Line 1 · Kennedy → Chapinero
Your Guide to Bogotá Metro Line 1: Stations, Progress & Opening
An independent, up-to-date guide for visitors: explore all 16 Line 1 stations, TransMilenio connections, and track progress toward the March 2028 opening.
About this guide
metrodebogota.com.co is an independent, unofficial guide to the Bogotá Metro — we're not Empresa Metro de Bogotá (EMB) — and every fact here, from dates to progress figures, is cited to its source. See how we verify each fact against EMB, the Bogotá city government, and IDECA open datasets.
Line 1 construction reached 80.37% complete (as of June 30, 2026), according to EMB / Alcaldía de Bogotá. In practical terms, that means most of the elevated viaduct is already built, test trains are already running as far as Station 4 at 90 km/h (56 mph), and the first newly built station — Calle 26 – Atrio — is fully up and running. See the month-by-month construction tracker.
The first formal proposal for a Bogotá metro dates back to 1942 — earlier than the metro systems of most neighboring capitals — and it's only now, more than 80 years later, actually being built. Read that full story.
Line 1 by the numbers
- Stations
- 16
- Length
- 24 km
- Test run (marcha blanca)
- September 2027
- Commercial opening
- March 2028
- Construction progress
- 80.37%
Driverless, fully automated train · according to EMB / Alcaldía de Bogotá (as of June 30, 2026).
- Line 2 (11 planned stations, currently out to tender) is also in the works —see the project status →
- What will it cost, and how does it work?See the metro guides →
- Wondering exactly when it opens?See the full opening-date guide →
- Wondering how construction is coming along?See the detailed progress tracker →
- How long between two stations?Calculate the estimated travel time →
- Want stories and project updates?Read the metro blog →
- Planning to explore beyond the metro itself?See what to visit near the line →
- What transportation is available today, while the metro is being built?See the getting-around Bogotá guide →
Featured Line 1 stations
TM = direct TransMilenio connection
- 1GibraltarAv. Villavicencio - Carrera 94
- 2Portal AméricasAv. Villavicencio - Carreras 86B y 86GTM
- 9SENAAv. NQS - Diagonal 16 Sur y Calle 17A Bis SurTM
- 11Hospital (HOMI)Av. Caracas - Calles 2 y 3TM
- 12Avenida JiménezAv. Caracas - Calles 11 y 13TM
- 16Calle 72Av. Caracas - Calle 72TML2
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