Appellhofplatz is an underground station and hub on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 3, 4, 5, 16 and 18 in Cologne. More precisely, the station actually consists of two stations some 100 metres apart: Appellhofplatz/Zeughaus (for line 5) and Appellhofplatz/Breite Straße (for all other lines). The station is named after Appellhofplatz and lies in the district of Innenstadt.

Appellhofplatz
KVB light rail station
Appellhofplatz station
General information
Location	Appellhofplatz, 50667 Köln
Coordinates	50°56′21″N 6°57′3″E
Owned by	Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe
Platforms	4 side platforms
Connections	Taxi
Construction
Structure type	underground
Bicycle facilities	Call a Bike
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	VRS: 2100[1]
History
Opened	1968
Services
Preceding station Cologne Stadtbahn Following station Friesenplatz towards Görlinger-Zentrum Line 3 Neumarkt towards Thielenbruch Friesenplatz towards Bocklemünd Line 4 Neumarkt towards Schlebusch Friesenplatz towards Sparkasse Am Butzweilerhof Line 5 Dom/Hbf towards Heumarkt Neumarkt towards Bad Godesberg Stadthalle Line 16 Dom/Hbf towards Niehl Sebastianstraße Neumarkt towards Bonn Hbf Line 18 Dom/Hbf towards Thielenbruch
Route map
Location

History and Layout

The station was opened in 1968 and 1969 and consists of a mezzanine and two platform levels with four side platforms and four rail tracks. Between the two parts of the station there is a triangular intersection, connecting the tunnels to Neumarkt, Friesenplatz and Dom/Hbf. Only the crossing in the tunnel to Friesenplatz is grade-separated, while the two others are at-grade - conversely, the crossing to Friesenplatz is the least frequented with just 36 trains per hour, while the other two serve 60 and 48 trains per hour. This design decision was taken, because the line to Friesenplatz replaced an existing highly frequented surface line, while the demand on the completely new line to Neumarkt was not expected to be as high. With the construction of the North-South Stadtbahn, line 16 will be rerouted to its own tunnel, resulting in only 36 and 48 trains using the crossings to Dom/Hbf and Neumarkt respectively, which will lead to fewer delays on this congested part of the network.

Notable places nearby

• Zeughaus and Kölnisches Stadtmuseum
• St. Maria in der Kupfergasse
• EL-DE Haus
• Breite Straße, shopping district
• 4711 House
• Cologne Opera

See also

• List of Cologne KVB stations

References

External links

• Media related to U-Bahnhof Appellhofplatz at Wikimedia Commons
• station info page (in German)
• station layout diagram (in German)

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