Overview
- City and police put closures and traffic measures into effect for the long CSD weekend, with Deutzer Brücke closed citybound from 05:00 on Friday and the bridge restricted both directions on Sunday between 08:00 and 17:00.
- Kölner Verkehrs‑Betriebe confirmed that Stadtbahn lines 1, 7 and 9 will be split and will not cross the Rhine during the weekend because of an existing construction project and the event routing.
- KVB has reinforced some services on line 1 and added an 'E' support line for parade hours, but the replacement bus 101 will run only between Heumarkt and Koelnmesse and will be suspended on Sunday from 08:00 to 18:00.
- Police expect roughly 60,000 parade participants and hundreds of thousands of spectators on Sunday and said they will deploy large numbers of officers who will act early and decisively against threats to public safety.
- Travel options include a special CSD-ticket valid across the Rheinland local-transport network from Friday afternoon to Monday early morning and scheduled charter trains from the Ruhr, and authorities advise using lines 3 and 4 and avoiding inner‑city parkhouses.