Poststraße station
Poststraße is an interchange station on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 3, 4, 16 and 18 in the Cologne district of Innenstadt. The station lies on Poststraße, after which the station is named.
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| Location | Poststraße, 50676 Köln | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°55′51″N 6°57′0″E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | VRS: 2100[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Currently the station serves 30 trains per hour per direction, the maximum possible with the current technical equipment and at grade-crossing just before the station, regularly, with line 18 running on 5 minute headways and the other 3 lines on 10 minutes each. Once the Nord-Süd Stadtbahn is finished, line 16 will run through the new tunnel, reducing the amount of trains per hour per direction to 24.[2]
The station was opened in 1969 and consists of two side platforms and two rail tracks.
Notable places nearby
- Church of St. Pantaleon
- Church of St. Georg
- Kleiner & Großer Griechenmarkt
- Hotel im Wasserturm
- Agrippabad
See also
References
- "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 202. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- Weiß, Regina (17 January 2017). "Rush Hour in der Innenstadt - Mehr Bahnen sind aktuell nicht drin" [Rush hour in the city center - more trains are not possible at the moment]. Der Unternehmensblog der KVB (in German). Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
External links
Media related to U-Bahnhof Poststraße at Wikimedia Commons- station info page (in German)
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