The Portal Eldorado, inaugurated in 2012, is one of the terminal stations of
TransMilenio
TransMilenio is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system that serves Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, and Soacha, a neighbouring city. The system opened to the public in December 2000. As of 2024, 12 lines totalling run throughout the city. It is pa ...
, the bus rapid transit system of
Bogotá
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, Colombia.
Location
The Portal Eldorado is located in the west of the city, on the Avenue El Dorado between the Avenue Ciudad de Cali and the transverse 93. It has accesses by pedestrian bridges located on These two ways.
It caters directly to the neighborhoods Santa Cecilia, Los Álamos and its surroundings. Nearby are the
El Dorado International Airport
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, the Aloft Bogota Airport hotel, the Movich Buró 26 hotel, the Habiltel hotel, the main headquarters of Carvajal SA, the
GlaxoSmithKline
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headquarters in Colombia, the Hipercentro warehouse Corona Dorado and Connecta business center, headquarters of several multinationals and visa offices for the embassies of Australia and the United States.
Etymology
The Portal receives its name being the head station of the line Calle 26, and being located on the road axis of the same name. The Eldorado Avenue was baptized of this form since for a long time it was believed that the legend of Eldorado had its source in the muiscas rites of the lagoon of Guatavita, located about 40 kilometers from the city.
Story
This station is part of Phase III of the
TransMilenio
TransMilenio is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system that serves Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, and Soacha, a neighbouring city. The system opened to the public in December 2000. As of 2024, 12 lines totalling run throughout the city. It is pa ...
system that began to be built in late 2009 and, after several delays related to corruption cases, began operations on Saturday 30 June 2012.
Current trunk services
Dual services
Feeding services
To each side of the portal are located the stops of the feeder routes, which began to operate also on 30 June 2012
;Platform North (Engativá)
* circular to the neighborhood Tierra Grata.
* circular to the sector of Engativá Center.
* to the sector of Avenida Eldorado - Álamos.
* circular to the El Muelle neighborhood.
* circular to Villa Amalia neighborhood.
* to the La Faena neighborhood.
* to the
Eldorado Airport.
Platform South (Fontibón)
* to the La Estancia neighborhood.
* to the free zone sector.
* circular to the sector of Fontibon Center.
* to the Villemar district.
* to the sector of Avenida Cali - Hayuelos.
Complementary services
The following complementary route also works:
* to the neighborhood Belén.
Circular Routes
From 8 August 2016 a circular route of the SITP enters the portal:
* circular to the El Refugio neighborhood.
References
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External links
TransMilenioSurumbo.comOfficial TransMilenio interactive mapping system
TransMilenio