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Banderas (TransMilenio)

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Banderas
General information
LocationKennedy (Bogotá)
Colombia
History
Opened2003
Services
Preceding station TransMilenio Following station
Mandalay F Transversal 86

The intermediate station Banderas is part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, which opened in the year 2000.

Location

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The station is located in southwestern Bogotá, specifically on Avenida de Las Américas with Carrera 75 and 78H, near the Monumento a las Banderas (Monument to the Flags).

Origin of the name

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The station receives its name from the Monument to the Flags (In Spanish, Monumento a las Banderas), built in 1948.

History

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In the year 2003 the Transmilenio trunk of the Americas was inaugurated from the station Americas Carrera 53 A (nowadays known as Distrito Grafiti), until the station Transversal 86 (TransMilenio), which includes the Banderas station. When it was first opened, this station had no feeding services, however, by early 2004, these were implemented.

This station has a large cycloparqueadero (an infrastructure designed to park bicycles), being also the first station of the system that counted on this service.

It is one of the most known stations of the system and, due to its large size, it has a portal-like appearance (portals are the name of most terminus stations in the Transmilenio system). The design of the central part of the station was replicated in stations of other systems of massive transport like the Metrobús of Mexico City.

It has two pedestrian bridges: one through which the station is accessed by, and an internalone that allows passengers to walk from the central part of the station (in the center of the Avenue), to the covered bays, where the feeding services are found. This design constitutes the new standard for the future intermediate stations of the system.

Station services

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Old trunk services

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Services rendered until April 29, 2006
Kind Routes Frequency
Current Every 3 minutes on average
Express Expreso 80 Expreso 100 Expreso 120 Expreso 170 Every 2 minutes on average
Express Dominical Expreso Dominical 45 Every 3 or 4 minutes on average

Main line service

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Service as of April 29, 2006
Type North or East Routes Western Routes Frequency
Local
5
5
Every three minutes
Express Monday through Saturday
All day
B14 C19 J23 M51
F14 F19 F23 F51
Every two minutes
Express Monday through Saturday
Morning rush
B52 E32
Every two minutes
Express Monday through Saturday
Evening rush
F62 F32
Every two minutes
Express Monday through Friday
Mixed service, rush and non-rush
B28 C29
F28 F29
Every two minutes
Express Sundays and holidays
C91 M99
F91 F99
Every 3-4 minutes

Feeding services

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The following feeder routes also work:

South Platform (Kennedy Zone)

  • Feeder Service Route 8.1 Back and forth to the central Kennedy Sector.
  • Feeder Service Route 8.2 to the Kennedy Hospital sector.
  • Feeder Service Route 8.4 Back and forth to the Corabastos sector .
  • Feeder Service Route 8.6 to the Timiza neighborhood.

North Platform (Zona Tintal - Zona Franca)

  • Feeder Service Route 8.3 Back and forth to the Castilla neighborhood.
  • Feeder Service Route 8.5 Back and forth to the sector of the Tintal public library.

Inter-city service

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This station does not have inter-city bus service.

See also

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