Dom/Hauptbahnhof station

Dom/Hauptbahnhof station (English: Cathedral/Main Station, sometimes abbreviated as Dom/Hbf) is an underground station on lines 5, 16 and 18 of the Cologne Stadtbahn system. The station is located under the southwest corner of the Köln Hauptbahnhof, the city's main railway station and along the northern edge of the Cologne Cathedral (German: Kölner Dom).

Dom/Hauptbahnhof
Dom/Hauptbahnhof station in 2008
General information
LocationBahnhofsvorplatz
Cologne
Coordinates50°56′32″N 6°57′29″E
Owned byKölner Verkehrs-Betriebe (KVB)
Line(s)Innenstadt Stadtbahn tunnel
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zoneVRS: 2100
History
Opened1968
Rebuilt2005
Services
Preceding station Cologne Stadtbahn Following station
Appellhofplatz
towards Sparkasse Am Butzweilerhof
Line 5 Rathaus
towards Heumarkt
Appellhofplatz Line 16 Breslauer Platz/Hauptbahnhof
towards Niehl Sebastianstraße
Appellhofplatz
towards Bonn Hbf
Line 18 Breslauer Platz/Hauptbahnhof
towards Thielenbruch
Location

The station opened in 1968 as part of the first phase of the Innenstadt (English: inner city) Stadtbahn tunnel, and was one of the first underground stations in Cologne.

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