Köln-Mülheim station

Köln-Mülheim is a railway station situated at Mülheim, Cologne in western Germany. It is served by several regional trains, the S6 and S11 lines of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn[3] and the 13 and 18 lines of Cologne Stadtbahn.

Bahnhof Köln-Mülheim
Deutsche Bahn Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Cologne Stadtbahn
Bf
Platforms at Köln-Mülheim station
General information
LocationMontanusstraße
51065 Köln-Mülheim
Mülheim, Cologne (Köln), NRW
Germany
Coordinates50°57′31″N 7°00′49″E / 50.9587°N 7.0137°E / 50.9587; 7.0137
Line(s)
Other information
Station code3336
DS100 codeKKM
Category4[1]
Fare zoneVRS: 2100[2]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened19 November 1874
Services
Preceding station National Express Germany Following station
Köln Messe/Deutz
towards Aachen Hbf
RE 1 (NRW-Express) Leverkusen Mitte
Köln Messe/Deutz
towards Koblenz Hbf
RE 5 (Rhein-Express) Leverkusen Mitte
towards Wesel
Köln Messe/Deutz
towards Bonn-Mehlem
RB 48 (Rhein-Wupper-Bahn) Leverkusen-Schlebusch
Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station
Köln-Buchforst
towards Köln-Nippes
S6 Köln-Stammheim
towards Essen Hbf
Köln-Buchforst S11
Köln-Holweide
Preceding station Cologne Stadtbahn Following station
Wiener Platz
towards Sülzgürtel
Line 13 Buchheim Herler Straße
Wiener Platz
towards Bonn Hbf
Line 18 Buchheim Herler Straße
towards Thielenbruch
Location
Bahnhof Köln-Mülheim is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Bahnhof Köln-Mülheim
Bahnhof Köln-Mülheim
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

History

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New Mulheim station in 1910

In the 19th century there were several stations in Mülheim, since all the private railway companies had separate lines and railway facilities.

The stations of the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (German: Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, CME) on the line between Cologne and Duisburg and the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, BME) on the Gruiten–Cologne-Deutz railway) were next to each other in Buchheim-Strasse (now Wiener Platz). The station of the Rhenish Railway Company (Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, RhE) on the Troisdorf–Mülheim-Speldorf railway was built outside the town at the site of the current Cologne-Mülheim station.

After the nationalisation of the railway companies there was long consideration of how to consolidate rail operations at one site. Eventually it was decided to tear down stations of the CME and BME and move the lines serving them to the east. Construction began in 1903 and on 1 July 1909 the new station was inaugurated and the all freight and passenger traffic were routed over the rerouted lines.

Today the station is a hub for regional and S-Bahn traffic in northeastern Cologne and an important point of interchange between regional and local transport.

Historical development

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Train services

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Köln-Mülheim U-Bahn station

The station is served by the following services:[4][5]

  • Regional services RE 1 NRW-Express Aachen - Cologne - Düsseldorf - Duisburg - Essen - Dortmund - Hamm - Paderborn
  • Regional services RE 5 Rhein-Express Emmerich - Wesel - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Bonn - Koblenz
  • Local services RB 48 Rhein-Wupper-Bahn Bonn-Mehlem - Bonn - Cologne - Solingen - Wuppertal
  • Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn services S6 Essen - Kettwig - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Köln-Nippes
  • Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn services S11 Düsseldorf Airport Terminal - Düsseldorf - Neuss - Cologne - Bergisch Gladbach

References

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  1. ^ "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "map of Rhine-Ruhr network" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-21. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
  4. ^ Timetables for Köln-Mülheim station
  5. ^ "Köln-Mülheim station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
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