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.

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Köln-Ehrenfeld station
General information
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 Fernverkehr Following station Mönchengladbach Hbf towards Amsterdam Centraal ICE 78 Köln Hbf towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf Preceding station National Express Germany Following station Horrem towards Aachen Hbf RE 1 (NRW-Express) Köln Hbf towards Hamm (Westf) Hbf Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station Pulheim towards Mönchengladbach Hbf RE 8 Köln Hbf towards Koblenz Hbf Horrem towards Aachen Hbf RE 9 Köln Hbf towards Siegen Hbf Pulheim towards Mönchengladbach Hbf RB 27 Köln Hbf towards Koblenz Hbf Quadrath-Ichendorf towards Bedburg RB 38 Köln Hbf towards Köln Messe/Deutz Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station Köln-Müngersdorf/Technologiepark towards Horrem S12 Köln-Hansaring towards Au (Sieg) Köln-Müngersdorf/Technologiepark towards Düren S13 Köln-Hansaring towards Troisdorf S19 Köln-Hansaring towards Au (Sieg)
Connections to other stations
Preceding station Cologne Stadtbahn Following station Leyendeckerstraße towards Görlinger-Zentrum Line 3 transfer at Venloer Straße/Gürtel Körnerstraße towards Thielenbruch Leyendeckerstraße towards Bocklemünd Line 4 transfer at Venloer Straße/Gürtel Körnerstraße towards Schlebusch Weinsbergstraße/Gürtel towards Sülzgürtel Line 13 transfer at Venloer Straße/Gürtel Subbelrather Straße/Gürtel towards Holweide Vischeringstraße
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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 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2020. 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