Köln Messe/Deutz station

Bahnhof Köln Messe/Deutz
entrance dome of Köln Messe/Deutz station
Operations
Category	1
Type	Bf
DS100 code	KKDZ (high, platforms 1–8) KKDZB (S-Bahn, platforms 9–10) KKDT (low, platforms 11–12)
Station code	3329
Construction and location
Opened	11 November 1913
Location	Cologne
State	NRW
Country	Germany
Local authority	Innenstadt (Deutz)
Home page	www.bahnhof.de
50°56′27″N 6°58′30″E
Ottoplatz 7 50679 Köln
List of railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia

Köln Messe/Deutz is a railway station in Deutz, Cologne, a right-Rhenish district of the city of Cologne, Germany. It is situated close to the River Rhine and via the Hohenzollernbrücke, just a several hundred metres away from Köln Hauptbahnhof, the city's main station. Directly north of the station are the Cologne Trade Fair grounds, hence the name Messe.

Köln Messe/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, while many regional trains from the west terminate here to prevent them blocking the Hauptbahnhof.

Operational usage

Köln-Messe/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 the subterranean Cologne Stadtbahn station.

track	DB station code
tracks 1 thru 8	KKDZ
tracks 9/10 (S-Bahn)	KKDZB
tracks 11/12 (tief)	KKDT

The station serves several scheduled railway routes in Germany:

• Cologne–Duisburg line (KBS 415, 450.6)
• Köln-Deutz–Gruiten line (KBS 455)
• Sieg Railway (KBS 450.12/13, 460)
• (East Rhine Railway via Sieg Railway, KBS 465)
• (Cologne–Frankfurt HSL via Sieg Railway, KBS 472)

Long distance trains

platforms and tracks on elevated level

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

Preceding station		Deutsche Bahn		Following station
Cologne Hbf towards Aachen Hbf/Trier Hbf		ICE 10 east-west platforms		Wuppertal Hbf towards Berlin Ostbahnhof
Köln/Bonn Flughafen Terminus		ICE 10 tief		Düsseldorf Hbf towards Berlin Ostbahnhof
Frankfurt Flughafen towards Munich Hbf		ICE 41 tief		Düsseldorf Hbf towards Dortmund Hbf

Regional trains

Cologne/Bonn Airport S-Bahn service
Köln Hansaring Köln Hbf Hohenzollern Bridge Köln Messe/Deutz Köln-Trimbornstraße Köln-Frankfurter Straße Köln-Airport Business Park Köln-Steinstraße Cologne/Bonn Airport Porz (Rhein) Porz-Wahn Spich Troisdorf Siegburg/Bonn

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

Preceding station		Deutsche Bahn		Following station
Cologne Hbf toward Aachen Hbf		RE 1 NRW-Express		Köln-Mülheim toward Paderborn Hbf
Köln-Mülheim toward Emmerich		RE 5 Rhein-Express		Cologne Hbf toward Koblenz Hbf
Cologne Hbf toward Krefeld Hbf		RE 7 Rhein-Münsterland-Express		Köln-Mülheim toward Rheine
Cologne Hbf toward Mönchengladbach Hbf		RE 8 Rhein-Erft-Express		Cologne/Bonn Airport toward Koblenz Hbf
Cologne Hbf toward Aachen Hbf		RE 9 Rhein-Sieg-Express		Porz (Rhein) toward Siegen
Cologne Hbf toward Trier Hbf		RE 12 Eifel-Mosel-Express		Terminus
Cologne Hbf toward Gerolstein		RE 22 Eifel-Express
Cologne Hbf toward Kall		RB 24 Eifel-Bahn
Cologne Hbf toward Köln Hansaring		RB 25 Oberbergische Bahn		Köln-Trimbornstraße toward Marienheide
Cologne Hbf toward Mönchengladbach Hbf		RB 27 Rhein-Erft-Bahn		Porz (Rhein) toward Koblenz Hbf
Cologne Hbf toward Bonn-Mehlem		RB 48 Rhein-Wupper-Bahn		Köln-Mülheim toward Wuppertal Hbf
Preceding station		trans regio		Following station
Cologne Hbf toward Koblenz Hbf		MRB 26 MittelRheinBahn		Terminus

S-Bahn trains

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

Preceding station		Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn		Following station
Cologne Hbf toward Köln-Nippes		S6		Köln-Buchforst toward Essen Hbf
Cologne Hbf toward Düsseldorf Flughafen Terminal		S11		Köln-Buchforst toward Bergisch Gladbach
Cologne Hbf toward Düren		S12		Köln-Trimbornstraße toward Au (Sieg)
Cologne Hbf toward Köln Hansaring or Horrem		S13		Köln-Trimbornstraße toward Troisdorf

Local trains

subway tracks

Immediately 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		KVB		Following station
Deutzer Freiheit toward Köln-Weiden West		1		Deutz Fachhochschule toward Bensberg
Deutzer Freiheit toward Sülz Hermeskeiler Platz		9		Deutz Fachhochschule toward Königsforst
Suevenstraße toward Mengenich Ollenhauerring		3		Koelnmesse toward Thielenbruch
Suevenstraße toward Bocklemünd		4		Koelnmesse toward Schlebusch

External links

Media related to Bahnhof Köln Messe/Deutz at Wikimedia Commons