Köln Hauptbahnhof (
German for
Cologne main station) is a railway station in
Cologne,
Germany. The station is an important local, national and international hub, with many
ICE,
Thalys and
Intercity trains calling there, as well as regional
RegionalExpress,
RegionalBahn and local
S-Bahn trains.
EuroNight and
DB NachtZug night services also call at the station. It has frequent connections to
Frankfurt by way of the
Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line, which starts in southern Cologne. On an average day, about 280,000 travellers frequent the station, making it the fifth busiest station in Germany.