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Calle 72
General information
Location	Chapinero and Barrios Unidos Colombia
History
Opened	2000
Closed	July 13th, 2024
Services
Preceding station TransMilenio Following station Calle 76Terminus Florestowards Tercer Milenio

The simple-station Calle 72 was part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, opened in the year 2000.

Location

The station was located in northern Bogotá, specifically on Avenida Caracas, between Calles 70A and 72.

History

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 72 due to its proximity to the arterial route of the same name.

It serves the demand of the financial district of Calle 72, whose most important building is the Centro Comercial Avenida Chile which is located approximately 350 meters from the station (a Tourist Assistance booth is located at the mall). It also serves the Quinta Camacho, Porciúncula, La Concepción Norte and San Felipe neighborhoods.

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.

On July, due to interventions in the construction of the Metro de Bogotá this station had closed.

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

Main Line Service

Feeder routes

This station does not have connections to feeder routes.

Inter-city service

This station does not have inter-city service.

References

1. "Todo listo para el cierre de la estación de TransMilenio calle 72". CityTv (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-07-13.

External links

• TransMilenio
• suRumbo.com

See also

• Bogotá
• TransMilenio
• List of TransMilenio Stations

• TransMilenio