of the terminus stations of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, which opened in the year 2000.
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Location
Portal del Norte is located in northern Bogotá, specifically on Autopista Norte with Calle 175.
It serves the La Uribe, Villa del Prado, Nueva Zelandia, and Northwest San Antonio neighborhoods.
History
In late 2001, after the opening of the Portal de Usme, the Portal del Norte was opened as the third terminus in the system.
Nearby there are Éxito and Home Center superstores, as well as a Colsubsidio and a small shopping center called Panama.
In mid-2005, its entire fleet of feeder buses made by Mercedes Benz and operated by Alnorte were renovated to be put into non-TransMilenio service. A new operator, Alnorte Fase 2 began service with new Volkswagen buses that bore the branding of Brazil's Busscar.
Feeder routes
The station has the following feeder routes:
--> one of the stops serves Santafé, the largest shopping center in the country.
--> serves the two largest cemeteries in the city, Jardines del Recuerdo and Jardines de Paz
--> serves the Bima shopping center, where the Camelot theme park is located
--> The western-most stop is a few blocks from the Carrefour supercenter in San José de Bavaria. It will also have a stop by the new Suba megalibrary.
--> Only in rush hour.
--> Only in rush hour
--> Only in rush hour
Inter-city services
Portal del Norte also has inter-city services to Chia, Zipaquirá, Cajicá, Tabio, Tenjo, Gachancipá and Tocancipá.