Location Alter Markt
50667 Köln Structure type underground Opened 9 December 2012 Platforms in use 2 | Line(s) 5 Address 50667 Cologne, Germany Owner Stadtwerke Köln Connections Bus, Taxicab | |
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Owned by Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe Similar Cologne City Hall, Heumarkt, Alter Markt, Appellhofplatz, Great St Martin Church | ||
The station Rathaus is an underground station in Cologne, Germany. It lies under the Alter Markt (de) and is named by the Rathaus (City hall).
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History
The construction of the station started eight years ago, in conjunction with the Stadtbahn's extension project called North-South tunnel (Nord-Süd-Stadtbahn, NSS). The station was opened on 9 December 2012. Until opening of the station at Heumarkt on 15 December 2013, Rathaus was a line 5 terminal station.
Services
When the Nord-Süd-Stadtbahn is completed, Rathaus will also be served by line 16.
Design
The wall designed with a defamiliarize sentence : WANDGESTALTUNGNORDSÜDSTADTBAHNKÖLNHALTESTELLERATHAUSRICHTUNGSÜD that means WALL|LAYOUT|NORTH-SOUTH-LIGHTRAIL|COLOGNE|STATION|RATHAUS(TOWN HALL)|TOWARDS|SOUTH.
References
Rathaus (KVB) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA