The part of Messe/Deutz station used by the ICE trains, those heading south depart from gleis 11

Köln Messe/Deutz (Köln / Cologne / Koeln)

Köln Messe/Deutz is the secondary station in Köln/Cologne, it’s located away from the heart of the city.
It is on the opposite bank of the River Rhine to the city’s main station, Köln Hauptbahnhof.Though Messe/Deutz lives up to its name as it located adjacent to Köln Messe, the city’s trade exhibition halls; the Laxness Arena is also close by.

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All of the local S-Bahn trains that serve the city call at Köln Messe/Deutz, along with most of the Regio train services to and from Köln/Cologne.
Some ICE trains from and to Köln/Cologne call at Messe/Deutz station and NOT at Köln Hauptbahnhof/Köln Hauptbahnhof.

ICE trains trains travelling between the cities to the north of Köln (such as Dusseldorf and Essen) and the Seigburg/Bonn to Frankfurt high speed line, have to divert off of the direct route in order to call at Köln Hauptbahnhof.
So some ICE trains which travel between Dusseldorf and Frankfurt Flughafen call instead at Koln Messe-Deutz.

These include the trains on this popular ICE route:
Essen – Duisburg – Dusseldorf - Köln Messe/Deutz – Frankfurt Flughafgen/Airport – Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Wurzburg – Nurnberg – Munchen/Munich.
Due to this routing if you’ll be travelling from Köln/Cologne to Wurzburg and Nurnberg, then by far the most frequent and fastest trains to these cities depart from Messe/Deutz and not, Köln Hauptbahnhof.

Also if you want to travel from Köln/Cologne to Munchen/Munich by ICE trains in even hours, you’ll need to take trains from Messe/Deutz, the ICE trains to Munchen/Munich from Köln Hauptbahnhof only depart every other hour; the odd hours.

The service of ICE trains between Köln/Cologne and both Frankfurt Flughafgen and Frankfurt (Main) Hbf is also split between trains departing from/arriving at Messe/Deutz and Köln Hauptbahnhof.
In some hours during the day, if you want to travel from Köln/Cologne to Frankfurt (Main) Hbf, there will only be a train from Köln Messe/Deutz station. #

Also at weekends trains can be diverted from Köln Hauptbahnhof to call at Köln Messe/Deutz.
If you can’t find the train you were expecting to take on the departure screens at Köln Hauptbahnhof, it’s worth checking to see whether it will instead be leaving from Messe/Deutz

Accessing Köln Messe/Deutz station:

(Option 1) By S-Bahn local train:

If you will be commencing your journey in the area around Köln Hauptbahnhof/Hbf, or will be making a connection from a train arriving at Köln Hbf, then the easiest means of accessing Köln Messe/Deutz is to make the one station hop on a S-Bahn train.
You shouldn’t have to wait more than 10 mins at Köln Hbf for a train – take any train from gleis (platform/track) 10.

On arrival at Köln Messe/Deutz the access down to the gleis (platforms/tracks) which the ICE trains will depart from is at the rear of the train - you will have to use the stairs, there is no elevator access down to this part of the station

(Option 2) By U-bahn (metro):

U-Bahn lines 1, 3, 4 and 9 call at Köln Messe/Deutz - all four lines connect the area of the city centre south of Köln Hbf to Messe/Deutz.

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Köln / Cologne / Koeln to Milano / Milan / Mailand by train
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Köln / Cologne / Koeln to Salzburg by train
Köln / Cologne / Koeln to Stuttgart by train
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Amsterdam to Köln / Cologne / Koeln by train
München / Munich to Köln / Cologne / Koeln by train
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