Cologne central station, a photo from Nordrhein-Westfalen, West

Photographer's Note

Cologne´s central station

was built in 1859.
The big greenhouse-like roof was erected
1890 by Johann Jacobsthal.
It is 255 m long, 92 m wide
and 30 m high at the highest point.
Appr. 1200 trains and more than 200000
visitors pass through the station every day.

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phi75 (0) 2005-11-03 13:44

waouh!! this I love.......
superb graphic shot, and the train who is passing in the background !! excellent
regards,
philippe

gigi (2668) 2005-11-03 14:16

great shot
molto bravo
gigi

Gdouble (0) 2005-11-11 14:28

Hi Thorsten,
Is this the "Haupt Bahnhof" ?
Beautiful shot. You're showing us very well the architecture of this railroad staion.
Guy

LEA (5006) 2005-11-14 9:11

I took the train in this station last year. I had the impression it was big but not so big and not so beautifull.

r_bodenschatz (173) 2006-03-30 13:08

My memories regarding this station aren't so good. 30 years ago, during my time in the services, I had often just 2 or 3 minutes to change the train which was often some platforms away. Sometimes I caught the wrong train... I had never tought that there was such a great piece of architecture above me.