Cologne - Messe / Deutz

First stations

In the city of Deutz (Deutz joined Cologne on April 1, 1888 ), railway traffic opened in 1845 . On December 20, 1845, the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (CME) opened the Deutzerfeld station for trains to Dusseldorf . In 1859, the so-called. Cathedral bridge , as a result of which Deutz station got in touch with Cologne Central Station. At the same time, a new Deutz-Giessen railway line ^{[1] [2]} was opened, while the old structures of Deutz Station were expanded and supplemented with platforms along the new track. Passenger trains stopped at Deutz Station, while courier trains continued to Cologne Central Station without stopping.

In 1880, private railway companies were nationalized and merged into a single railway network of Prussia . On October 1, 1886, the passenger platforms of the station built in 1845 by CME were closed, and all trains began to follow the Schiffbrücke station, formerly owned by the Brandenburg Railway Company (BME) ^[3] , and the CME station began to be used as a freight station ^[4] . In 1911, the construction of a new station in Deutsche began on a modern site.

Years of National Socialism and World War II

During the years of National Socialism in Germany ( Zeit des Nationalsozialismus ), almost all Jews living in the city ( Deportation von Juden aus Deutschland ) were deported from Deutz station from Cologne. The first transport was sent in October 1941 , and the last - on October 1, 1944, to the Theresienstadt concentration camp . The premises of the trade fair located near the station were used as a collection point.

During the 262 bombing of British aircraft during the Second World War , the main of which took place on May 30 - 31, 1942 , the building of the station in Deutz, like the whole of Cologne, was almost completely destroyed. The pre-war three-span indoor apron made of glass and iron was not subject to restoration, and after the war, the ceilings were formed only of concrete. Currently, a part of the tunnel and the entire station square are registered in the list of monuments of the architecture of the city of Cologne.

Post-war time and modernity

In 1988, it was decided to open a new ICE line from Cologne to Frankfurt . In this regard, it was decided to modernize the Cologne-Deutz station ^[5] . In 1996, Deutsche Bahn AG decided to open a whole series of ICE lines in Cologne with a mandatory stop at the Cologne-Deutz train station.
In 1998, the board of the Cologne Trade Fair ( German: Koelnmesse ) decided to build a new office building near the Cologne-Deutz station. In 1999 - 2001, reconstruction work was carried out on the Cologne – Messe / Deutz station, the cost of which amounted to 140 million marks . On December 11, 2004, the station received its modern name - Cologne – Messe / Deutz, under the name of the Cologne trading company.

IC and ICE

RE , RB, and S-Bahn

1. ↑ Scheiner, Bauanlagen der Köln-Gießener Eisenbahn und der Zweigbahn von Betzdorf nach Siegen, August 1865, Siegburg Rheinlandia, p. 3, Specielle Beschreibung der Linie
2. ↑ Poller Heimatmuseum, Deutz, Plan Deutzer Feld
3. ↑ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung, Herausgegeben im Ministerium der öffentlichen Arbeiten, Berlin, September 17, 1887, No. 38 Bahnanlagen am Rheinufer in Deutz, p. 355
4. ↑ Bahnhöfe von AZ, Loseblattsammlung, Köln-Deutz, Großmann, GeraMond
5. ↑ Grußwort . In: DBProjekt Köln-Rhein / Main (Hrsg.): Zum Thema , Heft 1/2000, Frankfurt am Main, February 2000, p. 3,

• Route map for the Cologne Messe / Deutz station (German)
• Cologne Messe / Deutz Station Page at the International Database and Gallery of Structures
• 3D-model of the station Cologne Messe / Deutz