Megabús

MEGABÚS

File:84050.JPG A vehicle of the Megabús BRT system.
Founded	2006-08-21
Headquarters	Cra. 10 entre calles 17 y 18 Edificio Torre Central Piso 9, Pereira, Colombia
Service area	Pereira and Dosquebradas
Service type	Bus rapid transit
Routes	3 BRT lines
Stops	17 (Line 1) 18 (Line 2) 25 (Line 3)
Hubs	2 (Dosquebradas and Cuba)
Website	Megabús

The Megabús is a bus rapid transit system that serves the cities of Pereira and Dosquebradas in Colombia. As of November 2006 the Megabús covers the most parts of the cities using the Av. 30 de Agosto and the Av. del Ferrocarril in Pereira, and the Av. Simon Bolívar in Dosquebradas. There are also used the Carrera 6ta, Carrera 7ta, Carrera 8ta, Carrera 10ma, Calle 13ra and Calle 24ta. The system opened on August 21, 2006 using only Line 3. Line 1 and Line 2 were opened on October 23, 2006. The provisional Intercambiador (Transfer Station) in Dosquebradas was opened in 2007 and the final one in the Cuba neighborhood of Pereira in August 2008.

Structure

The system is similar to TransMilenio in Bogotá. An additional set of regular buses, known as alimentadores (feeders), carries users from certain important stations to many different locations that the main route does not reach. Unlike the main TransMilenio buses, feeders operate without dedicated lanes, are not articulated and are yellow (regular Megabús buses are green). There is no additional fare in order to use the feeder buses.

Stations

Line 1 Cuba to Dosquebradas (without entering the city center)	Line 2 Cuba to Dosquebradas (with entering the city center)	Line 3 Cuba to La Libertad and back
"Intercambiador" of Cuba El Viajero Aeropuerto Batallón Maraya El Jardin Ucumarí Consota El Cafetero Centenario Condina or Parque Olaya Ferrocarril Villavicencio La Popa Santa Monica Milán Fundadores CAM Provisional "Intercambiador" of Dosquebradas (up to 2010)	"Intercambiador" of Cuba El Viajero Aeropuerto Batallón Maraya Turín Egoyá Coliseo Ormaza Mercados El Lago Otún Victoria Del Café Villavicencio La Popa Santa Monica Milán Fundadores CAM Provisional "Intercambiador" of Dosquebradas (up to 2010)	"Intercambiador" of Cuba El Viajero Aeropuerto Batallón Maraya Turín Egoyá Coliseo Ormaza Mercados El Lago Otún Victoria Del Café La Libertad Viaducto Central Claret Cañarte Las Flores Banderas Palacio de Justicia La Ruana Maraya Batallón Aeropuerto El Viajero "Intercambiador" of Cuba

External links

• Official web site of Megabús