RegioTram
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The Bogotá suburban rail (Spanish: Tren de cercanías de Bogotá), also known as RegioTram, is a transportation project to create a mass and rapid transport system to connect Bogotá with surrounding cities. The railways of the former Bogotá Savannah Railway (which have carried no passenger traffic since 1990) will be rebuilt to create a new tram-train network. Three lines are planned, to the West, North and South of Bogotá.
Planned lines
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! Name ! Route ! Opening date ! Length ! Number of stations ! Notes |
| bgcolor=white|{{center|RegioTram de Occidente}}
| bgcolor=Gold|{{center|Estación Central (Calle 26. Av Caracas) - Facatativá }} | 36.9 km | 17 |
| bgcolor=white|{{center|RegioTram del Norte}}
| style="background:Blue; text-align:center; color:white"|Estación de la Sabana - Zipaquirá | | 48 km | 15 |
| bgcolor=white|{{center|RegioTram del Sur}}
| bgcolor=Limegreen|{{center|Estación de la Sabana - Soacha}} | --- | --- | --- | In project |
RegioTram de Occidente
The first Regiotram line, Regiotram de Occidente, will connect Bogotá with the municipalities of Mosquera, Madrid, Funza, Sector El Corzo and Facatativá in the department of Cundinamarca.
In February 2019, a Spanish consortium of Ardanuy Ingeniería and FGC was awarded a contract to provide project consultancy and supervision services for this first tram-train line.{{cite web|title=Consultancy contract awarded for Bogota RegioTram project|url=https://www.railjournal.com/regions/central-south-america/consultancy-contract-awarded-for-bogota-regiotram-project/|website=International Railway Journal|date=4 February 2019|accessdate=29 April 2019}} By August that same year, tendering for the line was launched by the Colombian government with a projected 2024 opening. In January 2020, the contract for construction and operation of Regiotram del Occidente was signed with Chinese company CCECC, with a concession of 26 years.{{cite web |title=Firman el contrato para la construcción y operación del Regiotram de Occidente |url=https://id.presidencia.gov.co/Paginas/prensa/2020/Firman-el-contrato-para-la-construccion-y-operacion-del-Regiotram-de-Occidente-200107.aspx |website=Gobierno de Colombia |access-date=10 February 2021}}
The line will be {{convert|39.6|km|mi|abbr=on}} long and serve 9 stations in Bogotá and 8 in Cundinamarca. It will broadly follow the existing railway corridor. However, instead of running to Bogotá La Sabana railway station it will divert to terminate at Calle 26/Avenida Caracas, where it will offer interchange with the Bogotá Metro.{{cite web |title=Estos son puntos de paso del Regiotram en Bogotá |url=https://conexioncapital.co/estos-son-puntos-de-paso-del-regiotram-en-bogota/ |website=conexioncapital.co |date=20 August 2019 |access-date=10 February 2021}} Trains will run up to every 6 minutes in peak hours. {{cite web |title=Regiotram |url=https://www.efr-cundinamarca.gov.co/es/regiotram |website=empresa férrea regional |access-date=10 February 2021}} There is also a possibility of a branch running to El Dorado International Airport.{{cite web |title=Colombia apuesta por el tren-tram para el suburbano de Bogotá |url=https://www.enelsubte.com/noticias/colombia-apuesta-por-el-tren-tram-para-el-suburbano-de-bogota/ |website=enelSubte |date=14 September 2020 |access-date=10 February 2021}}
There will be 18 electric vehicles of electric tram-train design, which will carry up to 884 passengers each at speeds between 28km/h and 70km/h. The line is expected to carry 130,000 passengers daily, or 40m per year.
RegioTram del Norte
In August 2019, feasibility studies for the Northern Regiotram were announced, financed by the Prosperity Fund of the United Kingdom and the Government of Cundinamarca, supported by an agreement with Findeter. In May 2020, the studies and design contract for the project was signed. The project involves rebuilding the line from Bogotá to Zipaquirá for both freight and light passenger traffic. It is hoped that the line will open in 2024, with the total project costing US$1.5bn. {{cite web |title=Colombia signs Regiotram del Norte supervision contract |url=https://www.railjournal.com/infrastructure/colombia-signs-regiotram-del-norte-supervision-contract/ |website=International Railway Journal |date=5 May 2020 |access-date=10 February 2021}} The line will start at the Centro Comercial Gran Estación in Bogotá, and run for {{convert|48|km|mi|abbr=on}} along the route of the existing railway (used by the Tren Turistico de la Sabana) through Chía and Cajicá to Zipaquirá. It is estimated that it will carry 250,000 passengers per day. {{cite web |title=Design contract for Bogotá Regiotram del Norte signed |url=https://www.railwaypro.com/wp/design-contract-for-bogota-regiotram-del-norte-signed/ |website=Railway Pro |date=5 May 2020 |access-date=10 February 2021}}
See also
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External links
- [http://www.idu.gov.co/sist_trans/tren_cercanias.asp Tren de cercanías]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} - Instituto de Desarrollo Urbano de Bogotá
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20230506132908/https://www.mintransporte.gov.co/Ministerio/Old/DGTFM/tren_cercan?%3Fas_sabana.htm Tren de Cercanías de la Sabana de Bogotá] - Study of the project
- [http://www.samuelalcalde.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1340:tren-cercanias&Itemid=29 Tren de Cercanías será una realidad en el 2011: Samuel Moreno], retrieved on November 4, 2008.
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