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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Rathaus (KVB)
Rathaus station is an underground station in Cologne, Germany. It is located below the Alter Markt [de] and is named after the Cologne City Hall (German: Rathaus).

History

The construction of the station started in 2002 as part of the new North-South Stadtbahn tunnel (German: Nord-Süd Stadtbahn). The station was opened on 9 December 2012 and was the terminus of line 5 until the opening of Heumarkt station on 15 December 2013.

Services

When the North-South Stadtbahn tunnel is completed, Rathaus will also be served by line 16.

Design

The wall is designed with a defamiliarised sentence:

WANDGESTALTUNGNORDSÜDSTADTBAHNKÖLNHALTESTELLERATHAUSRICHTUNGSÜD

Which translates to:

Wall design North-South line Cologne station Rathaus southbound

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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