THE GS TRAM SITE

KÖLN / COLOGNE - BONN

DEUTSCHLAND - GERMANY

NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN - NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA

(Under British military occupation)

Flag of North Rhine Westphalia

25 Oct. 1948

The Cologne-Bonn system after the completion of the Deutzer Brücke (on 16 Oct. 1948), providing the first tramway crossing of the Rhine in Cologne after the end of the Second World War.

VIDEOS

Cologne old trams video Bonn old trams video Cologne-Bonn old interurban trams video
Above: YouTubeCA video - Die ehemailge Straßenbahn Linie F in Köln - Finchen. Vintage tram in Cologne - Length: 3:21 mins. Above: YouTubeCA video - Bönnsche Bimmel - Sonderfahrt in Köln - historische Straßenbahn / historic tramway aus Bonn - Length: 0:42 mins. Above: YouTubeCA video - DE-50667 Köln Die Rheinuferbahn der Köln-Bonner-Eisenbahnen 1978 - Length: 21:58 mins.

PHOTOS

Cologne tram Cologne tram Bonn tram
Interurban KBE Cologne Bonn tram Interurban KBE Cologne Bonn tram Bonn Interurban H tram

MAPS

THE COLOGNE-BONN AREA

Only light rail (Stadtbahn) routes shown

Cologne Bonn tram map 1948

INSET 1: COLOGNE

Cologne tram map 1948

INSET 2: CENTRAL COLOGNE

Central Cologne tram map 1948

INSET 3: BONN

Bonn tram map 1948

ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS

BPl Barbarossaplatz HZB Hohenzollernbrücke
BStr Brabanter Str. K-S Köln-Sülz
ChS Christophstraße NM Neumarkt
DB Deutzer Brücke ZPl Zülpicher Platz
HM Heumarkt      


I created the above maps by overlaying OpenStreetMap (OSM) maps with my own data. Copyright on the OSM maps is © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under a CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence).

Please note that the OSM maps used as templates for these maps correspond to the situation at the time the maps were downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, they may show bridges and highways that were built later.


ROUTES

TRAM ROUTES IN COLOGNE

Operator: Bahnen der Stadt Köln

  1 Bocklemünd - Bickendorf - Venloer Str. - Brabanter Str. - Rudolfplatz - Neumarkt - Heumarkt - Deutzer Brücke - Bf Deutz - Kalk - Merheim RRH
  2 Bocklemünd - Bickendorf - Venloer Str. - Brabanter Str. - Rudolfplatz - Neumarkt - Heumarkt - Deutzer Brücke - Bf Deutz - Mülheim - Berliner Str. - Höhenhaus [Weekdays only]
  3 Bickendorf - Venloer Str. - Ringe - Christophstraße - Dom (Cathedral) / Köln Hbf (Cologne Main Station)
  5 Dom (Cathedral) / Köln Hbf (Cologne Main Station) - Christophstraße - Subbelrather Str. - Iltisstr. - Takuplatz
  6 Neumarkt - Rudolfplatz - Ringe - Subbelrather Str. - Iltisstr. - Ossendorf
  7 Neumarkt - Rudolfplatz - Ringe - Chlodwigplatz - Bonner Str. - Raderberg
  8 Müngersdorf - Aachener Str. - Rudolfplatz - Neumarkt
10 [In peak hours: Merheim -] / Mauenheim - Neusser Str. - Ebertplatz - Ringe - Rudolfplatz - Neumarkt
11 Merheim - Neusser Str. - Ebertplatz - Ringe - Chlodwigplatz - Bonner Str. - Marienburg - Bonner Str. - Goltsteinstr. - Marienburg
12 Niehl - Niehler Str. - Ebertplatz - Ringe - Barbarossaplatz - Eifelplatz - Zollstock
13 Ehrenfeld (Subbelrather Str.) - Gürtel - Sülzgürtel [Weekday peak only]
14 Riehl (Pionier Str.) - Zoo - Ebertplatz - Ringe - - Ubierring - Ufer - Rodenkirchen (Autobahn)
15 Dom (Cathedral) / Köln Hbf (Cologne Main Station) - Christophstraße - Ringe - Zülpicher Platz - Zülpicher Str. - Sülz
16 Riehl (Pionier Str.) - Zoo - Ebertplatz - Ringe - - Ubierring
19 Neumarkt - Rudolfplatz - Ringe - Zülpicher Platz - Zülpicher Str. - Sülz
20 Neumarkt - Rudolfplatz - Ringe - Barbarossaplatz - Luxemburger Str. - Klettenberg
21 Dom (Cathedral) / Köln Hbf (Cologne Main Station) - Christophstraße - Ringe - Barbarossaplatz - Luxemburger Str. - Klettenberg
22 Mülheim (Wiener Platz) - Holweide - Thielenbruch [Weekdays only]
  B Neumarkt - Heumarkt - Deutzer Brücke - Bf Deutz - Kalk - Merheim - Brück - Refrath - Bensberg
  F Benzelrath - Frechen Bf. - Marsdorf - Dürener Str. - Gürtel - Aachener Str. - Rudolfplatz
  G Neumarkt - Poststraße - Severinsbrücke - Deutz - Buchheim - Holweide - Thielenbruch - Bergisch Gladbach
  K Neumarkt - Heumarkt - Deutzer Brücke - Bf Deutz - Kalk - Ostheim - Königsforst
  L Lövenich - Müngersdorf - Aachener Str. - Rudolfplatz - Neumarkt
  O Neumarkt - Heumarkt - Deutzer Brücke - Bf Deutz - Mülheim - Düsseldorfer Str. - Leverkusen - Opladen
  P Neumarkt - Heumarkt - Deutzer Brücke - Poll - Westhoven - Porz - Zündorf
  S Neumarkt - Heumarkt - Deutzer Brücke - Bf Deutz - Mülheim - Berliner Str. - Höhenhaus - Dünnwald - Schlebusch

TRAM ROUTES IN BONN

Operator: Städt. Straßenbahn Bonn

  1 Bonn Hbf (Bonn Main Station) - Wilhelmsplatz - Rheindorf
  3 Rheinuferbahnhof - Bonn Hbf - Gronau
  4 Endenich - Bonn Hbf (Bonn Main Station) - Dottendorf
  5 Poppelsdorf - Bonn Hbf (Bonn Main Station) - Venusberg

COLOGNE-BONN INTERURBAN ROUTES

Operator: Köln-Bonner Eisenbahnen AG (KBE)

Querbahn Brühl - Wesseling
Rheinuferbahn Cologne (Hohenzollernbrücke) - Ufer - Rodenkirchen - Michaelshoven - Sürth - Wesseling – Buschdorf - Tannenbusch - Bonn Rheinuferbahnhof
Schwarze Bahn Köln-Sülz - Efferen - Hürth - Hermülheim - Berrenrath [Diesel service]
Vorgebirgsbahn Cologne (Barbarossaplatz) - Luxemburger Str. - Klettenberg - Efferen - Hürth - Hermülheim - Brühl – Merten - Bornheim - Alfter - Dransdorf - Bonn Rheinuferbahnhof

OTHER INTERURBAN ROUTES

Operator: Elektrische Bahnen der Stadt Bonn und des Rhein-Sieg-Kreises (SSB)

H Beuel - Ramersdorf - Oberkassel Süd / Römlinghoven - Königswinter - Bad Hannef
S Beuel - Vilich-Müldorf - Siegburg

Operator: Straßenbahn Bonn-Godesberg-Mehlem (BGM)

BGM Bonn Hbf - Bad Godesberg - Mehlem

Operator: Kleinbahn Siegburg–Zündorf

   Zündorf - Langel - Mondorf - Sieglar - Siegburg
   Sieglar - Lind

Operator: Wahner Straßenbahn

   Wahn Bf - Lind


CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH



HISTORY

GAUGE (all systems)

TRAM PRESERVATION

The Straßenbahn-Museum Thielenbruch is a museum dedicated to the history of tramways in Cologne.


SOURCES

PRINT

WIKIS

WEB SITES

Also, thanks to Peter Zondag, of De Bilt (Netherlands), for further information provided through personal communication.


Copyright Gabor Sandi 1998-2024

Disclaimer: Everything on this site was written and/or prepared at the author's discretion. The author has tried to be accurate where facts are presented, but this does not mean that these facts are necessarily accurate. People needing more reliable information should refer to appropriate sources presented, on the Internet or elsewhere, by authoritative professional or academic bodies.

To get in touch with the webmaster, send an e-mail to g_sandi at hotmail.com.

Flags on this site are from the FOTW Flags Of The World website.

Valid HTML 4.01!