Barbarossaplatz station

Barbarossaplatz station is an interchange station and hub on Cologne Stadtbahn lines 12, 15, 16 and 18 in the Cologne district of Innenstadt. The station is located at Barbarossaplatz (English: Barbarossa Square), a major junction between the Cologne Ring and Luxemburger Straße. It is one of the few stations in Cologne's city center that has low-floor platforms which only serve high-floor trains.

Barbarossaplatz
Barbarossaplatz station
General information
Location	Barbarossaplatz, 50674 Köln
Coordinates	50°55′43″N 6°56′32″E
Owned by	Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe
Platforms	4 side platforms
Connections	REVG: 978[1]
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Accessible	Lines 12 & 15: Yes Lines 16 & 18: No[2]
Other information
Fare zone	VRS: 2100[3]
History
Opened	1898
Services
Preceding station Cologne Stadtbahn Following station Zülpicher Platz towards Merkenich Line 12 Eifelstraße towards Zollstock Südfriedhof Zülpicher Platz towards Köln-Chorweiler or Longerich Friedhof Line 15 Eifelstraße towards Ubierring Eifelstraße towards Bad Godesberg Stadthalle Line 16 Poststraße towards Niehl Sebastianstraße Eifelwall/Stadtarchiv towards Bonn Hbf Line 18 Poststraße towards Thielenbruch
Route map
Location

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 Cologne Ring, taking the direct route through the new tunnel instead.

Notable places nearby

• Church of St. Pantaleon
• Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln
• «Kwartier Latäng» student quarter

See also

• List of Cologne KVB stations