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.

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 the S12 and S13 lines of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn. Both lines operate towards Cologne at 20-minute intervals, so together they provide a 10-minute interval S-Bahn service to Cologne. It is also served by the S19 service between Düren and Au, running hourly on working days. It is also served by the NRW-Express, Rhein-Erft-Express, Rhein-Sieg-Express, Rhein-Erft-Bahn and Erft-Bahn, all running hourly.

Venloer Straße/Gürtel 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.