Kronika: Kolonia

The municipality of Cologne has announced the public transport concept during the closure of the bridge „Mülheimer Brücke“. This bridge will be closed for public transport as well as for motorized vehicles from april to november 2024 to enable modernisation works.
During this period, the following timetable chances will take place:
Tram line 3 will ride the whole day until station Thielenbruch. Nowadays, this route is only served by line the from monday to saturday until 20:00/8 p.m.
Tram line 13 will only operate on the left site of the river Rhein, which is the route between the stations Sülzgürtel and Slabystraße. The section between Slabystraße and Thielenbruch is suspended on line 13.
Tram line 18 will be divided in two parts. The trains will start/stop at the first/last stop in front of the bridge, which are Slabystraße on the left side of the Rhein and Mülheim Wiener Platz on the right side.

For relief a new tram line with the number 14 will come into service between the stations Keupstraße and Ebertplatz. This line will use the bridge „Severinsbrücke“ and will stop at the stations Keupstraße, Mülheim Wiener Platz, Grünstraße, Stegerwaldsiedlung, Koelnmesse, Bf Deutz/Lanxess-Arena, Suevenstraße, Severinstraße, Poststraße, Dom/Hbf, Breslauer Platz/Hbf and Ebertplatz.

In addition there will be also a replacement bus Service with the number 118, it will be in service on the route Mülheim Wiener Platz – Zoo/Flora – Neusser Straße/Gürtel – Amsterdamer Straße/Gürtel – Boltensternstraße – Zoo/Flora – Mülheim Wiener Platz.

Schrittweise wurden im Dezember die Linien 141, 145, 149, 150, 153 und 159 auf Batteriebusse umgestellt. Dazu wurde vorher neue Ladeinfrastruktur im Betriebshof Nord und an einigen Haltestellen installiert. • Step by step, lines 141, 145, 149, 150, 153 and 159 have been converted to electric busses in December. Prior, new charging intrastructure has been put up at the northern depot and at some stops.