The crossing of Aachener Straße and Gürtel in Cologne seen from the
18th floor of the DKV building on 26 June 2004. This is the only crossing where
running from each direction into each direction is possible. Line 1 and line 13
run straight through, the 1 from the lower right corner (towards Weiden) to the
upper left (towards the city center and Bensberg), the 13 from the right side
(towards Sülzgürtel) to the left (towards the northern Gürtel
and Holweide). Line 7 uses the connection from the right (towards Frechen,
leaving the Gürtel again further south) to the upper left (towards the
city center and Zündorf). The two connections to the left are frequently
used by trains to and from the West depot, which is reached by a short line
branching from the Gürtel about hundred meters north of this crossing.
Two low-floor trams of 4000 series are just heading for the depot. There are
four platforms, each one located in front of the crossing where the trams have
to wait anyway in most cases.
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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>)