Tres Cruces bus station

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Tres Cruces Bus Station
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General information
Location Artigas Boulevard 1825
Montevideo, Uruguay
Coordinates34.8938° S, 56.1664° W
Platforms49 gates
Other information
Website www.trescruces.com.uy
History
OpenedNovember 16, 1994;29 years ago (1994-11-16)
Passengers
12 100 000

Tres Cruces bus station (Spanish:Terminal Tres Cruces) is the main bus terminal in Uruguay. It is located in the Tres Cruces district, in Montevideo.

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Main facade and monument to Fructuoso Rivera, first president of Uruguay. Plaza y monumento a F.Rivera.JPG
Main facade and monument to Fructuoso Rivera, first president of Uruguay.

On July 11, 1991, President Luis A. Lacalle signed the agreement for the construction of the Bus Terminal. [1] The building was designed by the studio of the architect Guillermo Gómez Platero, with the collaboration of Enrique Cohe and Roberto Alberti. The station was inaugurated on November 16, 1994. [1] The structure is brick. Tres Cruces concentrates the largest passenger traffic in the country, from there national and international destinations are operated. Around 20,000,000 people visit this bus station. [2] In the building, there is also a shopping center.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Terminal de ómnibus Tres Cruces" [Bus Terminal Three Crosses]. Municipio B (in Spanish). 2018-01-06. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  2. "Tres Cruces "se echa encima" US$ 38 millones (3 por pasajero). Te contamos cómo se acomodan las marcas en el shopping" [Three Crosses "sat" $38 million (3 per passenger) We tell you how brands fit in shopping]. info Negocios (in Spanish). 2012-12-06.