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Cologne Central Station

Central railway station of Cologne, the 4th largest city of Germany
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Summary

Cologne Central Station is an inter-city rail station[1]. It draws 1,336 Wikipedia views per month (inter city rail station category, ranking #3 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Altstadt-Nord[3]
  • Country: Germany[4]
  • Transport network: Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn[5], go.Rheinland[6]
  • Instance of: central station[7], through station[8], station located on surface[9]
  • Connecting line: Lower Left Rhine Railway[10], Cologne–Aachen high-speed railway[11], West Rhine Railway[12], Cologne–Duisburg railway[13], Sieg Railway[14], Köln–Frankfurt high-speed rail line[15], East Rhine Railway[16]
  • Owned by: Deutsche Bahn[17]
  • Operator: DB Netz[18], DB Station&Service[19]
  • Adjacent station: Köln Messe/Deutz station[20], Köln-Nippes station[21], Köln-Ehrenfeld station[22], Köln West station[23], Köln Hansaring station[24], Düsseldorf Central Station[25], Frankfurt Airport long-distance station[26], Solingen Central Station[27], Cologne/Bonn Airport station[28], Wuppertal Central Station[29], Bonn Hauptbahnhof[30]
  • IATA airport code: QKL[31]
  • Commons category: Köln Hauptbahnhof[32]
  • Significant event: 2018 Cologne attack[33]
  • Interchange station: Dom/Hauptbahnhof[34], Breslauer Platz/Hauptbahnhof[35]
  • Official website: https://www.bahnhof.de/bahnhof-de/bahnhof/Koeln_Hbf.html[36], https://www.bahnhof.de/bahnhof-de/bahnhof/K-C3-B6ln-Hbf-1032796[37]
  • Number of platform tracks: 11[38]
  • Connecting service: TGV[39], Thalys[40], InterCityExpress[41], Hamburg-Köln-Express[42], ÖBB Nightjet[43], ICE 78[44], FlixTrain[45], S11[46], S19[47], S6[48], S12[49]
  • Daily patronage: 280,000[50]
  • Heritage designation: architectural heritage monument in North Rhine-Westphalia[51]
  • Date of official opening: January 1, 1859[52]
  • Native label: Köln Hauptbahnhof[53]
  • Elevation above sea level: 58 m[54]
  • Class of station: category 1 railway station[55]
  • State of use: in use[56]
  • Street address: Trankgasse 11, 50667 Köln[57]
  • Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Hohenzollernbrücke from Hauptbahnhof[58]

Why It Matters

Cologne Central Station has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

Related Entities

Dunkirk Germany Thalys

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . vrr.de. vrr.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . vrr.de. vrr.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . vrr.de. vrr.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4h ago · Chabe01 · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 30
    Wikipedia languages → ['bn', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'h
    Place name sign → Panneau Gare Centrale Cologne - Cologne (DEA2) - 2026-09-28
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Place name sign: Panneau Gare Centrale Cologne - Cologne (DEA2) - 2026-09-28 - 1.jpg"
  2. 5w ago · GodeNehler · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of platform tracks → {'amount': '+11'}
    Owned by → —
    Located in → —
    Adjacent station → Köln Messe/Deutz station, Köln-Nippes station, Köln-Ehrenfeld station +10
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Transport network: go.Rheinland, Add Transportnetwork according to Schiene.NRW ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/2b551142bee|details]])"
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