A multiple system ICE 3 (class 406) approaches Düren (on Cologne-Aachen) as ICE 14 (Frankfurt-Bruxelles) on 14 March 2004. Generally the speed for ICE trains on this line was raised to 250 km/h in December 2003, but in this curve speed is restricted to 220 km/h. The S-Bahn (urban trains) station Merzenich on the right is now in service for nearly one year.

Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz (christoph.schmitz2@post.rwth-aachen.de)