The western end of the station of Horrem on the upgraded line
Cologne-Düren
(<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/strecke/strecke.html">ABS 4</a>)
seen on 9 August 2001. On the right is track 6 which was cut off, the new
platform will be connected to the new pedestrian tunnel in this area. On the
left is track 3, it's platform edge was already prolonged. The area for the
highspeed tracks is in the centre, towards the left you can see a very
interesting bridge. At this point movements of the ground happen (tektonischer
Sprung), so a hole was digged and a bridge for the highspeed track was built
above it, this lowers the effect of the movements. The other tracks are not put
on a bridge because their alignment must not be that accurate, as they are used
at lower speeds.
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Digital photo by
<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/index.html">Christoph
Schmitz</a>