View onto the upgraded line Cologne-Düren
(<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/strecke/strecke.html">ABS 4</a>)
looking towards west from the street bridge near Merzenich on 20 April 2002. On
the right are the highspeed tracks. This curve is probably the reason for the
speed limit of 220 km/h in this area, note how much the tracks are canted. The
two distant signals at the gantry will announce the entrance signals of the new
overtaking station Merzenich. On the left between the tracks for the S-Bahn
(urban trains), a platform for a new station will be built.
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Digital photo by
<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/index.html">Christoph Schmitz</a>