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Cologne/Bonn Airport station
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Cologne/Bonn Airport station (German: Bahnhof Köln/Bonn Flughafen) is a station at Cologne Bonn Airport in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was built as part of the Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed rail line and opened in June 2004 on the approximately 15-kilometre-long (9.3 mi) Cologne Airport loop line. It is served by Intercity-Express (ICE), Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn and regional services.[5]
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Location | Waldstraße 247 51147 Köln[1] Porz, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°52′44″N 7°7′10″E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Deutsche Bahn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 island platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | underground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | 4762 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DS100 code | KFKB[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Category | 3[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | VRS: 2100[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www.bahnhof.de | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 12 June 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Cologne Bonn airport was the third German airport to have a connection to the ICE network after Frankfurt Airport and Düsseldorf Airport.
The approximately 420 m (1,380 ft)-long and 40 m (130 ft)-wide underground station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.[3] The four platform tracks are located 18 m (59 ft) below the surface.[6]
In 2002, the projected construction cost of the station stood at €58.3 million.[7] It was funded by the federal government, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Cologne Bonn Airport. In total, the federal government contributed approximately €255 million to the construction costs of the airport loop and station.[8]