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The Original Station
The station was opened on 5. December 1859 together with the Cathedral Bridge (German: Dombrücke, later the site of the Hohenzollernbrücke). -
The second building
Construction began in 1889. The tracks were raised by six metres with half the new space created under the track filled with earth and a new entrance building was built to the design of Georg Frentzen, an architect from Aachen. -
Reconstruction and new construcition
After the World War II, part of the old building was reconstructed, while the new building was built. -
The new hall
On 23 September 1957, the new station hall with its shell-shaped roof was opened to the design of the architects Schmitt and Schneider. -
Building the S-Bahn
In the course of building the S-Bahn up until 1991, the entire railway line, railway station and the Hohenzollern bridge were supplemented by two independent S-Bahn tracks. -
The Shopping Center
In 2000, a shopping centre was opened at the entry level—including the area under the S-Bahn tracks.
