Haltepunkt Köln-Holweide

In the early 1950s, SC Preußen Dellbrück was competing for the German championship. Many of its supporters came from Holweide and wanted to board the special trains to away games there. So they applied for a stop on the line, which the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft had already opened in 1868. They found support in the club's then chairman, Willy Röhrig, who lobbied the Deutsche Bundesbahn on behalf of the project.

The Bundesbahn agreed but demanded a temporary ramp for boarding and alighting. For Röhrig this was no obstacle: he was a building contractor and had the stop built in no time. The Bundesbahn approved it, and trains stopped there from 1950. Because they also kept stopping on schedule after the football matches, the stop became permanent. It was later nicknamed the "Willy-Röhrig-Gedächtnisbahnhof" (Willy Röhrig Memorial Station) by locals.

As commuter traffic from Bergisch Gladbach to Cologne grew, the timetable became denser. The Bundesbahn therefore opted for S-Bahn service. From 1972, the line was electrified and upgraded to S-Bahn standard. In 1975, an S-Bahn line from Bergisch Gladbach to Köln-Chorweiler began operating.

According to Wikipedia, the station lies on the northern edge of Holweide, directly on the border with Höhenhaus. According to OpenStreetMap map data, the site belongs to the Höhenhaus district. Despite its name, the station thus serves both districts and connects them quickly by S-Bahn to Cologne Central Station.

The station has two side platforms with a height of 76 centimetres. Freight traffic towards Bergisch Gladbach prevents raising them to 96 centimetres, so the platforms remain at the lower height. Each side has step-free access, and both ends have stairs with underpasses for pedestrians and cyclists. The bus stop is on the east side, and bicycle parking is available. The station is unstaffed, and no on-site assistance is available.