TransMilenio

TransMilenio
Transmilenio logo
TransMilenio logo
Overview
OwnerCities of Bogotá and Soacha
LocaleBogotá and Soacha, Colombia
Transit type
Number of lines12[1]
Line number
Phase I
Phase II
Phase III
Number of stations142[1]
Daily ridership1.92 million (weekday 2023)[1]
Annual ridership574.5 million (2023)[2]
Websitetransmilenio.gov.co
Operation
Began operationDecember 2000; 23 years ago (December 2000)
Operator(s)
  • Consorcio Express
  • Gmovil
  • BMO Sur
  • Connexion Móvil
  • Somos K
  • SI18
  • Somos Bogotá Usme
CharacterAt-grade street running
Number of vehicles1319 bi-articulated, 602 articulated and 948 feeder buses[1]
Technical
System length114.4 km (71 mi)[1]
System map

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 114.4 km (71 mi) run throughout the city.[1] It is part of the city's Integrated Public Transport System (Sistema Integrado de Transporte Público [SITP]), along with the urban, complementary and special bus services operating on neighbourhood and main streets.

Calle 100 station

TransMilenio consists of several interconnected BRT lines, with raised floor stations in the center of a main avenue, or "troncal". Passengers typically reach the stations via a bridge over the street. Usually four lanes down the center of the street are dedicated to bus traffic. The outer lanes allow express buses to bypass buses stopped at a station.[citation needed]

As of the 4th quarter of 2023, 1,836 buses on average were circulating on the trunk line system. An additional set of 869[2] regular buses, known as "feeders" (alimentadores in Spanish), carry passengers from certain important stations to many different locations that the main route does not reach. Unlike the main TransMilenio buses, feeders operate without dedicated lanes, are not articulated and are either green or blue (regular TransMilenio buses are red). There is no additional fare to use the feeder buses.

There are 27 bicycle parking facilities in main TransMilenio stations with 7,351 parking spaces to facilitate cyclists using the system.[1] Eight BRT corridors were certified in 2013 to meet the BRT standard with excellence: Autonorte and Caracas silver, Americas, Calle 80, Eldorado, NQS and Suba gold.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Transmilenio en cifras marzo 2024". TransMilenio (in Spanish). 2024-04-25. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  2. ^ a b "Boletín Técnico Encuesta de Transporte Urbano de Pasajeros (ETUP) IV trimestre de 2023" (PDF). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE) (in Spanish). 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
  3. ^ "BRT Rankings - Institute for Transportation and Development Policy". www.itdp.org. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 2022-09-07.[title missing]