Video: First train of the Bogotá Metro is on the way, where does it come?

The six cars that make up the first train of line 1 of the Bogotá Metro, left for the capital of the country in the early hours of Friday, September 5from the port of Cartagena on a trip that will have to travel more than 1,000 kilometers to the Bosa workshop courtyard, where the heart of the most important mobility infrastructure project in the country is located.

To carry out the transport of the first train cars, an oversized loading complex was executedled by a firm specialized in this type of operations, since it is equipped with six low beds; In addition, it has the accompaniment of the Police and the National Army.

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From the Metro company, they indicated this Saturday -September 6- that The train is covered with a mesh and 4 special layers of protection for dust, rain, windows and all the electronic elements that will allow its safe arrival to the city in the next few days.

The mayor of Bogotá, Carlos Fernando Galán, shared in his X account a video of the caravan on the 1 PM this Saturday, while crossing the Pumarejo bridge in Barranquilla, capital of the department of the Atlantic.

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The convoy that mobilizes this first train, moves along the Route del Sol and will enter Bogotá in the next few days; then, It will be transferred to the BOSA Workshop Race Hall where its assembly will begin and its first static and dynamic tests on the 905 meters test track.

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In addition, the District Administration indicated that Bogotá will arrive from China in total, 30 trains of six wagons each. And, I know It plans that in 2025 3 more trains arrive and that in October 2026 the Fleet of Line 1 of the Bogotá Metro is ready.

Valentina Delgadillo Abello
Portfolio journalist