Chlodwigplatz underground station

Chlodwigplatz
Underground station in Cologne
Tram stop with a Flexity Swift on line 15
Basic data
District	Neustadt-Süd
Opened	December 13, 2015
Tracks (platform)	2 ( central platform )
Coordinates	50 ° 55 '16 "  N , 6 ° 57' 35"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 55 '16 "  N , 6 ° 57' 35"  E
use
Stretch)	North-South light rail , ring line
Line (s)	15 16 17
Switching options	106 132 133 142

The Chlodwigplatz underground station is an underground station in Cologne . It is located under the square that gives it its name and has been served by the Cologne Stadtbahn's north-south tram since December 2015 . A tram stop of the same name existed on the surface before that .

Structure and architecture

Distribution level with the mushroom-shaped columns

Reconstructed parts of the medieval bulwark

The stop planned by the architects Schaller / Theodor from Cologne has a large oval-shaped distribution level under the roundabout of the Chlodwigplatz and has six staircases (one of which is from a smaller distribution level in the north) and an elevator . The 90-meter-long platform is arranged as a central platform in the middle of the two directional tracks, also continues partially into the tunnel tubes and is 17.3 meters below the road.

On October 30, 2015, a colorful acrylic work of art made by Katharina Grosse was presented at a vernissage , which was produced using spray technology with a compressed air compressor.

Parts of a late medieval bulwark made of basalt , tuff and trachyte , which were found during the construction of the station, were also integrated into the station. The defense system originally belonged to Severinstorburg, north of Chlodwigplatz, and was built in 1474 when the townspeople had to defend themselves in the Cologne collegiate feud against Charles the Bold of Burgundy.

history

There has been a tram stop on the surface since the end of the 19th century, and in a north-south direction until the Second World War . Work has been going on since the end of 2002 on the north-south light rail system , which should relieve the inner city tunnel of the Cologne light rail system and at the same time better develop the old town. In the course of its construction, Chlodwigplatz was also fundamentally redesigned, the tram stop was relocated from the west to the east side of the square and tram line 6 to Marienburg was discontinued on August 30, 2002.

The commissioning of the north-south light rail with the Chlodwigplatz station, originally planned for 2011, could not be achieved due to the collapse of the Cologne City Archives caused by the light rail construction work. Full commissioning is expected in 2026/2027. The southern section of the route with the Chlodwigplatz station was opened as part of the timetable change on December 13, 2015.

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  State on June 27, 2015

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  State on December 13, 2015

Stairwell

Connection

The following lines currently operate:

line	course	Tact
15th	Chorweiler   - Heimersdorf  - Longerich  - Weidenpesch  - Neusser Straße / Gürtel  - Florastraße  - Lohsestraße  - Ebertplatz  - Hansaring   - Christophstraße / Mediapark  - Friesenplatz  - Rudolfplatz  - Zülpicher Platz - Barbarossaplatz - Chlodwigplatz  - Ubierring	10 min
16	Niehl  - Amsterdamer Straße / Gürtel - Reichenspergerplatz  - Ebertplatz  - Breslauer Platz / Hbf  - Dom / Hbf  - Appelhofplatz (Breite Straße)  - Neumarkt  - Barbarossaplatz - Chlodwigplatz  - Ubierring - Marienburg  - Rodenkirchen  - Sürth  - Godorf  - Wesseling Nord - Wesseling  - Wesseling Süd - Urfeld  - Widdig  - Uedorf  - Hersel  - Tannenbusch Mitte  - Tannenbusch Süd  - Propsthof Nord  - Bonn West  - Bonn Hbf  - University / Market  - Juridicum  - Federal Audit Office / Foreign Office  - Museum Koenig  - Heussallee / Museum Mile  - Ollenhauerstraße - Olof-Palme-Allee - Max -Löbner-Straße / Friesdorf - Hochkreuz / Deutsches Museum Bonn  - Wurzerstraße  - Plittersdorfer Straße  - Bonn-Bad Godesberg train station  - Bad Godesberg town hall	10 min
17th	Severinstraße  - Kartäuserhof  - Chlodwigplatz  - Bonner Wall  - Rodenkirchen (- Sürth only during peak hours )	10 min

Lines 15 and 16 operate on the above-ground route along the rings , while line 17 on the underground section of the north-south route.

After the north-south line is fully operational, the following lines are expected to be in operation:

• 5: Butzweilerhof - Friesenplatz - Cathedral / Central Station  - Heumarkt - Severinstraße - Chlodwigplatz (below)  - Bonner Wall - Marktstraße - Arnoldshöhe (north-south route)
• 15: Ubierring - Chlodwigplatz (above)  - Rudolfplatz - Ebertplatz - Weidenpesch - Longerich - Chorweiler (ring route)
• 16: Niehl, Sebastianstraße - Ebertplatz - Breslauer Platz / main station  - Heumarkt - Severinstraße - Chlodwigplatz (below)  - Bonner Wall - Rodenkirchen - Sürth - Wesseling - Bonn Hbf - Bonn-Bad Godesberg (north-south route)

Additional trips are also planned from the north branch of line 16 to Marktstrasse, Arnoldshöhe or Rodenkirchen, but the exact routes or line numbers have not yet been announced.

Web links

Commons : Chlodwigplatz underground station  - Collection of images

• Description of the station Chlodwigplatz

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Katharina Grosse: Art paintings of international standing in the new underground station Chlodwigplatz. KVB, October 30, 2015, accessed on November 1, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Bulwark against the bold Karl. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger from July 15, 2005, accessed on July 13, 2015.
3. ↑ Tim Attenberger: New KVB line 17 inaugurated. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, December 12, 2015, accessed on December 14, 2015 .