Concejo de Bogotá (TransMilenio)

Concejo de Bogotá is a station that is part of the mass transit system TransMilenio.

Concejo de Bogotá
General information
LocationAv.Calle 26 with Av.Carrera 30
Teusaquillo, Bogotá
Colombia
History
OpenedSeptember 29, 2012
Services
Preceding station TransMilenio Following station
Centro Memoria
towards Universidades
 K Ciudad Universitaria
towards Portal Eldorado

Location

It is located on the Avenue El Dorado between the 37th and the Avenida NQS. It is accessed through a pedestrian bridge located on NQS Avenue.

Serves the demand of the neighborhoods the Soledad, the Americas, Great America and its surroundings.

Nearby are the District Administrative Center (CAD), SupeCADE CAD and the Bogota Council.

Etymology

The station receives its name because it is located near the establishment of the council of Bogotá, it is also next to the Plaza de la Democracia, located east of the station to which it is located in the depression that passes along 26th Street below the Avenue of the Americas. Before 2010, 26th Street passed through a bridge that was demolished to make way for the plaza and the depressed.

In this area of public space is located the monument Ala Solar of the Venezuelan Alejandro Otero.

From September 2018, it was renamed the Concejo de Bogotá.

History

This station is part of Phase III of TransMilenio, which began to be built in late 2009 and, after several delays related to corruption cases, was delivered in mid-2012.

Current Trunk Services
Service as of June 30, 2012[1]
Type Northern RouteSouthern RoutesWestern Routes Eastern RouteFrequency
All days
3
1 3
 1 Every FIVE minutes
Express Monday through Saturday
All day		 B23 H54
K23 K54
 Every two minutes

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

See also

References
  1. "Nuevo Servicio FaseIII (Volante)22x14.JPG (2598x1654 pixels)". Archived from the original on 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2012-11-10. Nuevos servicios Fase III: Web oficial de TransMilenio. Retrieved June 30, 2012. (in Spanish)


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