Calle 45 (TransMilenio)
Calle 45 - American School Way | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Avenida Caracas between Calles 45 and 42 Chapinero and Teusaquillo | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Caracas | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | December 17, 2017 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
The simple-station Calle 45 - American School Way is part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, opened in year 2000.
Location
[edit]The station is located north of downtown Bogotá, specifically on Avenida Caracas, between Calles 42 and 45.
History
[edit]In 2000, phase one of the TransMilenio system was opened between Portal de la 80 and Tercer Milenio, including this station.
The station is named Calle 45 - American School Way because of its proximity to the street of that name. The service covers the demands of the students who attend the Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Universidad Piloto and Universidad Javeriana. It also serves the neighborhoods of Palermo, Sucre, Santa Teresita, and Clinica Nueva.
On March 9, 2012, protests lodged by mostly young children in groups of up to 200, blocked in several times and up to 3 hours in the trunk stations Caracas. The protests left destroyed and sacked this season of the system.
Station services
[edit]Old trunk services
[edit]| Kind | Routes | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Current |    |
Every 3 minutes on average |
| Express |      |
Every 2 minutes on average |
| Express Dominical |   |
Every 3 or 4 minutes on average |
Main Line Service
[edit]| Type | Northern Routes | Southern Routes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local |
|
| ||||||||||||
| Express Monday through Saturday all day |
|
| ||||||||||||
| Express Monday through Saturday morning rush |
|
| ||||||||||||
| Express Monday through Saturday evening rush |
|
| ||||||||||||
| Express Monday through Saturday Mixed service, rush and non-rush |
| |||||||||||||
| Express Sunday and holidays |
|
|
Feeder routes
[edit]This station does not have connections to feeder routes.
Inter-city service
[edit]This station does not have inter-city service.