Line 1 · Station 1 of 16
Gibraltar
Also known as Station 1
Kennedy · Av. Villavicencio - Carrera 94
Station facts
- Locality
- Kennedy
- Location
- Av. Villavicencio - Carrera 94
- TransMilenio
- No direct connection
About this area
Gibraltar is Station 1, Line 1's southern terminus, next to the train yard, on Avenida Villavicencio at Carrera 93-94, according to Wikipedia and bogota.gov.co. It takes its name from the nearby Parque Metropolitano Gibraltar, just south of the station, according to Wikipedia. The most striking detail: it was built on the site of the former Gibraltar landfill — from garbage dump to metro terminal, according to Infobae.
Metropolitano Gibraltar Park
Quick facts
- Order
- Station 1 of 16
- Locality
- Kennedy
- TransMilenio
- No direct connection
This is one of Bogotá's more striking pieces of urban reinvention: the land under this station spent the 1980s as one of the city's solid-waste dump sites, then sat empty for 34 years, according to bogota.gov.co (May 11, 2023). Right next to the station, Bogotá's sports agency IDRD is now building the Gibraltar velodrome — which the competition's winning designers describe as one of the most important tracks of its kind in the world — alongside a Centro Felicidad community sports complex and more than 20 hectares of urban forest; IDRD itself describes the park as connected to Metro Line 1, with paths linking the surrounding neighborhoods to this first station, according to IDRD (January 4, 2022). As of November 2024, construction on the velodrome and its high-performance center was roughly 11-12% complete, with delivery expected in mid-2026, according to bogota.gov.co (November 22, 2024).
Frequently asked questions
Why is Gibraltar the end of Line 1?
Gibraltar is Station 1 of Line 1's 16 stops, at the city's far southwest edge, right next to the train yard where trains are stored and maintained — which makes it the line's southern terminus, just before Portal Américas.
What is Metropolitano Gibraltar Park?
It's a park the city's sports agency IDRD is building right next to the station, on land that operated as one of Bogotá's waste disposal sites in the 1980s. It includes an international-level velodrome and a Centro Felicidad community complex, with paths designed to connect nearby neighborhoods to this same station.
Where it is on the line
Where it is in the city
Station coordinates: Empresa Metro de Bogotá — Datos Abiertos Bogotá (CC BY 4.0)