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In recent years, the number of passengers in Cologne has risen sharply. Although the overall number of passengers decreased in 2020/21 due to the coronavirus crisis, a reversal of the trend has been observed since 2022. This leads to capacity bottlenecks not only on line 1, but also on lines 4, 13 and 18. Since no routes are available for increasing the frequency of supply in the crucial network sections, the bottlenecks are to be eliminated by using longer trains. For the high-floor lines 4, 13 and 18, about 10 m longer trains are to be used in the future. For this purpose, the KVB will procure 34 new vehicles, about 70 m long, which have the necessary additional capacities and are to be used on the affected lines from 2026 onwards. These trains require at least 60 m long platforms for a regular passenger change due to a door distance of a maximum of 57 m. Since not all stops have this length, the platforms must be extended between 7 and 14 m at 21 above-ground stops in the city of Cologne. This also includes the Thielenbruch stop. Text automatically translated in your browsing language Automatically translated

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