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Heumarkt
Heumarkt station platform
General information
LocationHeumarkt
Cologne
Coordinates50°56′8″N 06°57′35″E / 50.93556°N 6.95972°E / 50.93556; 6.95972
Owned byKölner Verkehrs-Betriebe
Line(s)
  • North-South Stadtbahn tunnel
  • East-West Stadtbahn line
Platforms2 side platforms, 1 island platform
Tracks4
Connections
  • Bus transport KVB: 106, 132, 133, 260
  • Bus transport REVG: 978
  • Bus transport RVK: N26, 260
  • Bus transport Wupsi: SB25
  • Ferry transport Rhine River docks
Construction
Structure type
  • Underground
  • At-grade
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zoneVRS: 2100
History
Openedc. 1950
Rebuilt1994, 2013
Services
Preceding station Cologne Stadtbahn Following station
At-grade platforms
Neumarkttowards Köln-Weiden West Line 1 Deutzer Freiheittowards Bensberg
Neumarkttowards Frechen-Benzelrath Line 7 Deutzer Freiheittowards Zündorf
Neumarkttowards Sülz Hermeskeiler Platz Line 9 Deutzer Freiheittowards Königsforst
Underground platform
Rathaustowards Sparkasse Am Butzweilerhof Line 5 Terminus
Future services
Preceding station Cologne Stadtbahn Following station
Underground platform
Rathaustowards Sparkasse Am Butzweilerhof Line 5 Severinstraßetowards Marktstraße
Rathaustowards Bad Godesberg Stadthalle Line 16 Severinstraßetowards Niehl Sebastianstraße
Route map
Location

Heumarkt station is a Stadtbahn interchange station in the historic Altstadt (old town) of Cologne, Western Germany. The station is an important hub between (low-floor) East-West and (high-floor) North-South connections.

History

Trams on Heumarkt, circa 1930
At-grade platforms, circa 1980

The station is named after one of Cologne's busiest old-town squares, on which it is also located and − to a less favorable extent − whose built environment it has shaped for the last 40 years.

Public transport at Heumarkt began in 1879, with several horsecar lines encircling the square. Connections were provided to Dome and Central Station to the North, Neumarkt and Ring to the West, and Rodenkirchen in the South. By 1902 lines throughout the city were upgraded to electric tram lines, with tram stops on Heumarkt's eastern and western sides. With completion of the Deutz Suspension Bridge in 1915, service was complemented with suburban rail connections into Cologne's left-Rhenish districts. Due to the square's proximity to the Rhine, a single station within the bridge's head was planned, but never realized.

By 1950, the square was served by one tram station, with lines crossing the square midway. Service was restricted to East-West connections, while North-South connections were redirected along the Cologne Ring.

During the early 1970s, the former tram system was converted to the currently used Stadtbahn system. This resulted in an extended feeder for the bridge and − in order to obtain exclusive right-of-way for the trains − fences, a level-crossing and traffic-signals for pedestrians. Consequently, the square was split in two: a larger northern part and a smaller, more neglected southern part.

The station was rebuilt in 1994 to accomidate low-floor trains as part of the effoert to build out a shared East-West Stadtbahn corridor.

In conjunction with the Stadtbahn's extension project called North-South Stadtbahn (German: Nord-Süd Stadtbahn), Heumarkt was meant to regain its hub functions. The project's intention is to more directly link the Hauptbahnhof with Cologne's southern districts, with Heumarkt station in-between. With the project currently halfway through, Heumarkt's underground station was opened on 15 December 2013. It is currently (2022) the southern terminal station for line 5, but with completion of the project will also include line 16, then running all the way to Bonn. The total costs for the station were €90 million. It lies 27 meters below ground-level, making it the city's deepest station. One of the reasons for this is provisions for in the future to potentially also accommodate the East-West line within the underground station. At this stage however, putting the East-West line below ground is not under further consideration.

Notable places nearby

See also

References

  1. "Heumarkt Lageplan" [Heumarkt site plan] (PDF). Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe. December 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  2. "Touren ohne Treppen 2024" [Lines without stairs]. Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe. December 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  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.

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