Kierberg station is on the Eifel Railway, connecting Cologne

Köln Hauptbahnhof

Köln Hauptbahnhof 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...

, Euskirchen

Euskirchen station

Euskirchen station is an important transport hub with heavy commuter traffic in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is it situated on Cologne–Trier, Bonn–Euskirchen, Euskirchen–Bad Münstereifel and the Euskirchen–Düren lines...

, Gerolstein

Gerolstein

Gerolstein is a town in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde. Gerolstein is headquarters to a large mineral water firm, Gerolsteiner Brunnen...

 and Trier

Trier Hauptbahnhof

is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Trier, in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is a through station located about east of the inner city and the Porta Nigra.-History:...

 in Kierberg, a suburb of Brühl

Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia

Brühl is a town in the Rhineland of Germany. It is located in Rhein-Erft-Kreis, 20 km south of Cologne city center and at the edge of Naturpark Kottenforst-Ville Nature Reserve.-History:...

 in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

. It is served by Regionalbahn

RegionalBahn

The Regionalbahn is a type of local passenger train in Germany.-Service:Regionalbahn trains usually call at all stations on a given line, with the exception of RB trains within S-Bahn networks, these may only call at selected stations...

 service RB 24 from Cologne via Euskirchen to Kall. The former station building for the German Emperor

German Emperor

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 called the Kaiserbahnhof (imperial station) now serves as the Kaiserbahnhof restaurant.

Services

DB Regio

DB Regio

DB Regio AG is a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn which operates short and medium distance passenger train services in Germany, and operates light and heavy rail infrastructure in the United Kingdom.-Germany:...

 NRW operates class 644 (Bombardier Talent) diesel multiple units of the Eifel Railway in sets of one to three vehicles at speeds of up to 120 km/h. Tarrifs for services are set by the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg

Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg

The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg abbreviated VRS, is the public transport association covering the area of the Cologne/Bonn Region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany....

 (Rhine-Sieg Transport Association).

The modern station facilities were last renovated from December 2006 until 13 March 2008. This established a central platform, which is accessible via a new pedestrian underpass with stairs and two lifts. In addition, ticket machines were installed.

History

The so-called Kaiserbahnhof in Brühl-Kierberg is considered one of the most beautiful railway station building in Germany. It was built in a small park at the end of 1877 on Kaiserstraße, which connects to the inner town of Brühl. Emperor William II

William I, German Emperor

William I, also known as Wilhelm I , of the House of Hohenzollern was the King of Prussia and the first German Emperor .Under the leadership of William and his Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, Prussia achieved the unification of Germany and the...

 was responsible for its particularly elaborate design, because the station served as a stopover on his annual visits to the autumn military manoeuvres in the Eifel. An additional siding was created on the north side of the line for the imperial train. As a reult the Kaiserbahnhof was considered to be a real railway station under the definitions used by the Prussian state railways

Prussian state railways

The term Prussian state railways encompasses those railway organisations that were owned or managed by the State of Prussia...

. The Emperor rode in a carriage on the road from the station to the imperial palace at Brühl

Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces, Brühl

The Augustusburg and Falkenlust palaces is a historical building complex in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which have been listed as a UNESCO cultural World Heritage Site since 1984. They are connected by the spacious gardens and trees of the Schlosspark.Augustusburg Palace and its parks...

, where he stayed. The park surrounding the station is decorated with numerous sculptures on classical themes. The statue of the Rape of Proserpine

Rape of Proserpine

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 was allegedly created for one of the Paris world exhibitions

World's Fair

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.

Current situation

Since the 1980s, the station building has housed a restaurant with a beer garden. Since December 2008 the building was gutted, restored and partially rebuilt.