List of Cologne KVB stations
Encyclopedia
This is a list of KVB light rail
stations
of the Cologne
rapid transit
system. The system covers the city of Cologne
, as well as several surrounding cities (Bergisch-Gladbach, Bonn
, Bornheim
, Brühl
, Frechen
, Hürth
, Leverkusen
-Schlebusch, Wesseling
) and is operated by Cologne Stadtbahn
(Cologne urban rail).
Stations and system is owned by Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe (KVB), member of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg
(VRS - Rhein-Sieg Transit Authority, formed in 1987 with transit authorities in Bonn to consolidate the transit authorities in the Cologne/Bonn region
and operate a joint fare structure). The KVB system includes a total of 222 stations, of which 10 are elevated and 33 are underground stations. Six additional underground stations are currently under construction.
Light rail
Light rail or light rail transit is a form of urban rail public transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than heavy rail and metro systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than traditional street-running tram systems...
stations
Metro station
A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....
of the Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
rapid transit
Rapid transit
A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...
system. The system covers the city of Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
, as well as several surrounding cities (Bergisch-Gladbach, Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
, Bornheim
Bornheim
Bornheim is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the West bank of the Rhine, approx. 10 km north-west of Bonn, 20 km south of Cologne....
, Brühl
Brühl
-Places and locations:Germany* Brühl * Brühl * Brühl , a street in LeipzigPoland* Brühl Palace, Warsaw-People:* Alois Friedrich von Brühl , a Polish-Saxon diplomat, politician, soldier, actor and playwright...
, Frechen
Frechen
Frechen is a town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Frechen was first mentioned in 877. It is situated at the western Cologne city border....
, Hürth
Hürth
Hürth is a town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Hürth shares borders with the city of Cologne.-Geography:Hürth is situated about 9 km to the southwest of Cologne city centre, at the northeastern slope of the natural preserve Kottenforst-Ville.The town, consisting of...
, Leverkusen
Leverkusen
Leverkusen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on the eastern bank of the Rhine. To the South, Leverkusen borders the city of Cologne and to the North is the state capital Düsseldorf....
-Schlebusch, Wesseling
Wesseling
Wesseling is an industrial German city on the Rhine bordering Cologne city on the south. Wesseling originates from the Latin „Wasliacum“ which means "Villlage of Waslica" The story that Wesselig originates from "changing of the rope"...
) and is operated by Cologne Stadtbahn
Cologne Stadtbahn
The Cologne Stadtbahn is a light rail system in the German city of Cologne, including several surrounding cities...
(Cologne urban rail).
Stations and system is owned by Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe (KVB), member of 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....
(VRS - Rhein-Sieg Transit Authority, formed in 1987 with transit authorities in Bonn to consolidate the transit authorities in the Cologne/Bonn region
Cologne/Bonn Region
The Cologne/Bonn Region , also known as Cologne/Bonn Metropolitan Region is a metropolitan area in North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany, covering the cities of Cologne, Bonn and Leverkusen, as well as the districts of Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, Oberbergischer Kreis, Rhein-Erft-Kreis and Rhein-Sieg-Kreis...
and operate a joint fare structure). The KVB system includes a total of 222 stations, of which 10 are elevated and 33 are underground stations. Six additional underground stations are currently under construction.
Stations
| * | Transfer stations |
| † | Terminals |
| ** | Transfer station and terminal |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 18 | ||||||
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| lines | station | notes | interchange | structure | opened | |||||||||||
| 1 | 7 | 13 | Aachener Straße/ Gürtel * | at-grade | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Akazienweg Akazienweg (KVB) Akazienweg is an underground station on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 3 and 4 in Cologne. The station lies on the intersection of Venloer Straße and Akazienweg streets in the district of Ehrenfeld.... |
underground | 1992 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Am Butzweilerhof Am Butzweilerhof (KVB) Am Butzweilerhof is a terminus station on the Cologne Stadtbahn line 5, located in the Cologne district of Ossendorf. The station lies on Von-Hünefeld-Straße, the center of a large media and business park of Coloneum, RTL Television and NetCologne.... † |
at-grade | 2010 | |||||||||||||
| 13 | 16 | Amsterdamer Straße/Gürtel Amsterdamer Straße/Gürtel (KVB) Amsterdamer Straße/Gürtel is an interchange station on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 13 and 16, located in the Cologne district of Nippes. The station lies on the junction of Amsterdamer Straße with the Cologne Belt , after which the station is named.... * |
elevated, at-grade | 1974 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | Appellhofplatz Appellhofplatz (KVB) Appellhofplatz is an underground station and hub on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 3, 4, 5, 16 and 18 in Cologne. More precisely, the station actually consists of two stations some 100 metres apart: Appellhofplatz/Zeughaus and Appellhofplatz/Breite Straße... * |
underground | 1968 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | underground | 1992 | |||||||||||||
| 12 | 15 | 16 | 18 | Barbarossaplatz Barbarossaplatz (KVB) Barbarossaplatz is an interchange station and hub on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 12, 15, 16 and 18 in the Cologne district of Innenstadt. The station is located at Barbarossaplatz, a major junction between the Cologne Ring and Luxemburger Straße.... * |
at-grade | |||||||||||
| 1 | Bensberg Bensberg (KVB) Bensberg is an underground and terminus station on the Cologne Stadtbahn line 1, located in Bergisch Gladbach. The station lies at Steinstraße in the district of Bensberg.... † |
underground | 2000 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | Bf Deutz/Messe * Bf Deutz/Lanxess Arena * |
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underground, at-grade | ||||||||||
| 13 | 18 | Bf Mülheim * | |
underground | 1997 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Bocklemünd † | at-grade | |||||||||||||
| 18 | Boltensternstraße Boltensternstraße (KVB) Boltensternstraße is a station on the Cologne Stadtbahn line 18, located in the Cologne district of Nippes. The station lies on Riehler Straße, adjacent to nearby Boltensternstraße, after which the station is named.... |
at-grade | 1974 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 16 | 18 | Breslauer Platz/Hauptbahnhof * | station currently under construction, scheduled to open in 2013 | |
underground | 1974 | |||||||||
| 15 | 16 | Chlodwigplatz Chlodwigplatz (KVB) Chlodwigplatz is a station on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 15 and 16, located in the Cologne district of Neustadt-Süd. The station lies on Chlodwigplatz , after which it is named.... |
underground station currently under construction, scheduled to open in 2015 | at-grade | ||||||||||||
| 12 | 15 | Chorweiler ** | |
underground | 1973 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 15 | Christophstraße/ Mediapark | underground | 1987 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Deutz-Kalker Bad Deutz-Kalker Bad (KVB) Deutz-Kalker Bad is an underground station on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 1 and 9, located in the Cologne district of Deutz. The station lies on Deutz-Kalker Straße and is named after nearby Deutz-Kalker Bad, a formerly public bath, now part of a hotel.... |
underground | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 7 | 9 | Deutzer Freiheit | at-grade | ||||||||||||
| 5 | 16 | 18 | Dom/Hauptbahnhof * | |
underground | 1974 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 18 | Ebertplatz Ebertplatz (KVB) Ebertplatz is a major underground station on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 5, 12, 15, 16 and 18, located in Cologne. The station lies at Ebertplatz on the Cologne Ring in the district of Innenstadt.... * |
underground | 1974 | |||||||||
| 13 | Escher Straße | elevated | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | 15 | Florastraße Florastraße (KVB) Florastraße is a station on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 12 and 15, located in the Cologne district of Nippes. The station lies on Neusser Straße, adjacent to nearby Florastraße, after which the station is named.... |
underground | 1974 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | Friesenplatz Friesenplatz (KVB) Friesenplatz is an underground station and hub on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 3, 4, 5, 12 and 15 in Cologne. The station lies on the Cologne Ring, corner Friesenplatz in the district of Innenstadt.... * |
underground | 1987 | |||||||||
| 1 | Fuldaer Straße | underground | ||||||||||||||
| 13 | Geldernstraße/ Parkgürtel * | |
underground | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Hans-Böckler Platz/Bf West * | underground | 1987 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 15 | Hansaring * | |
underground | 1974 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 15 | Heimersdorf | underground | 1971 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 7 | 9 | Heumarkt | underground station currently under construction, scheduled to open in 2013 | at-grade | |||||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Kalk Kapelle Kalk Kapelle (KVB) Kalk Kapelle is an underground station on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 1 and 9, located in Cologne. The station lies at the intersection if the Kalker Hauptstraße and Kapellenstraße streets in the district of Kalk.... |
underground | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Kalk Post Kalk Post (KVB) Kalk Post is an underground station on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 1 and 9, located in Cologne. The station lies at the intersection of Kalker Hauptstraße and Trimbornstraße in the district of Kalk... |
underground | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Keupstraße | at-grade | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Königsforst Königsforst (KVB) Königsforst is a terminus station on the Cologne Stadtbahn line 9, located in Cologne. The station lies in Rath/Heumar in the district of Kalk.... † |
at-grade | 1904 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Körnerstraße Körnerstraße (KVB) Körnerstraße is an underground station on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 3 and 4 in Cologne. The station lies on Venloer Straße, corner Körnerstraße in the district of Ehrenfeld.... |
underground | 1989 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Lenauplatz | at-grade | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Leyendeckerstraße Leyendeckerstraße (KVB) Leyendeckerstraße is an underground station on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 3 and 4 in Cologne. The station lies on Venloer Straße, corner Leyendeckerstraße in the district of Ehrenfeld.... |
underground | 1992 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Liebigstraße | at-grade | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | 15 | Lohsestraße Lohsestraße (KVB) Lohsestraße is a station on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 12 and 15, located in the Cologne district of Nippes. The station lies on Neusser Straße, adjacent to nearby Lohsestraße, after which the station is named.... |
underground | 1987 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 18 | Neumarkt Neumarkt (KVB) Neumarkt is a Stadtbahn station in Innenstadt, Cologne. The station is divided in an overground part for low-floor trains and an underground part for high-floor trains... * |
underground, at-grade | ||||||||
| 12 | 13 | 15 | Neusser Straße/Gürtel Neusser Straße/Gürtel (KVB) Neusser Straße/Gürtel is an interchange station on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 12, 13 and 15, located in the Cologne district of Nippes. The station lies on the Neusser Straße at the place where the Cologne Belt road would have intersected it, if this section of it had been built... * |
underground, elevated | 1974 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Piusstraße Piusstraße (KVB) Piusstraße is an underground station on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 3 and 4 in Cologne. The station lies on Venloer Straße, corner Piusstraße in the district of Ehrenfeld.... |
underground | 1989 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Porz Markt | at-grade | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | Poststraße Poststraße (KVB) Poststraße is an interchange station on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 3, 4, 16 and 18 in the Cologne district of Innenstadt. The station lies on Poststraße, after which the station is named.... * |
underground | |||||||||||
| 5 | 16 | 18 | Reichenspergerplatz Reichenspergerplatz (KVB) Reichenspergerplatz is an underground station on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 5 and 18, located in Cologne. The station lies at Reichenspergerplatz in the district of Innenstadt.... |
underground | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Rodenkirchen | at-grade | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 7 | 12 | 15 | Rudolfplatz Rudolfplatz (KVB) Rudolfplatz is an interchange station and hub on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 1, 7, 12 and 15 in the Cologne district of Innenstadt. The station is located at Rudolfplatz, a major junction between the Cologne Ring and Aachener Straße.... * |
underground, at-grade | 1987 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Schönhauser Straße Schönhauser Straße (KVB) Schönhauser Straße is a station on the Cologne Stadtbahn line 16, located in the Cologne district of Bayenthal. The station lies on Gustav-Heinemann-Ufer, adjacent to Schönhauser Straße, after which it is named.... |
at-grade | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Severinsbrücke | at-grade | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Severinstraße | underground station currently under construction, scheduled to open in 2015 | at-grade | ||||||||||||
| 13 | 18 | Slabystraße Slabystraße (KVB) Slabystraße is an interchange station on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 13 and 18, located in the Cologne district of Nippes. The station lies within the western feeder to the Cologne Mülheim Bridge.... * |
elevated, at-grade | 1974 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Steigerwaldsiedlung | at-grade | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Stüttgenhof | at-grade | ||||||||||||||
| 13 | 18 | Sülzgürtel Sülzgürtel (KVB) Sülzgürtel is a terminus and interchange station on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 13 and 18, located in Cologne. The station lies on Luxemburger Straße, corner Sülzgürtel, Sülz in the district of Lindenthal.... ** |
at-grade | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 18 | Thielenbruch Thielenbruch (KVB) Thielenbruch station is a terminal and former depot of Cologne Stadtbahn located in the quarter of Dellbrück in Cologne. It is the northern terminus of Stadtbahn lines 3 and 18.- Terminal :... † |
at-grade | |||||||||||||
| 15 | 16 | Ubierring Ubierring (KVB) Ubierring is a station on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 15 and 16, located in the Cologne district of Neustadt-Süd. The station lies on Ubierring , after which it is named.... † |
at-grade | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Venloer Straße/Gürtel * | |
underground | 1989 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Vingst | underground | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Weiden West ** | |
at-grade | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Westfriedhof | at-grade | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 13 | 16 | Wiener Platz Wiener Platz (KVB) Wiener Platz is an interchange station and hub on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 4, 13 and 18 in the Cologne district of Mülheim. The station is located at Wiener Platz, the center of Mülheim.... * |
underground, at-grade | 1997 | |||||||||||
| 18 | Zoo/Flora Zoo/Flora (KVB) Zoo/Flora is a station on the Cologne Stadtbahn line 18, located in the Cologne district of Nippes. The station lies on Riehler Straße, adjacent to nearby Cologne Zoological Garden and Flora & Botanischer Garten, after which the station is named... |
at-grade | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Zündorf † | at-grade | ||||||||||||||
| source: Rapid Transit Map, Cologne/Bonn 2010 | ||||||||||||||||