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The station of Düren at the end of the upgraded line from Cologne (ABS 4) 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. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz (christoph.schmitz2@post.rwth-aachen.de)