THE GS TRAM SITE

KÖLN / COLOGNE - BONN

DEUTSCHLAND – GERMANY

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1 June 1997

VIDEOS

Cologne trams video Bonn trams video Cologne-Bonn old interurban trams video
Above: YouTubeCA video - Köln KVB im Februar 1997 - Length: 62:41 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 Cologne tram
Cologne tram Bonn trams Bonn Stadtbahn

MAPS

THE COLOGNE-BONN AREA

Only light rail (Stadtbahn) routes shown

Cologne Bonn tram map 1997

INSET 1: COLOGNE

Cologne tram map 1997

INSET 2: CENTRAL COLOGNE

Central Cologne tram map 1997

INSET 3: BONN

Bonn tram map 1997

ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS

BPl Barbarossaplatz NM Neumarkt
DB Deutzer Brücke RPl Reichenspergerplatz
FPl Friesenplatz 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 (including interurban routes to Bonn)

Operator: Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe (KVB)

  1 Junkersdorf - Aachener Str. - Rudolfplatz - Neumarkt - Heumarkt - Deutzer Brücke - Bf Deutz - Kalk - Kalk Kapelle - Merheim - Refrath - Bensberg
  2 Benzelrath - Frechen Bf. - Marsdorf - Dürener Str. - Aachener Str. - Rudolfplatz - Neumarkt - Heumarkt - Deutzer Brücke - Poll - Westhoven - Porz - Zündorf
  3 Bocklemünd - Ehrenfeld - Köln West - Friesenplatz - Neumarkt - Poststraße - Severinsbrücke - Bf Deutz - Buchheim - Holweide - Thielenbruch
  4 Bocklemünd - Ehrenfeld - Köln West - Friesenplatz - Neumarkt - Poststraße - Severinsbrücke - Bf Deutz - Mülheim - Dünnwald - Schlebusch
  5 Reichenspergerplatz - Ebertplatz - Köln Hbf (Cologne Main Station) - Friesenplatz - Köln West - Nußbaumerstr. - Ossendorf
  6 Longerich - Neusser Str. - Ebertplatz - Friesenplatz - Rudolfplatz - Zülpicher Platz - Barbarossaplatz - Chlodwigplatz - Bonner Str. - Goltsteinstr. - Südpark
  7 Sülz Hermeskeiler Pl. - Zülpicher Str. - Köln Süd - Zülpicher Platz - Neumarkt - Heumarkt - Deutzer Brücke - Poll - Westhoven - Porz - Zündorf
  9 Sülz Hermeskeiler Pl. - Zülpicher Str. - Köln Süd - Zülpicher Platz - Neumarkt - Heumarkt - Deutzer Brücke - Bf Deutz - Kalk - Kalk Kapelle - Ostheim - Königsforst
12 Merkenich - Niehl - Neusser Str. - Ebertplatz - Friesenplatz - Rudolfplatz - Zülpicher Platz - Barbarossaplatz - Eifelplatz - Zollstock Südfriedhof
13 Holweide - Buchheim - Mülheim - Mülheimer Brücke - Gürtel - Sülzgürtel
15 Thielenbruch - Holweide - Buchheim - Mülheim - Mülheimer Brücke - Reichenspergerplatz - Ebertplatz - Friesenplatz - Rudolfplatz - Zülpicher Platz - Barbarossaplatz - Chlodwigplatz - Ubierring
16 Buchheim - Mülheim - Mülheimer Brücke - Reichenspergerplatz - Ebertplatz - Köln Hbf - Neumarkt - Poststr. - Barbarossaplatz - Ubierring - Bayenthal - Rodenkirchen - Michaelshoven - Sürth - Wesseling – Buschdorf - Tannenbusch - Bonn Hbf – Museum Koenig - Olof-Palme-Allee - Bad Godesberg Stadthalle
17 Niehl Sebastianstr. - Amsterdamer Str. - Reichenspergerplatz - Ebertplatz - Friesenplatz - Rudolfplatz - Zülpicher Platz - Barbarossaplatz - Chlodwigplatz - Ubierring
18 Chorweiler - Longerich - Neusser Str. - Ebertplatz - Köln Hbf - Neumarkt - Poststr. - Barbarossaplatz - Sülzgürtel - Efferen - Hürth - Brühl – Merten - Bornheim - Alfter - Dransdorf - Bonn Hbf (Bonn Main Station)
19 Niehl Sebastianstr. - Amsterdamer Str. - Reichenspergerplatz - Ebertplatz - Köln Hbf - Neumarkt - Poststr. - Barbarossaplatz - Sülzgürtel - Klettenbergpark

TRAM ROUTES IN BONN

Operator: SWB

61 Auerberg - Wilhelmsplatz - Bonn Hbf (Bonn Main Station) - Dottendorf
62 Oberkassel Süd / Römlinghoven - Ramersdorf - Beuel - Bonn Hbf (Bonn Main Station) - Dottendorf
65 Auerberg - Wilhelmsplatz - Beuel - Ramersdorf [A few rush-hour and some other runs]

INTERURBAN ROUTES AROUND BONN (with the exception of those to Cologne)

Operator: SWB

63 Tannenbusch - Bonn Hbf – Museum Koenig - Olof-Palme-Allee - Bad Godesberg Stadthalle
66 Siegburg - Vilich-Müldorf - Beuel - Bonn Hbf – Museum Koenig - Olof-Palme-Allee - Ramersdorf - Oberkassel Süd / Römlinghoven - Königswinter - Bad Hannef
67 Siegburg - Vilich-Müldorf - Beuel - Bonn Hbf – Museum Koenig - Olof-Palme-Allee - Bad Godesberg Stadthalle [Rush-hour service]
68 Bornheim - Alfter - Dransdorf - Bonn Hbf (Bonn Main Station) - Museum Koenig - Olof-Palme-Allee - Ramersdorf [Rush-hour service]


CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

Note: There is some overlap in the network length data because the same stretch may belong to two separate networks



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.


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