This is the southern part of the area where the station Barbarossaplatz of the
Köln-Bonner Eisenbahn (KBE) used to be. The tracks of the so called
Vorgebirgsbahn ran along the Luxemburger street (on the left in the background)
and ended here. Nowadays this line is part of the tram network, so the tracks
pass along this area, which is now occupied by various buildings, and proceed
into the city center. Note that there is one single siding track left. Picture
taken from the 17th floor of the
<a href="http://www.tausendfensterturm.de/">TausendFenster-Turm</a> on 18
January 2005.
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Digital photo by
<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/index.html">Christoph
Schmitz</a>
(<a href="mailto:christoph.schmitz2@post.rwth-aachen.de">christoph.schmitz2@post.rwth-aachen.de</a>)