Cologne Stadtbahn
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The Cologne Stadtbahn is a light rail and streetcar system in Cologne, Germany. Its name, Stadtbahn, means City Rail, or Municipal Rail. It is operated by the Kölner Verkehrsbetriebe (KVB) (Cologne Transit Company) and is part of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (Rhine-Sieg Transit Association). The rail system stretches across 191 kilometers with 15 lines. On two lines (16 and 18) the system is linked to the neighboring Stadtwerke Bonn (SWB) (Bonn Public Services). The Cologne Stadtbahn ist not a true subway system, while a large part of the system operates underground, especially in the downtown area. Still, every line crosses at least one street at street level without absolute right of way.
The Cologne Stadtbahn traces its beginnings to the year 1877, when the first horse-drawn tram line was opened. The first stretch of a underground route network was completed in 1968. Underground construction in the downtown Cologne area is oftentimes obstructed by the fact that archeologists in Cologne, one of Germanys oldest cities, have legal rights to dig in all future building sites within the medieval city limits before all heavy construction machinery.
Currently the average cruising speed is 26.3 kilometers per hour.
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[edit] Current routes
[edit] Low-floor Lines
[edit] East-West Lines
| 1 | Weiden West (S-Bahn) – Junkersdorf – Rheinenergiestadion – | Aachener Straße/Gürtel – Rudolfplatz – | Neumarkt | – Deutz/Messe Rail – Kalk – Brück – Refrath – Bensberg |
| 7 | Frechen – Marsdorf – | Aachener Straße/Gürtel – Rudolfplatz – | Neumarkt | – Poll – Porz – Zündorf |
| 8 | University – Zülpicher Platz – | Neumarkt | (– Poll – Porz) / (– Deutz/Messe Rail) | |
| 9 | Sülz – Zülpicher Straße/Gürtel – University – Zülpicher Platz – | Neumarkt | – Deutz/Messe Rail – Kalk – Vingst – Ostheim – Rath/Heumar – Königsforst | |
[edit] Ring Lines
| 6 | Longerich – | Wilh.-Sollmann-Straße – Ebertplatz – Friesenplatz – Barbarossaplatz – Eifelstraße | – Chlodwigplatz – Ubierring | |
| 12 | Merkenich – Fordwerke – | Wilh.-Sollmann-Straße – Ebertplatz – Friesenplatz – Barbarossaplatz – Eifelstraße | – Zollstock | |
| 15 | Chorweiler – | Longerich – | Wilh.-Sollmann-Straße – Ebertplatz – Friesenplatz – Barbarossaplatz – Eifelstraße | – Chlodwigplatz – Ubierring |
[edit] High-floor Lines
| 3 | Mengenich – Bocklemünd – Venloer Straße/Gürtel – Hans-Böckler-Platz – Friesenplatz – Neumarkt – Severinstraße – Deutz/Messe Rail – Buchheim – Holweide – Dellbrück – Thielenbruch |
| 4 | Bocklemünd – Venloer Straße/Gürtel – Hans-Böckler-Platz – Friesenplatz – Neumarkt – Severinstraße – Deutz/Messe Rail – Mülheim – Höhenhaus – Dünnwald – Schlebusch |
| 5 | Ossendorf – Subbelrather Str./Gürtel – Hans-Böckler-Platz – Friesenplatz – Dom/Central Station – Ebertplatz – Reichensperger Platz |
| 13 | Sülzgürtel – Zülpicher Straße/Gürtel – Dürener Straße/Gürtel – Aachener Straße/Gürtel – Venloer Straße/Gürtel – Subbelrather Straße/Gürtel – Nußbaumer Straße – Escher Straße –Neusser Straße/Gürtel – Amsterdamer Straße/Gürtel – Slabystraße – Mülheim – Buchheim – Holweide |
| 16 | Bonn-Bad Godesberg – Bonn Main Station – Wesseling – Sürth – Rodenkirchen – Ubierring – Barbarossaplatz – Neumarkt – Dom/Central Station – Ebertplatz – Reichensperger Platz – Niehl |
| 17 | Ubierring – Barbarossaplatz – Neumarkt – Dom/Central Station – Ebertplatz – Reichensperger Platz – Slabystraße – Mülheim – Buchheim |
| 18 | Bonn Main Station – Brühl – Klettenberg – Sülzgürtel – Barbarossaplatz – Neumarkt – Dom/Central Station – Ebertplatz – Reichensperger Platz – Slabystraße – Mülheim – Buchheim – Holweide – Dellbrück – Thielenbruch |
| 19 | Klettenberg – Sülzgürtel – Barbarossaplatz – Neumarkt – Dom/Central Station – Ebertplatz – Reichensperger Platz – Slabystraße – Mülheim – Buchheim |
[edit] Future Expansion
The ongoing construction work of the so-called Nord-Süd-Stadtbahn (North-South-Lightrail) is scheduled for completion in 2010.
