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The station of Düren at the end of the upgraded line from Cologne (ABS 4) seen on 5 August 2001. The right track will be used for the S-Bahn (urban trains), the new platform is under construction. The track will be led along the platform in the future, by now it has to take this way due to the works on the pedestrian tunnel. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The station of Düren at the end of the upgraded line from Cologne (ABS 4) seen looking towards north on 6 November 2001. In the foreground is track 3 for the trains towards Cologne. Behind it is the area where track 2, the straight track towards Cologne, was removed. Track 1 is still in it's old place in this area. The gap between the next two platforms used to contain the tracks 17, 18 and 19 which ended at a turntable east of the station building. Behind are the tracks 22 and 23 for the trains to Jülich and some tracks for freight trains. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The station of Düren at the end of the upgraded line from Cologne (ABS 4) seen on 27 November 2001. In the foreground is the old track 5 with the low platform and the temporary bridge. At the left edge is the switch of the next track, which has to take this way because of the works on the pedestrian tunnel. At the end of the new platform a staircase and an elevator are being built. The tracks behind the new platform are under construction. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The station of Düren at the end of the upgraded line from Cologne (ABS 4) seen on 5 August 2001. The second track on the right will be used for the S-Bahn (urban trains) while the third one, leading to the other side of the new platform, is built for the Euregiobahn to Aachen/Mönchengladbach. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The station of Düren at the end of the upgraded line from Cologne (ABS 4) seen on 5 August 2001. At this new platform the S-Bahn (urban trains) to Cologne/Bonn and the Euregiobahn to Aachen/Mönchengladbach will meet, making the neccessary changing for throughgoing passengers as easy as possible. Note the step in the lower part, the left track will be placed higher than the right because the class 423 EMUs of the S-Bahn (right track) require 96 cm platform height above the rails while the Talent DMUs of the Euregiobahn (left track) require 76 cm for a stepless entrance. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The station of Düren at the end of the upgraded line from Cologne (ABS 4) seen on 25 September 2001. The elevator on the right and the staircase in the middle are under construction, after they are finished, the new platform on the left will be continued into this area. In the foreground is the old track 5 with the temporary bridge above the pedestrian tunnel. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The station of Düren at the end of the upgraded line from Cologne (ABS 4) seen on 25 September 2001. This view shows the pedestrian tunnel, which was opened to build the elevator on the right and the staircase on the left (not yet visible). In the foreground is the old track 5 with the temporary bridge. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The station of Düren at the end of the upgraded line from Cologne (ABS 4) seen on 25 September 2001. At this time the new platform ends at the left edge, while the access to the pedestrian tunnel is under construction in the background. In the foreground is the switch where the tracks 5 and 6 join, track 6 was to near to the building place in it's old location. Behind the switch is the temporary bridge above the tunnel. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The station of Düren at the end of the upgraded line from Cologne (ABS 4) seen on 3 October 2001. The elevator on the right and the staircase in the middle are under construction, after they are finished, the new platform on the left will be continued into this area. In the foreground is the old track 5 with the temporary bridge above the pedestrian tunnel. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The station of Düren at the end of the upgraded line from Cologne (ABS 4) seen on 6 November 2001. This is the southern part of the eastern end. In the foreground is track 5, which will be renumbered to track 4 in the future, it will be used for the trains to Münster as far as i know by now. On the right follows track 6, which will be used for the S-Bahn (urban trains). The next track is the new track 7 for freight trains. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The station of Düren at the end of the upgraded line from Cologne (ABS 4) seen on 6 November 2001. This is the northern part of the eastern end. The track on the right is track 3. It used to be a siding track next to the platform, connected to track 2, the straight track leading towards Cologne. Now track 2 is removed, it's signal is marked as invalid by a white cross. Track 1 next to it, which was the straight track for the other direction, was shifted and is visible at the left edge. A temporary level crossing was installed for the construction works in the area between the tracks. All trains to Cologne use track 3 and continue over the new track for the S-Bahn (urban trains) in the background. Near the signal is an Lf1 (the triangle with the 8) that announces (or, in this case, repeats) a temporary speed restriction to 80 km/h. The Lf2 (with the A) marks the beginning of the restriction. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz