Cologne/Bonn Airport station

Cologne/Bonn Airport station (German: Bahnhof Köln/Bonn Flughafen) is a station at Cologne Bonn Airport in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was built as part of the Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed rail line and opened in June 2004 on the approximately 15-kilometre-long (9.3 mi) Cologne Airport loop line. It is served by Intercity-Express (ICE), Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn and regional services.

Cologne/Bonn Airport

Köln/Bonn Flughafen

Through station
General information
LocationWaldstraße 247
51147 Köln
Porz, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates50°52′44″N 7°7′10″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeunderground
Other information
Station code4762
DS100 codeKFKB
Category3
Fare zoneVRS: 2100
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened12 June 2004
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Köln Messe/Deutz ICE 10
select trains only
Terminus
Köln Hbf
Terminus
ICE 45 Montabaur
towards Stuttgart Hbf or Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station
Köln Messe/Deutz
towards Mönchengladbach Hbf
RB 27 Troisdorf
towards Koblenz Hbf
Preceding station National Express Germany Following station
Köln Messe/Deutz
towards Minden (Westfalen)
RE 6 (Rhein-Weser-Express) Terminus
Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station
Köln-Frankfurter Straße
towards Düren
S13 Porz-Wahn
towards Troisdorf
S19 Porz-Wahn
towards Au (Sieg)
Location
Cologne/Bonn Airport
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia
Cologne/Bonn Airport S-Bahn service
Köln Hbf
Hohenzollern Bridge
Köln Messe/Deutz
Cologne/Bonn Airport
Porz (Rhein)
Porz-Wahn
Spich
Troisdorf
Siegburg/Bonn

The Cologne Bonn airport was the third German airport to have a connection to the ICE network after Frankfurt Airport and Düsseldorf Airport.

The approximately 420 m (1,380 ft)-long and 40 m (130 ft)-wide underground station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station. The four platform tracks are located 18 m (59 ft) below the surface.

In 2002, the projected construction cost of the station stood at €58.3 million. It was funded by the federal government, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Cologne Bonn Airport. In total, the federal government contributed approximately €255 million to the construction costs of the airport loop and station.

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