Bogotá Metro

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The Bogotá Metro ( Spanish Metro de Bogotá ) is a metro system under construction in the Colombian capital Bogotá since March 2020 and is expected to be completed in 2028 Template: future / in 5 years. The first phase currently consists of a 23.5 km long underground and overground route with 29 stations and is intended to significantly complement the TransMilenio bus system. The project was decided in August 2009, but was already considered in the 1950s when the tram system at that time was abandoned.

Detailed plan of the first phase of the project

The metro depot will provide space for up to 60 trains with a length of 140 m and a width of 2.90 m. Each vehicle should have a capacity of around 1,800 passengers with six or seven cars. The subway connects the district of Kennedy in the southwest with the district of Usaquén in the northeast for almost 30 kilometers in about 27 minutes with an average speed of 43 km / h.

planning

For decades, the city of Bogotá has tried to implement a metro system, but bureaucracy, financial disagreements and corruption have long prevented any progress in planning. The first concepts go back to the 1940s. At that time, Bogotá still had a tram, but it was discontinued in 1951. In the city center there are still tracks of the Tranvía , which today decorate the old town as historical relics.

The bulk of the public transport in Bogotá is currently carried out by the Bus Rapid Transit System TransMilenio . The route network of 113 km on the main routes is supplemented by a 663 km long feeder network. With a bus fleet of 2027 articulated and double articulated buses and 947 feeder vehicles, around 2.5 million passengers are transported per day.

Tender

The winning consortium APCA Transmimetro the tender for the metro of Bogotá consists of the companies China Harbor Engineering Company Ltd (CHEC) and Xi'An Rail Transportation Group Company Limited , by the Brazilian Changchun Do Brasil Railway equipment and services and a subsidiary of Bombardier support become. The award took place on October 17, 2019.

The contract runs until 2045 and includes the preparation and construction phase (approx. Five years), the delivery of rolling stock and 20 years of operation and maintenance. Work started in March 2020.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Metro de Bogotá solo estaría listo en 2028 semana.com, accessed on March 2, 2020 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Proyecto Primera Línea del Metro de Bogotá metrodebogota.gov.co, accessed on March 3, 2020 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ El tranvía que recorre La Candelaria bogota.gov.co, accessed on March 10, 2020 (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Metro de Bogotá será construido por APCA Transmimetro lafm.com, accessed on March 3, 2020 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Colombia: Procurement Metro de Bogota wko.at, accessed on March 2, 2020

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