Editing Cologne (section)

===Railway===
[[File:4517Bensberg.jpg|thumb|right|Cologne Stadtbahn at [[Bensberg (KVB)|Bensberg station]]]]
[[File:146 019-5 Rheinexpressinkoelnhbf.jpg|thumb|right|Train at Köln Hauptbahnhof]]
Cologne has a railway service with {{Lang|de|[[Deutsche Bahn]]|italic=no}} [[InterCity]] and [[InterCityExpress|ICE]]-trains stopping at [[Köln Hauptbahnhof]] (Cologne Main Station), [[Köln Messe/Deutz station|Köln Messe/Deutz]] and [[Cologne/Bonn Airport station|Cologne/Bonn Airport]]. ICE and [[Thalys|TGV Thalys]] high-speed trains link Cologne with [[Amsterdam]], Brussels (in 1h47, 9 departures/day) and Paris (in 3h14, 6 departures/day). There are frequent ICE trains to other German cities, including [[Frankfurt am Main]] and Berlin. ICE trains to [[London]] via the [[Channel Tunnel]] were planned for 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/travel/travel-news/highspeed-trains-to-link-england-and-germany-20111013-1lmq8.html |title=High-speed trains to link England and Germany |work=Brisbane Times |date=16 October 2011 |access-date=26 January 2012 |archive-date=21 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621035917/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/travel/travel-news/highspeed-trains-to-link-england-and-germany-20111013-1lmq8.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Cologne Stadtbahn]] operated by [[Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe|Kölner Verkehrsbetriebe]] (KVB)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kvb-koeln.de/ |title=Kölner Verkehrsbetriebe (KVB) |publisher=Kvb-koeln.de |access-date=24 July 2009 |archive-date=21 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421184337/http://www.kvb-koeln.de/ |url-status=live }}</ref> is an [[List of Cologne KVB stations|extensive]] [[light rail]] system that is partially underground and serves Cologne and a number of neighbouring cities. It evolved from the tram system. Nearby [[Bonn]] is linked by both the Stadtbahn and main line railway trains, with occasional recreational boats on the Rhine. [[Düsseldorf]] is also linked by [[S-Bahn]] trains, which are operated by {{lang|de|Deutsche Bahn|italic=no}}.

The [[Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn]] has 5 lines which cross Cologne. The S13/S19 runs 24/7 between Cologne Hbf and Cologne/Bonn airport.