Appellhofplatz station is an
underground station and hub on the
Cologne Stadtbahn lines 3, 4, 5, 16 and 18 in
Cologne. The station complex consists of two stations about apart: ''Appellhofplatz/Zeughaus station'' used by line 5 and ''Appellhofplatz/Breite Straße station'' used by all other lines. The station is named after
Appellhofplatz ( en, Appeals court square) and lies in the
Innenstadt district of
Cologne.
History and Layout
The station was opened in 1968 and 1969 and consists of a mezzanine and two platform levels with four side platforms and four rail tracks. Between the two parts of the station there is a triangular intersection, connecting the tunnels to
Neumarkt,
Friesenplatz and
Dom/Hbf. Only the crossing in the tunnel to Friesenplatz is grade-separated, while the two others are at-grade – conversely, the crossing to Friesenplatz is the least frequented with just 36 trains per hour, while the other two serve 60 and 48 trains per hour. This design decision was taken, because the line to Friesenplatz replaced an existing highly frequented surface line, while the demand on the completely new line to Neumarkt was not expected to be as high. With the construction of the North-South Stadtbahn, line 16 will be rerouted to its own tunnel, resulting in only 36 and 48 trains using the crossings to Dom/Hbf and Neumarkt respectively, which will lead to fewer delays on this congested part of the network.
Notable places nearby
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Zeughaus and
Kölnisches Stadtmuseum
The Kölnische Stadtmuseum is the municipal history museum of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is housed in the building of the historic with the adjacent Prussian .
Its collection includes around 350,000 objects from the Middle Ag ...
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St. Maria in der Kupfergasse
St. Maria in der Kupfergasse is a Baroque church in Cologne, western Germany, in the district of Innenstadt. The pilgrimage church is dedicated to St. Mary, the Black Madonna. It was completed in 1715 and measures 37.20 meters in length and ...
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EL-DE Haus
EL-DE Haus, officially the NS Documentation Center of the City of Cologne, located in Cologne, is the former headquarters of the Gestapo and now a museum documenting the Third Reich.
The building was at first the business premises of jewell ...
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Breite Straße, shopping district
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4711 House
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Cologne Opera
See also
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List of Cologne KVB stations
References
External links
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Station info page
Cologne KVB stations
Innenstadt, Cologne
Railway stations in Germany opened in 1968
Cologne-Bonn Stadtbahn stations
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