Köln Hauptbahnhof
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| Köln Hbf | |
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| Architectural information | |
| Opened | 1859 |
| Location | Cologne |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Local authority | Altstadt |
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| DS100 code | KK |
| Category | 1 |
| 1894 | Station expanded |
| 1957 | Station rebuilt |
| 1991 | S-Bahn tracks added |
| Deutsche Bahn - Stations in Germany | |
Köln Hauptbahnhof (English: Cologne Central Station, abbr.: Köln Hbf) is the central railway station in Cologne, Germany.
The station is an important local, national and international hub, with many ICE, Thalys and InterCity trains calling there, as well as regional RegionalExpress, RegionalBahn and local S-Bahn trains. EuroNight and DB NachtZug night services also call at the station. It has frequent connections to Frankfurt by way of the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line, which starts in southern Cologne.
The station is situated next to the Cologne cathedral.
There is another important train station in Cologne, the Köln Messe/Deutz railway station across the river Rhine, just about 400 metres away from Köln Hauptbahnhof. The stations are linked by the Hohenzollernbrücke, a six-track railway bridge with passenger walkways on each side. Frequent local services connect the two stations too.
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[edit] Operational usage
The station has to cope with a very high daily load; even though some ICE services now call at the Köln-Deutz station, though its platforms are divided into three sections each, are still remarkably crowded all over the day, and a major extension of the station is impossible because of its unique surroundings. Connections to the local Cologne network Stadtbahn are made by two subterranean stations, Dom/Hbf and Breslauer Platz/Hbf at the respective ends of the station. The station has 11 main line passenger track platforms, of which two are used for S-Bahn services; the two subterranean Stadtbahn stations have two tracks each. Its IATA code is QKL.
The station's building also hosts a large shopping mall, the Colonaden.
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Köln-West
toward Kall
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RB 24 |
Terminus
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Köln Hansaring
Terminus
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RB 25 |
toward Marienheide
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Köln-West
toward Koblenz Hbf
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RB 26 |
Terminus
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Köln-Ehrenfeld
toward Mönchengladbach Hbf
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RB 27 |
toward Koblenz Hbf
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Köln-Ehrenfeld
toward Düsseldorf Hbf
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RB 38 |
Terminus
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Köln-West
toward Bonn-Mehlem
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RB 48 |
toward Wuppertal-Oberbarmen
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Brühl
toward Koblenz Hbf
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RE 5 |
toward Emmerich
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Dormagen
toward Krefeld
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RE 7 |
toward Rheine
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Köln-Ehrenfeld
toward Mönchengladbach Hbf
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RE 8 |
toward Koblenz Hbf
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Köln-Ehrenfeld
toward Aachen Hbf
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RE 1 |
toward Hamm
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| RE 9 |
toward Gießen
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Köln-West
toward Trier
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RE 12 |
Terminus
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Köln-West
toward Gerolstein
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RE 22 |
[edit] S-Bahn
Several Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn lines call at the station:
- S 6 Köln-Nippes — Köln Hbf — Langenfeld — Düsseldorf Hbf — Ratingen Ost — Essen Hbf
- S 11 (Wuppertal-Vohwinkel —) Düsseldorf — Neuss — Dormagen — Köln Hbf — Bergisch Gladbach
- S 12 Düren — Horrem — Köln Hbf — Troisdorf — Siegburg — Hennef — Au
- S 13 (Horrem —) Köln Hbf — Köln/Bonn Flughafen — Troisdorf
| Preceding station |  Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn |
Following station | ||
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Köln Hansaring
toward Köln-Nippes
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S6 |
toward Essen Hbf
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Köln Hansaring
toward Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
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S11 |
toward Bergisch Gladbach
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Köln Hansaring
toward Düren
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S12 |
toward Au
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Köln Hansaring
toward Horrem
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S13 |
toward Troisdorf
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[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Köln Hauptbahnhof is at coordinates Coordinates:
- DB informational web site (German)
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