THE GS TRAM SITE

KÖLN / COLOGNE - BONN

BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND - FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

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6 Oct. 1969

The Cologne-Bonn system after the inauguration of the north/south tram tunnel in the centre of Cologne.

VIDEOS

Cologne trams video Bonn trams video Cologne-Bonn old interurban trams video
Above: YouTubeCA video - Cologne, Germany 3200 Series Trams - August, 2005 - Length: 10:51 mins. Above: YouTubeCA video - Bonn trams in 1989 and 1994 - Length: 18:56 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 are shown.

Cologne Bonn tram map 1969

INSET 1: COLOGNE

Cologne tram map 1969

INSET 2: CENTRAL COLOGNE

Central Cologne tram map 1969

INSET 3: BONN

Bonn tram map 1969

ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS

BPl Barbarossaplatz HM Heumarkt
BStr Brabanter Str. HZB Hohenzollernbrücke
DB Deutzer Brücke NM Neumarkt
FPl Friesenplatz RPl Reichenspergerplatz
GPf Griechenpforte ZPl Zülpicher Platz


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: Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe (KVB)

  1 Bocklemünd - Bickendorf - Venloer Str. - Brabanter Str. - Rudolfplatz - Neumarkt - Heumarkt - Deutzer Brücke - Bf Deutz - Kalk - Kalk Kapelle - Merheim - Brück - Refrath - Bensberg
  2 Dom (Cathedral) / Köln Hbf (Cologne Main Station) - Neumarkt - Poststraße - Barbarossaplatz - Eifelplatz - Zollstock
  3 Bickendorf - Venloer Str. - Brabanter Str. - Rudolfplatz - Neumarkt - Griechenpforte - Severinsbrücke - Bf Deutz - Buchheim - Holweide - Thielenbruch
  4 Rudolfplatz - Neumarkt - Griechenpforte - Severinsbrücke - Bf Deutz - Mülheim - Höhenhaus [Peak hours only]
  5 Dom (Cathedral) / Köln Hbf (Cologne Main Station) - Friesenplatz - Venloer Str. - Subbelrather Str. - Nußbaumerstr. - Ossendorf
  6 [Peak: Schlebusch - Dünnwald -] Höhenhaus - Mülheim - Mülheimer Brücke - Zoo - Ebertplatz - Ringe - Chlodwigplatz - Bonner Str. - Goltsteinstr. - Marienburg
  7 Junkersdorf - Müngersdorf - Aachener Str. - Rudolfplatz - Neumarkt - Heumarkt - Deutzer Brücke - Poll - Westhoven - Porz - Zündorf
  8 Müngersdorf - Aachener Str. - Rudolfplatz - Neumarkt - Heumarkt - Deutzer Brücke - Bf Deutz - Kalk - Kalk Kapelle - Merheim - Brück [Peak: - Refrath]
  9 Longerich - Niehl - Fordwerke [Peak hours only]
10 Longerich - Neusser Str. - Ebertplatz - Ringe - Barbarossaplatz - Luxemburger Str. - Klettenberg
11 Niehl - Neusser Str. - Ebertplatz - Ringe - Chlodwigplatz - Bonner Str. - Goltsteinstr. - Marienburg [Peak hours only]
12 Fordwerke - Niehl - Neusser Str. - Ebertplatz - Ringe - Barbarossaplatz - Eifelplatz - Zollstock
13 Longericher Str. - Gürtel - Sülzgürtel
14 Schlebusch - Dünnwald - Höhenhaus - Mülheim - Bf Deutz - Severinsbrücke - Griechenpforte - Neumarkt - Zülpicher Platz - Zülpicher Str. - Sülz
E14 Deutz - KHD [Shift-change times only]
15 Dom (Cathedral) / Köln Hbf (Cologne Main Station) - Friesenplatz - Ringe - Zülpicher Platz - Zülpicher Str. - Sülz
16 Thielenbruch - Holweide - Mülheim - Mülheimer Brücke - Zoo - Ebertplatz - Ringe - - Ubierring - Bayenthal - Rodenkirchen
18 Rudolfplatz - Neumarkt - Griechenpforte - Severinsbrücke - Deutz - Kalk - Kalk Kapelle - Ostheim [Morning peak service only]
19 Longerich - Neusser Str. - Ebertplatz - Ringe - Neumarkt - Heumarkt - Deutzer Brücke - Bf Deutz - Kalk - Kalk Kapelle - Ostheim - Königsforst
20 Benzelrath - Frechen Bf. - Marsdorf - Dürener Str. - Gürtel - Aachener Str. - Rudolfplatz - Neumarkt
21 Dom (Cathedral) / Köln Hbf (Cologne Main Station) - Neumarkt - Poststraße - Barbarossaplatz - Luxemburger Str. - Klettenberg
23 Dom (Cathedral) / Köln Hbf (Cologne Main Station) - Friesenplatz - Venloer Str. - Subbelrather Str. - Gürtel - Sülzgürtel

TRAM ROUTES IN BONN

Operator: Stadtwerke Bonn (SWB)

1 Rheindorf - Wilhelmsplatz - Bonn Hbf (Bonn Main Station) - Dottendorf
2 Beuel - Bonn Hbf (Bonn Main Station) - Dottendorf
3 Bonn Hbf - Bad Godesberg - Mehlem

COLOGNE-BONN INTERURBAN ROUTES

Operator: Köln-Bonner Eisenbahnen AG (KBE)

Querbahn Brühl - Wesseling
Rheinuferbahn Cologne (Hohenzollernbrücke) - Bayenthal - Rodenkirchen - Michaelshoven - Sürth - Wesseling – Buschdorf - Tannenbusch - Bonn Rheinuferbahnhof
Vorgebirgsbahn Cologne (Barbarossaplatz) - Luxemburger Str. - Klettenberg - Efferen - Hürth - Brühl – Merten - Bornheim - Alfter - Dransdorf - Bonn Rheinuferbahnhof

INTERURBAN ROUTES AROUND BONN

Operator: Stadtwerke Bonn (SWB)

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


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

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WIKIS

WEB SITES

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


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