Avenida Jiménez (TransMilenio)

Avenida Jiménez
Museo del Oro
Calle 19 Tercer Milenio
De La Sabana
Location Avenida Jiménez between Carreras 12 and 14 & Avenida Caracas between Calles 11 and 13.
Neighborhoods Santa Fe and Los Mártires
Opened 2000, re-opened in 2004

The transfer station Avenida Jiménez is part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, opened in the year 2000.

Location

The station is located in the heart of downtown Bogotá, specifically at the intersection of Avenida Jiménez with Avenida Caracas.

History

The station entered operation on December 17, 2000 as part of the original TranssMilenio system, only to be closed a year later for construction of the Eje Ambiental, which was opened in 2002.

After the opening of the Jiménez-Calle 13 trunk, the station was converted from a simple station into an interchange between the aforementioned trunk and Avenida Caracas with five platforms. The station serves an average of 500,000 passengers per day.

The station has three entrances: one on Avenida Caracas with Calle 11, another on Avenida Jiménez with Carrera 12, and one on the south-east intersection of Avenida Caracas with Avenida Colón, which has access to the underground foot tunnel.

It serves the La Capuchina, Santa Inés, and San Victorino neighborhoods.

This station has a "Punto de Encuentro" or point of gathering, which has bathrooms, coffeeshop, parking for bicycles and a tourist attention booth.

Station services

Main line service

Service as of April 29, 2006
Type Northern Routes Southern Routes Frequency
Local
B1
D3
F1
H3
H4
Every ten minutes
Express Monday through Saturday
all day
C15
C18
D20
J23
B27
Biarticulado
H15
A18
H20
F23
H27
Biarticulado
Every ten minutes
Express Monday through Saturday
Early Morning
D51
Every ten minutes
Express Monday through Saturday
Late Night
B62
F60
Every ten minutes
Express Monday through Saturday
Off-peak Service
D70
F70
B74
J70
J72
Every ten minutes
Express Sundays and holidays
C91
B92
B93
D95
F91
H92
H93
J95
Every ten minutes

Feeder routes

This station does not have connections to feeder routes.

Inter-city service

This station does not have inter-city service.

External links

See also

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