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This extension was the first in Cologne to be built metro-like from the start. In 1971, the first 2.3-kilometre-long (1.4 mi) section was constructed on an exclusive right-of-way. It starts from existing tram lines to the north, crosses under the Militärringsstraße and over the A1 to the underground Heimersdorf station. The line ended in a ...
The Cologne Stadtbahn operates an extensive light rail and rapid transit system (partially underground) serving Cologne and some neighboring cities. Its name derives from the German term for light rail, Stadtbahn. It is operated by the Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe (KVB) (Cologne Transit Company) and is part of the Rhine-Sieg Transit Association ...
KVB logo. This is a list of KVB light rail stations of the Cologne Stadtbahn system. The system covers the city of Cologne, as well as several surrounding cities (Bergisch Gladbach, Bonn, Bornheim, Brühl, Frechen, Hürth, Leverkusen-Schlebusch, Wesseling) and is operated and owned by KVB (Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe, Cologne transit authority).
Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn network map including the Cologne S-Bahn The Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn ( German : S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr ) is a polycentric S-bahn network covering the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region in the German federated state of North Rhine-Westphalia .
They are (from north to south): Hamburg, Berlin, the polycentric Ruhr-Düsseldorf-Cologne region (collectively referred to as Rhine-Ruhr), Frankfurt and Munich. The Globalization and World Cities Study Group considers Frankfurt and Munich as "α" (alpha) global cities, whereas the others are classified as "β" (beta) global cities. [7]
The Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region (German: Metropolregion Rhein-Ruhr) is the largest metropolitan region in Germany, with over ten million inhabitants. [2] A polycentric conurbation with several major urban concentrations, the region covers an area of 7,110 square kilometres (2,750 sq mi), entirely within the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
The Cologne/Bonn region lies within the larger Rhine-Ruhr region, and forms a counterbalance to the more integrated Ruhr area, which also lies within the Rhine-Ruhr. Since 2008, studies have been undertaken to incorporate cities of the Lower Rhine region (most notably the city of Düsseldorf ) into the alliance, in order to form a Rhineland ...
Köln Hauptbahnhof (English: Cologne Central Station) [6] is the central railway station of Cologne, Germany. The station is an important local, national and international transport hub , with many ICE , Eurostar and Intercity trains calling there, as well as regional Regional-Express , RegionalBahn and local S-Bahn trains.