Current Routes
Because the light rail network evolved from the tram network instead of replacing it, there were numerous stations served by both light rail and tram vehicles for almost three decades. While high platforms for stepless entry into light rail vehicles could be built on the outer branches, stations in the city center had to have low platforms to support trams as well. The introduction of low-floor technology in the early 1990s promised wheelchair-accessible entry throughout the network without having to build several hundred high platforms. To allow the introduction of low-floor trains without having to demolish existing high platforms, the network was divided into two sub-networks of different floor heights.
On weekdays, all lines are served in 5 to 10-minute intervals from 6 am to 8 pm, with little or no service between around 1 am and about 4.30 am, and usually 15-minute intervals in the early night and early morning. On weekends, there is an hourly service throughout the night. Because several lines overlap on the routes through the city center, some stations are served by up to 30 trains per hour in each direction.
| route | length | avg. speed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weiden West – Junkersdorf – Neumarkt – Bf Deutz - Kalk Post - Kalk Kapelle – Brück – Refrath - Bensberg |
24.9 km (15.5 mi) | 27.2 km/h (16.9 mph) |
| 3 | Mengenich – Bocklemünd – Bickendorf - Bf Ehrenfeld – Bf West – Neumarkt – Bf Deutz – Buchheim – Holweide – Thielenbruch |
20.1 km (12.5 mi) | 26.2 km/h (16.3 mph) |
| 4 | Bocklemünd – Bickendorf – Bf Ehrenfeld – Bf West – Neumarkt – Bf Deutz – Mülheim, Wiener Platz – Dünnwald - Schlebusch |
21.5 km (13.4 mi) | 28.0 km/h (17.4 mph) |
| 5 | Sparkasse Am Butzweilerhof - Ossendorf – Neuehrenfeld - Bf West – Dom/Hbf – Rathaus | 10.3 km (6.4 mi) | 20.4 km/h (12.7 mph) |
| 7 | Frechen – Marsdorf – Braunsfeld – Neumarkt – Poll - Porz – Zündorf |
25.5 km (15.8 mi) | 25.5 km/h (15.8 mph) |
| 9 | Sülz – Universität – Bf Süd – Neumarkt – Bf Deutz – Kalk Post - Kalk Kapelle – Ostheim - Königsforst |
15.4 km (9.6 mi) | 25.0 km/h (15.5 mph) |
| 12 | Merkenich – Niehl – Ebertplatz – Hansaring – Ringe – Zollstock |
16.5 km (10.3 mi) | 22.0 km/h (13.7 mph) |
| 13 | Sülzgürtel – Aachener Str. – Bf Ehrenfeld – Gürtel – Bf Mülheim – Buchheim - Holweide | 15.4 km (9.6 mi) | 28.9 km/h (18.0 mph) |
| 15 | Chorweiler – Longerich – Ebertplatz – Hansaring – Ringe – Ubierring |
15.2 km (9.4 mi) | 24.0 km/h (14.9 mph) |
| 16 | Niehl, Sebastianstraße – Dom/Hbf – Neumarkt – Ubierring – Sürth – Wesseling – Bonn Hbf – Bonn-Bad-Godesberg |
44.4 km (27.6 mi) | 33.3 km/h (20.7 mph) |
| 18 | Thielenbruch – Buchheim – Bf Mülheim – Dom/Hbf – Neumarkt – Klettenberg – Brühl – Bonn Hbf |
46.2 km (28.7 mi) | 33.4 km/h (20.8 mph) |
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