Barbarossaplatz is an interchange station and hub on the

Cologne Stadtbahn The Cologne Stadtbahn is a light rail system in the German city of Cologne, including several surrounding cities of the Cologne Bonn Region (Bergisch Gladbach, Bonn, Bornheim, Brühl, Frechen, Hürth, Leverkusen-Schlebusch, Wesseling). The t ...

lines 12, 15, 16 and 18 in the

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

district of Innenstadt. The station is located at Barbarossaplatz, a major junction between the

Cologne Ring The Cologne Ring (known in German as: ''Kölner Ringe'') is a semi-circular, some 6 km long urban boulevard in Innenstadt, Cologne and the city's busiest and most prominent street system. The Cologne Ring is a four lane street and part of Bu ...

and

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. It is one of the few stations in Cologne's city center that has low-floor platforms which only serve high-floor trains. 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

, taking the direct route through the new tunnel instead.

Notable places nearby

Church of St. Pantaleon The Church of Saint Pantaleon (, ) is an early Romanesque church in Cologne, Germany. The church dates back to the 10th century and is one of the twelve Romanesque churches of Cologne. The former monastery church is consecrated to Saint Pantaleon ...

* Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln * «Kwartier Latäng» student quarter

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station info page

station layout diagram
Cologne KVB stations Innenstadt, Cologne Railway stations in Germany opened in 1898 {{NorthRhineWestphalia-railstation-stub

Notable places nearby

See also

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