On February 9, residents of Ciudad Bolívar (Bogotá) were able to see the progress of TransMiCable, the Colombian capital's first cable car line, in the sky: two cabins traveling between the future Juan Pablo II and El Tunal stations.
This was one of the technical tests that are part of the verification work led by the Institute of Urban Development (IDU), supervising “the proper functioning of the pulleys, sensors, grips, and the nearly 8-kilometer-long steel cable,” according to the Mayor's Office of Bogotá. Each cabin will have a capacity of 10 people, moving 3,600 passengers per hour over a route of nearly 4 kilometers. Traveling at a speed of 20 km/h, TransMiCable will reduce the current 50-minute travel time to just 14.
On Monday, the mayor of Bogotá, Enrique Peñalosa, announced on his Twitter account that construction on TransMiCable has reached 90% completion. According to the IDU, the service will begin operations in the second half of this year, following its handover to Transmilenio "to carry out all necessary technological and fare collection adjustments."
Construction on TransMiCable began on September 12, 2016, and it will feature four stations—Tunal, Juan Pablo II, Manitas, and Mirador—connecting the Transmilenio terminal near El Tunal Metropolitan Park with the Paraíso neighborhood, located 2,827 meters above sea level. The total investment exceeds 200 billion Colombian pesos (USD 70 million) and will benefit approximately 700,000 residents in southwestern Bogotá.
Additionally, the Manitas station will integrate with the future SuperCADE Manitas, whose design contract was awarded last December to local firm Arquitectura en Estudio, with construction set to begin in 2018. With a budget of 15 billion Colombian pesos (USD 5.25 million), Bogotá's eighth SuperCADE will allow users to complete more than 200 public procedures and access information regarding district, national, and private entities performing public functions.
Via Mayor's Office of Bogotá, El Tiempo, El Espectador.
This article was written by Yamid Rivera. The translation is powered by AI.
