The station of Düren at the end of the upgraded line from Cologne
(<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/strecke/strecke.html">ABS 4</a>)
seen from the platform between track 5 and 6 on 5 May 2006. In the foreground
tracks 6 (at the platform) and 7 (without a platform) are visible. Behind them
four dead-end tracks are under construction, they seem to be intended for the
storage of trains. Obviously three of the tracks will be electrified, so they
can be used to store S-Bahn (suburban railway) EMUs. The visible buffers belong
to the second and the third track, those of the first and the fourth (which is
much shorter) are hidden behind the small building. Note the two interesting
span poles near the buffers. The supports between the second and the third track
seem to be intended for a narrow platform, which will propably be used for the
interior cleaning of the stored trains.
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Digital photo by
<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/index.html">Christoph
Schmitz</a>
(<a href="mailto:christoph.schmitz2@post.rwth-aachen.de">christoph.schmitz2@post.rwth-aachen.de</a>)