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
Köln-Ehrenfeld station
General information
Location	Stammstr. 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
Platforms	4
Construction
Accessible	Yes
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 München 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 Troisdorf, Hennef (Sieg) or Au (Sieg) Köln-Müngersdorf Technologiepark towards Düren S19 Köln-Hansaring towards Hennef (Sieg) or 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
Location

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 Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn lines S12 between Düren or Köln-Ehrenfeld and Troisdorf every 20 minutes and S19 between Düren and Hennef (Sieg), Blankenberg (Sieg), Herchen or Au (Sieg) every 20 minutes Monday–Saturday. Together these provide services every 10 minutes through Cologne Monday–Saturday and four services an hour on Sunday. 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.