Medellín Bus Terminal Passenger Departures by Destination and Company, June 2019

June 2019 passenger departure records from Medellín's bus terminals, detailing passenger counts, destinations, and transport companies. The dataset was published on the Colombian open data portal www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2026-05-18 19:25:25. It includes columns for scheduled and actual departure times, routes, and company names.

Use Cases

• Analyze daily passenger volume trends using FechaSalida and NumPasajeros (from 11 available columns).
• Model demand for specific routes and destinations using Ruta2 and Ciudad-Dpto (from 11 available columns).
• Compare scheduled versus actual departure times using Hora_programada and HoraSalida (from 11 available columns).
• Profile market share of transport companies using Nombrecomercial and NumPasajeros (from 11 available columns).

Strengths

• Includes both scheduled and actual departure timestamps (Fecha_programada, Hora_programada, FechaSalida, HoraSalida).
• Contains granular destination data at the city and department level (Ciudad-Dpto, DEPARTAMENTO).
• Data is available in multiple machine-readable formats (CSV, JSON, XML, RDF).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Data covers only a single month (June 2019), limiting longitudinal analysis.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (Colombian open data portal).

Collection Method

Likely collected from administrative records of bus terminals.

Time Range

June 2019.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 19:25:25; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Medellín, Colombia, with destinations across the country.