Köln-Weiden West station

Köln-Weiden West is a railway station situated at Weiden, Cologne in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Cologne–Aachen railway. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[1]

Köln-Weiden West
LocationBonnstraße, Köln-Weiden West, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates50°56′26″N 6°48′56″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)Cologne–Aachen
Other information
Station code8131[1]
DS100 codeKKWW[2]
IBNR8003383
Category5[1]
Fare zoneVRS: 2100 and 2820[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened28 May 2006[4]
Services
Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
toward Horrem
S 12
peak hours only
toward Sindorf or Düren
S 13
toward Troisdorf
toward Düren Hbf
S 19
Other services
Preceding station Cologne Stadtbahn Following station
Terminus Line 1 Weiden Römergrab
towards Bensberg
Location
Köln-Weiden West
Location in North Rhine-Westphalia
Köln-Weiden West
Location in Germany
Köln-Weiden West
Location in Europe

Station

The Stadtbahn station is on ground level just south of the line, enabling direct interchange. A light rail trip from Weiden West to the stop at the RheinEnergieStadion takes about ten minutes, so the stop is used by many football fans for home games of 1. FC Köln. Many commuters also use the stop because of the nearby Frechen-Nord junction on Autobahn 4. A park and ride facility with 430 parking spaces was therefore expanded to 680 parking spaces in 2008. As the occupancy of the parking lot is still very high during the week, a further increase in the number of parking lots is being discussed. According to the City of Cologne, this can only be done by establishing a parking garage since there are no more spaces available for expansion. This would require a grant from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which requires long-term planning.[5]

History

The station was built before the 2006 FIFA World Cup to relief the Stadtbahn trains from RheinEnergie Stadion (part of line 1) to the center of Cologne. When Weiden West was opened, people coming from west of Cologne could change there to the Stadtbahn instead of going via the Central Station of Cologne and use the westbound Stadtbahn to the stadium. It was opened on 28 May 2006[4] on a section of the Cologne–Aachen railway that was opened by the Rhenish Railway Company between Cologne and Müngersdorf on 6 September 1841.[6] At the same time, line 1 of the Cologne Stadtbahn was extended by about a kilometre to the west and a new terminus was built with four tracks.

Services
Köln-Weiden West tram station

The station is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S13 between Sindorf or Düren and Troisdorf and line S19 between Düren and Hennef (Sieg), Blankenberg (Sieg), Herchen or Au (Sieg). Together these lines provide a service every 20 minutes on weekdays and every 30 minutes on the weekend. During the peak, line S12 also provides services every 20 minutes between Horrem and Hennef (Sieg). It is also served by line 1 of the Cologne Stadtbahn.[7]

Notes
  1. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 200-202. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. "Köln-Weiden West operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  5. "Mehr Stellplätze in Weiden-West?". Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (in German). 9 December 2013. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  6. "Line 2600: Köln - Aachen (Grenze)". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  7. "Köln-Weiden West station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
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