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Rathaus station is an underground station in Cologne, Germany. It is located below the Alter Markt and is named after the Cologne City Hall (German: Rathaus).
Rathaus | |||||||||||
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Rathaus station platform | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Alter Markt Cologne | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°56′19″N 6°57′35″E / 50.93861°N 6.95972°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe | ||||||||||
Line(s) | North-South Stadtbahn tunnel | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | VRS: 2100[1] | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 9 December 2012 | ||||||||||
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History
editThe construction of the station started in 2002 as part of the new North-South Stadtbahn tunnel (German: Nord-Süd Stadtbahn). The station was opened on 9 December 2012 and was the terminus of line 5 until the opening of Heumarkt station on 15 December 2013.
Services
editWhen the North-South Stadtbahn tunnel is completed, Rathaus will also be served by line 16.
Design
editThe wall is designed with a defamiliarised sentence:
WANDGESTALTUNGNORDSÜDSTADTBAHNKÖLNHALTESTELLERATHAUSRICHTUNGSÜD
Which translates to:
Wall design North-South line Cologne station Rathaus southbound
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 202. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to U-Bahnhof Rathaus (Köln).
- station info page (in German)