Rathaus (KVB)

Rathaus
KVB light rail station
Rathaus station
Location	Alter Markt 50667 Köln
Owned by	Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe
Line(s)	5
Platforms	2 side platforms
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Construction
Structure type	underground
History
Opened	9. December 2012

One of the station's entrances on Alter Markt

The station Rathaus is an underground station in Cologne, Germany. It lies under the Alter Markt (de) and is named by the Rathaus (City hall).

History

The construction of the station started eight years ago, in conjunction with the Stadtbahn's extension project called North-South tunnel (Nord-Süd-Stadtbahn, NSS). The station was opened on 9 December 2012. Until opening of the station at Heumarkt on 15 December 2013, Rathaus was a line 5 terminal station.

Services

When the Nord-Süd-Stadtbahn is completed, Rathaus will also be served by line 16.

Preceding station		KVB		Following station
Heumarkt Terminus		5		Dom/Hbf toward Am Butzweilerhof
Heumarkt toward Bad Godesberg Stadthalle		16 future service only		Dom/Hbf toward Niehl Sebastianstraße

Design

The wall designed with a defamiliarize sentence : WANDGESTALTUNGNORDSÜDSTADTBAHNKÖLNHALTESTELLERATHAUSRICHTUNGSÜD that means WALL|LAYOUT|NORTH-SOUTH-LIGHTRAIL|COLOGNE|STATION|RATHAUS(TOWN HALL)|TOWARDS|SOUTH.

See also

• List of Cologne KVB stations

External links

• station info page (German)

Coordinates: 50°56′19″N 6°57′35″E / 50.93861°N 6.95972°E