Reichenspergerplatz (KVB)

Metro Station Reichenspergerplatz is a station of the lines 16 and 18 of the Cologne city railway in the district of Neustadt- Nord. The internally designated by the Cologne public transport operators as RPP Metro Station is less than the Riehler street on the edge of the eponymous square and is from the neighboring stations Ebert course, Zoo / Flora and Children's Hospital 400, 700 and 1000 meters.

In operation, the metro station was on August 25, 1974 in the wake of the largest start-up of new lines in Cologne: On the same day, the underground hub at Ebert Square, the tunnel route under the Neuss road with three stations and the elevated railway along the belt was put into operation. Structurally, the station is similar to those at the Neuss Street: The tunnel cross section is doubled in the bus stop area and it fed a series of supporting pillars between the tracks. The walls are plain tiled, in the case of Reichenspergerplatz place in green. At the southern end of the platform there is a stairway to the mezzanine level, a further rise elevators or do not exist.

Northeast is followed by a tunnel section that follows the Riehler road and passes behind the Zoobrücke to the surface. From this tunnel path branches off to the north another tunnel section at the same height from which was built simultaneously with the rest of the system, but only in 1991 with the track along the Amsterdam street went into operation. A special feature is located between the two tunnels underground turn loop is traversed clockwise. It was regularly used by the line 5, which ended up to the timetable change on Reichenspergerplatz in December 2012.

Since the conversion of line 5 on rail cars in 2002, the Reichenspergerplatz is exclusively operated by high-floor vehicles. The construction of raised platforms would be possible and relatively easy but is not considered appropriate, unless a barrier-free access is made by the retrofitting of lifts. Since the station with about 6800 passengers a day is average haunted, an extension is provided for, but to find the bottom of the priority list.

50.9541027777786.9641722222222Koordinaten: 50 ° 57 ' 15 " N, 6 ° 57' 51" E

• Metro Station in Cologne
• Köln- Neustadt-Nord
• Built in the 1970s