page_title: Cologne Stadtbahn
section_title: Rolling stock
hierarchical_section_title: Cologne Stadtbahn / Rolling stock
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: K5000 der Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe als Linien 3 und 4 im U-Bahnhof Äußere Kanalstraße in Köln-Ehrenfeld English: Two type K5000 LRV (Bombardier Flexity Swift) in Cologne at Äußere Kanalstraße station
context_page_description: The Cologne Stadtbahn is a light rail system in the German city of Cologne, including several surrounding cities of the Cologne Bonn Region. The term Stadtbahn denotes a system that encompasses elements of trams as well as an underground railway network and interurban rail, even including three lines that are licensed as heavy rail and used by freight trains as well as Stadtbahn vehicles. Two of these lines connect the Cologne Stadtbahn to the Bonn Stadtbahn. These lines are jointly operated by both cities' transport authorities, resulting in both systems and the lines connecting them sometimes collectively referred to as Stadtbahn Rhein-Sieg.
  The Cologne Stadtbahn is operated by the Kölner Verkehrsbetriebe and the Bonn Stadtbahn is operated by the Stadtwerke Bonn. The KVB and SWB are members of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg, formed in 1987 to consolidate the transit authorities in the metropolitan Cologne area and operate a joint fare structure. There were 38 underground stations, with an additional four being added since 2015.
context_section_description: Since the last traditional tramcars were retired in 2006, the Stadtbahn's active rolling stock consists exclusively of modern articulated light rail vehicles. All of them are about 30 m (98 ft 5 in) long, 2.65 m (8 ft 8 in) wide, seat approximately 70 passengers and are approved for speeds of up to 80 km/h (50 mph). With rare exceptions, all services are operated by two units coupled together.
caption: Two K5000 high-floor trams on lines 3 (left) and 4 (right)
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