Köln-Ehrenfeld station

Köln-Ehrenfeld is a railway station situated at Ehrenfeld, Cologne in western Germany on the Cologne–Aachen railway. It was opened with the first part of the line in 1839. It is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn and regional services. Not far from the station is the Venloer Straße/Gürtel underground station of the Cologne Stadtbahn.

Köln-Ehrenfeld
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Köln-Ehrenfeld station
Location	Stammstraße 1, Ehrenfeld, Cologne, NRW Germany
Coordinates	50°57′06″N 6°55′04″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Cologne–Aachen
Other information
Station code	3330[1]
DS100 code	KKER[2]
IBNR	8000208
Category	4[1]
Fare zone	VRS: 2100[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1860/72[4]
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio NRW   Following station Horrem toward Aachen Hbf RE 1 NRW-Express Köln Hbf toward Hamm Hbf Pulheim toward Mönchengladbach Hbf RE 8 Rhein-Erft-Express Köln Hbf toward Koblenz Hbf Horrem toward Aachen Hbf RE 9 Rhein-Sieg-Express Köln Hbf toward Siegen Hbf Pulheim toward Mönchengladbach Hbf RB 27 Rhein-Erft-Bahn Köln Hbf toward Koblenz Hbf Quadrath-Ichendorf toward Bedburg RB 38 Erft-Bahn Köln Hbf Terminus Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station Köln-Müngersdorf/Technologiepark toward Horrem S 12 Köln-Hansaring toward Au (Sieg) Hbf Köln-Müngersdorf/Technologiepark toward Düren Hbf S 13 Köln-Hansaring toward Troisdorf Köln-Müngersdorf/Technologiepark toward Düren Hbf S 19 Köln-Hansaring toward Au (Sieg) Hbf Connections to other stations Preceding station   KVB   Following station Leyendeckerstraße toward Bocklemünd Görlinger-Zentrum 3 Transfer at: Venloer Straße/Gürtel Körnerstraße toward Thielenbruch Leyendeckerstraße toward Bocklemünd 4 Transfer at: Venloer Straße/Gürtel Körnerstraße toward Schlebusch Weinsbergstraße/Gürtel toward Sülzgürtel 13 Transfer at: Venloer Straße/Gürtel Subbelrather Straße/Gürtel toward Holweide Vischeringstraße
Location
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Station

Köln-Ehrenfeld station has two platforms with four platform tracks, to the north of which there are two tracks without a platform for through passenger and freight trains. Tracks 1 and 2 are used for S-Bahn traffic, tracks 3 and 4 for regional traffic. Cologne-Ehrenfeld is a scheduled stop for all regional services passing through it. It is served by the S12 and S13 lines of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn. Both lines operate towards Cologne at 20-minute intervals, so together they provide a 10-minute interval S-Bahn service to Cologne. It is also served by the S19 service between Düren and Au (Sieg), running hourly (substituting for an S13 service) on working days. It is also served by the NRW-Express (RE1), Rhein-Erft-Express (RE8), Rhein-Sieg-Express (RE9), Rhein-Erft-Bahn (RB27) and Erft-Bahn (RB38), all running hourly.[5]

Venloer Straße/Gürtel station

Venloer Straße/Gürtel underground station

Venloer Straße/Gürtel at-grade station

Within reach of a walking distance of some 100m, Ehrenfeld station is linked to Venloer Straße/Gürtel urban light rail station. This station offers connections on three Cologne Stadtbahn lines.

History

Köln-Ehrenfeld station was built with the construction of the first section of the Cologne–Aachen high-speed railway in 1839.

References

1. "Stationspreisliste 2020" [Station price list 2020] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
3. "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 202. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
4. "Köln-Ehrenfeld operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
5. "Köln-Ehrenfeld station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 17 March 2017.

External links

• KVB station diagram