Köln Messe/Deutz station

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The station building

Köln Messe/Deutz is a railway station in Cologne, Germany. It is situated next to the Rhine river and just several hundred metres away from Köln Hauptbahnhof, the city's main station.

Deutz station serves an important function in providing some relief for the Köln Hauptbahnhof bottleneck - some ICE services call at Köln-Deutz instead of Köln Hbf, eliminating the need for changing direction.

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[edit] Operational usage

DB station codes
tracks 1 thru 8 KKDZ
tracks 9/10 (S-Bahn) KKDZB
tracks 11/12 (Deutz (tief)) KKDZT
Tracks on different levels

Köln-Deutz has several tracks, ten from east to west, and two from north to south. The north-south tracks, also referred to as Köln Messe/Deutz (tief), are situated under the east-west tracks, which connect the station to the main station via the Hohenzollern bridge. Usually services of all kind call at the station, but the situation was different in 2007, because Deutz(tief) was closed due to construction work on the tracks to Köln-Mülheim. Connections to local traffic are provided by a subterranean Stadtbahn station.

[edit] Long distance trains

All trains leave from platforms 11-12, the north-south platforms below the east-west tracks.

Preceding station   Db-schild.svg DB AG   Following station
ICE 10
east-west platforms
Terminus
ICE 10
tief
ICE 41
tief

[edit] Regional trains

All trains leave from platforms 1-8, the east-west platforms.

Preceding station   Db-schild.svg DB AG   Following station
toward Aachen Hbf
RE 1
NRW - Express
toward Hamm
toward Emmerich
RE 5
Rhein - Express
RE 7
Rhein-Münsterland - Express
toward Rheine
RE 8
Rhein-Erft-Express
toward Aachen Hbf
RE 9
Rhein-Sieg-Express
toward Gießen
toward Trier
RE 12
Eifel-Mosel-Express
Terminus
toward Gerolstein
RE 22
Eifel-Express
toward Kall
RB 24
Eifel-Bahn
RB 25
Oberbergische Bahn
RB 27
Rhein-Erft-Bahn
RB 48
Rhein-Wupper - Bahn
Preceding station   trans regio   Following station
MRB 26
MittelrheinBahn
Terminus

[edit] S-Bahn trains

All trains leave from platforms 9 & 10, the east-west platforms

Preceding station   S-Bahn-Logo.svg Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
S6
toward Essen Hbf
S11
toward Düren
S12
toward Au
S13
toward Troisdorf

[edit] Local trains

Immediatly below tracks 1-10 is the Stadtbahn station Deutz/Messe. This station serves the lines 1 and 9. A shopping area connects it to the Stadtbahn station Deutz/LANXESSarena, where the line 3 and 4 depart.

Preceding station   U-Bahn.svgKVB   Following station
1
toward Bensberg
9
3
4
toward Schlebusch

Coordinates: 50°56′27″N 6°58′30″E / 50.94083°N 6.975°E / 50.94083; 6.975