Transcaribe
| Integrated Mass Transit System Transcaribe - Cartagena de Indias | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Locale | Cartagena, Colombia |
| Transit type | Bus rapid transit |
| Number of lines | 5 |
| Number of stations | 16 |
| Daily ridership | 150,000 by August 2024. |
| Annual ridership | 28.6 million (2025)[1] |
| Website | Transcaribe |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | November 17, 2015 |
| Operator(s) | TransCaribe SA |
| Technical | |
| System length | 10.5 km (6.5 mi) |
Transcaribe is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system which operates in the city of Cartagena, Colombia, and was inaugurated in March 2016.[2] It consists of 16 stations, and centers around a dedicated 10.5 kilometres (6.5 mi) bus lane along Avenida Pedro de Heredia from the El Portal terminal to the city's old town.[2] For the first two months after it opened, (November and December 2015), the system was free to encourage ridership. Transcaribe's 150-passenger articulated buses are powered by compressed natural gas.[2] Unlike Colombia's older BRT systems in Bogotá (Transmileno) and Pereira, Transcaribe was designed to offer hybrid service (pretroncal) on bus lanes and city streets; this eliminated the need to change buses on routes to Crespo, Bocagrande, and Cartagena's southeastern suburbs.[2]
References
- ^ "Anexos ETUP - IV trimestre de 2025". National Administrative Department of Statistics. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
- ^ a b c d "How BRT TransCaribe Improved Transport in Cartagena, Colombia". Institute for Transportation and Development Policy. September 6, 2017.