Köln-Dellbrück station

• Railway line between Cologne - Mülheim- Lindlar ( KBS 450.11 )

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The station Köln - Dellbrueck located in the eponymous district of the right bank of Cologne on the Route number 450.11, the railway line between Cologne and Bergisch Gladbach.

History

The Dellbrueck station was built on the 1868 opened by the Bergisch- Märkische Railway Company railway Mülheim- Bergisch Gladbach. Two years later, in 1870, the station building was inaugurated, after the council had put the building free of charge. The two storey building was built in late Classicist style with arched pediment and hover next to train facilities also contained a gastronomy. An adjacent level crossing over the main road axis Dellbrücker / Diepeschrather road was initially unbeschrankt. Instead, there were black and white signs saying: Stop! As soon as a train approaches, pedestrians, riders, drivers of cattle and beasts of burden must stop here. Violators will be punished!. To the east of the passenger station, a freight station was set up in 1902, after earlier industry and craft businesses with favorable land could be recruited. 1904 and 1908 were made extensions of the station building. 1908 a second track was laid and built a road underpass.

Weekday operated the station the commuter traffic Dell Bücker workers to the factories in Deutz, lime and Mülheim. At the weekend, the crowd was even greater: To turn of the century were eight to nine extra trains used to manage tourist traffic from nearby cities to Dellbrueck.

About its proper function, the station building has been used by the Dellbrücker population for festivities. So, the press reported of a feast on the occasion of the birthday of Kaiser Wilhelm I on 24 March 1881, decorated reception building, which was illuminated by a Bengal fireworks.

With the nationalization of the Bergisch- Märkischen Railway Company of the station passed into the possession of the kingdom of Prussia, on June 1, 1882. During a bombing raid on the night of 22 to 23 August 1943, the roof of the station building suffered heavy damage. In 1950, the football club Prussia Dellbrueck advanced all the way to the semifinals of the German Cup, several special trains from Reutlingen, Mannheim and Offenbach came Sunday after Dellbrueck. In 1979, the old station building was demolished. In its place was until 1981 a functional glass and concrete building in the typical contemporary style.

Traffic

Dellbrueck is Monday to Friday approached at 20 -minute intervals from the S -Bahn line 11 of the S -Bahn Cologne, on the weekend at 30- minute intervals. In addition, a single morning line price of RB24 ( Kall - Euskirchen -Cologne- Deutz ), which is extended on school days to Dellbrueck and from there back moves back to Cologne main station exists. In addition, the station of freight trains of ports and freight Köln ( HGK ) is passed that have the goods station in Bergisch Gladbach as the target.

Plant

The station has two electrified tracks crossing at which the ( outer) platforms of the S- Bahn stations. Both platforms have a length of 232 meters and a height of 76 cm ( measured from top of rail ), which does not allow continuous access to the trains running on the line S11 railcar of type 423. The platforms are staggered, so they face each other directly only on a good 120 meters in length. To the north of the platform towards Cologne is a bypass track that is used by the already mentioned RB24. Also, this is electrified, but only over a length of 210 meters for the passenger transport available.

Nearly 500 meters east of the station begins a single-track section, which extends to the end of the track in Bergisch Gladbach. Although the route threaded there to the freight depot, but only used for the S -Bahn track is electrified. Between the Dellbrueck Station and the merging of the tracks there are two disused corporate connections.

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South of ostwärtigen the platform there is a small bus station, where buses to Cologne thin forest, and Porz and flies to Bergisch Gladbach go. This is designed so that the platform merges seamlessly with no height difference in the platforms No.. About 700 meters south of the railway line runs the rail line of the Cologne transporting enterprises from Deutz / Mülheim to Thielenbruch.