The station Lindern (on Aachen-Mönchengladbach) seen looking towards Aachen
on 22 April 2008. Interestingly there are Ks light signals at track 1 and
2, but a semaphore signal at track 3. With the installation of the new
electronic signalbox this station was in fact transformed into a stop
(Haltepunkt) on the open line, combined with a junction. The latter forms the
remaining connection between track 3 and the mainline at the other end of
the station, while the connection at this end is out of service. Track 3 is
now only used as access to the branch line to Oberbruch and Heinsberg (only
freight traffic) which curves away in the background, note that it is not
electrified any more. As the semaphore signal can not be actuated by the new
signalbox, it has an M board (at the bottom of the red-white-red plate) allowing
it to be passed on verbal permission.
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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>)