Köln-Mülheim station

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The station Köln -Mülheim located in the homonymous district of Cologne, and is an important regional station of the Deutsche Bahn AG in Cologne right bank. The station is divided into a passenger station on the railroad tracks Köln - Duisburg, Cologne - Wuppertal and Cologne -Mülheim - Bergisch Gladbach and spatially separate drive-through tracks for freight trains on the railway line Troisdorf- Mülheim- Speldorf. Its development goes back to the year 1874.

History

In the 19th century, there were still several railway stations in Mülheim am Rhein, since the private railway companies had their independent rail systems and routes.

Stations of the Cologne -Minden Railway Company (CME, railway line between Cologne and Duisburg ) and the Bergisch- Märkischen Railway Company (BME, routes to Elberfeld and Bergisch Gladbach - Lindlar ) lay side by side on the book Straße (height Wiener Platz ). Only the station of the Rhenish Railway Company ( RhE, railway Troisdorf- Mülheim- Speldorf ) was at the site of today's railway station Köln- Mülheim.

After the nationalization of the railway companies, there was much deliberation as the much-needed consolidation of the stations should be carried out. The Stations of the CME and BME were torn down, pivots the routes to the east. Construction began in 1903, July 1, 1909 the new station was opened and the entire freight and passenger traffic be routed through the merged routes. The station was still called Mülheim am Rhein, as Mülheim was incorporated in 1914 to Cologne and at the time was an independent city. This also explains the generously dimensioned for a suburban station system with four platforms and seven tracks.

Today is the junction station for the regional and S -Bahn in the northeastern Cologne and important connection point between regional and local transport.

Historical Development

Operation

The station Köln -Mülheim is served by several lines of transport, Highway holding does not exist.

U- Train station Mülheim

At the southern end of the station area, the tracks cross the Frankfurter Straße. There is a tunnel for light rail has been created, which beneath the railway crossing a breakpoint with a central platform and two tracks received, which was opened in 1997 and, like all the newer tunnel stations of Cologne Stadtbahn is designed with a platform length of 90 meters for three -traction of the light rail vehicles. The platform with the tracks for the S -Bahn was extended to the south, so an elevator which connects the platforms of the S -Bahn and the tram directly. From a mezzanine from both platforms with stairs and escalators are achievable. The platforms of regional transport, however, are only accessible through the station tunnel and the Empfangsgebäude.zu.

On the route currently operate the two tram lines 13 and 18 In addition, still holding at the station and bus routes 151, 152, 153 and 190 of the Cologne Transport Authority.