Neumarkt station

Neumarkt is a Stadtbahn station in Innenstadt, Cologne. The station is divided in an overground part for low-floor trains and an underground part for high-floor trains. It is important as a junction between the low-floor east-western lines (1, 7, 9) and the high-floor lines (3, 4, 16, 18).

Neumarkt
KVB light rail station
Northbound platform of the underground station
LocationNeumarkt, 50667 Köln
Coordinates50°56′09″N 6°56′55″E
Owned byKölner Verkehrs-Betriebe
Platforms6 side platforms
ConnectionsBus, Taxi
Construction
Structure typeunderground, at-grade
Bicycle facilitiesCall a Bike
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zoneVRS: 2100[1]
History
Opened6. October 1969
Services
Preceding station Cologne Stadtbahn Following station
Rudolfplatz Line 1 Heumarkt
towards Bensberg
Rudolfplatz
towards Frechen-Benzelrath
Line 7 Heumarkt
towards Zündorf
Mauritiuskirche
towards Sülz Hermeskeiler Platz
Line 9 Heumarkt
towards Königsforst
Appellhofplatz Line 3 Poststraße
towards Thielenbruch
Appellhofplatz
towards Bocklemünd
Line 4 Poststraße
towards Schlebusch
Poststraße Line 16 Appellhofplatz
Poststraße
towards Bonn Hbf
Line 18 Appellhofplatz
towards Thielenbruch
Route map
Location

Overground station

Neumarkt station (overground)

The overground part consists mainly of two low-floor platforms on the Neumarkt square used by the East-western trains of lines 1, 7, and 9. Although most of the trains don't terminate here in regular service, there is a loop surrounding the place. This loop, used for example by additional trains to the Stadium and by line 7 in the late evenings uses two additional platforms at the northern end of the Neumarkt. From the main platforms, there are stairs leading to the underground part of the station and to the HUGO-Passage.

Adjacent to the station is also a bus stop. All bus lines terminate here, the stop for exit is near the main platforms, the entrance platform near the platforms in the loop.

Underground station

The underground station is used by the high-floor trains of lines 3, 4, 16, and 18. There are two side-platforms, but the station does not offer any operational infrastructure.

When this station was opened, it also used low-floor platforms as also trams called here. When the platforms were elevated to allow step-free access to the trains, the escalators were not replaced, so from the platforms, a ramp was built to get to the level of the lower end of the escalators.

HUGO-Passage

An entrance to the HUGO-Passage

The HUGO-Passage is an underground concourse connecting both parts of the Station and the nearby Schildergasse. Inside, there are shops as well as a service center of the Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe (Cologne Transport Authority).

The name HUGO-Passage is usually shown by a green H in a yellow circle, the German sign for a tram stop (Haltestelle) representing the overground station, a white U in a blue box, the German sign for an underground (U-Bahn), and the word GO, depicting the possibilities for walkers to use the passage to avoid waiting at traffic lights.

Notable places nearby

See also

References

  1. "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 202. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
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