The station of Köln-Ehrenfeld on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren
(<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/strecke/strecke.html">ABS 4</a>)
seen looking towards east from the western end of the northern platform on 15
February 2003. This part of the platform is used as access to the elevator
(which was direct behind me when I took the picture). It seems that the part
besides the staircase on the left was to narrow originally, works are going on
to make it wider (by making the upper end of the staircase narrower). I hope
that the handlebar at the platform edge will be removed when this is finished.
Note that the platform does not pass the staircase next to track 3 (on the
right). The edge in the foreground is to far away from the track to access the
train, the normal platform edge begins behind the staircase (where of course
the trains normally stop). In track 3 and 4 the cables for the LZB
(Linienzugbeeinflussung) are visible.
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Digital photo by
<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/index.html">Christoph
Schmitz</a>