Rathaus station is an underground station in
Cologne
Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...
, Germany. It is located below the and is named after the
Cologne City Hall
The City Hall () is a historical building in Cologne, western Germany. It is located off Hohe Straße in the district of Innenstadt, and set between the two squares of Rathausplatz and Alter Markt. It houses part of the city government, includi ...
().
History
The construction of the station started in 2002 as part of the new North-South Stadtbahn tunnel (). 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:
Which translates to:
See also
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List of Cologne KVB stations
This is a list of Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe, KVB light rail Metro station, stations of the Cologne Stadtbahn system. The system covers the city of Cologne, as well as several surrounding cities (Bergisch Gladbach, Bonn, Bornheim (Rheinland), Bornh ...
References
External links
station info page
Cologne KVB stations
Innenstadt, Cologne
Railway stations in Germany opened in 2012
Cologne-Bonn Stadtbahn stations
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