Barbarossaplatz station is an interchange station and hub on Cologne Stadtbahn lines 12, 15, 16 and 18 in the Cologne district of Innenstadt. The station is located at Barbarossaplatz (English: Barbarossa Square), a major junction between the Cologne Ring and Luxemburger Straße. It is one of the few stations in Cologne's city center that has low-floor platforms which only serve high-floor trains.
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| Location | Barbarossaplatz, 50674 Köln | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°55′43″N 6°56′32″E / 50.92861°N 6.94222°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  REVG: 978[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible |
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| Fare zone | VRS: 2100[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1898 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The station was opened in 1898, and was the terminus of the Vorgebirgsbahn connecting Cologne and Bonn.
With the opening of the Nord-Süd Stadtbahn, line 16 will no longer serve the Cologne Ring, taking the direct route through the new tunnel instead.
Notable places nearby
edit- Church of St. Pantaleon
- Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln
- «Kwartier Latäng» student quarter
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Barbarossaplatz Lageplan" [Barbarossa Square site plan] (PDF). Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe. December 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
- ^ "Touren ohne Treppen 2024" [Lines without stairs]. Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe. December 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
- ^ "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 202. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
External links
edit- station info page (in German)
- station layout diagram (in German)
50°55′43″N 6°56′32″E / 50.92861°N 6.94222°E
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