Banderas (TransMilenio)

Banderas
Mandalay ◄ ► Transversal 86
Location	Avenida de Las Américas between Carreras 75 and 78H
Neighborhood	Kennedy
Opened	2003

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

Location

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

The station receives its name from the Monument to the Flags, built in the year of 1948.

Story

In the year 2003 was inaugurated the Trunk of the Americas from the station Americas Carrera 53 A, to the station Transversal 86 (TransMilenio) This station, which did not yet have feeder services, which would begin operating at the beginning of 2004.

This station has a large cycloparqueadero, 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 Portal appearance. 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 access to the station and an internal one that allows passengers to pass from the central part of the station (in the center of the Avenue), to the covered side bays where the feeders . This design constitutes the new standard for the future intermediate stations of the system.

Station services

Old trunk services

Services rendered until April 29, 2006

Kind	Routes	Frequency
Current		Every 3 minutes on average
Express		Every 2 minutes on average
Express Dominical		Every 3 or 4 minutes on average

See also

• Bogotá
• TransMilenio
• List of TransMilenio Stations

External links

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