Ebertplatz station

Ebertplatz
KVB light rail station
Ebertplatz station
General information
Location	Ebertplatz 50668 Köln
Coordinates	50°57′2″N 6°57′31″E
Owned by	Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe
Line(s)	Template:KVB line Template:KVB line Template:KVB line Template:KVB line
Platforms	2 island platforms
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Construction
Structure type	underground
Bicycle facilities	Call a Bike
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	1974

Ebertplatz is a major underground station on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 12, 15, 16 and 18, located in Cologne. The station lies at Ebertplatz on the Cologne Ring in the district of Innenstadt.

History

The station was opened in 1974 and consists of a mezzanine and two island platforms with four rail tracks. Before 2008, the station also offered two side platforms on the outer tracks, so passengers could (de)board on both sides. This was due to the fact that the station was also used by single ended tram cars, so each track had to have a platform on the right. To gain accessibility, the platforms for the trains from and to Dom/Hbf had to be elevated, as high-floor cars operate on this route. However, the other tracks, leading to the Ringe tunnel, are, only used by low-floor cars, so the island platforms were split in the middle into a low and a high side. Therefore, the platforms were widened, using the space by the former outer platforms which thus were removed.

Services

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Notable places nearby

• Eigelsteintor
• Neusser Straße
• Theodor-Heuss-Ring
• Bastei

See also

• List of Cologne KVB stations

External links

Media related to U-Bahnhof Ebertplatz at Wikimedia Commons

• station info page Template:De icon
• station diagram map by Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg Template:De icon