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The old station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen from the western end of the platform of track 1 on 9 August 2001. The track that led to the goods shed was removed, the ground is prepared for some new tracks. New catenary masts have been installed in the area of the old platform. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The old station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking eastwards from the Europaring bridge on 13 September 2001. The southern siding on the right was removed, the ground is prepared for the single track of the S-Bahn (urban trains). The old main tracks in the center are still in place. At the old northern siding, which is now without catenary, new rails are unloaded from a special train. They will be used to rebuild the siding further left. In the background, a short second track will be added to it. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The old station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking westwards from the Europaring bridge on 13 September 2001. The southern siding on the left was removed, the ground is prepared for the single track of the S-Bahn (urban trains). The northern siding is now without catenary. In the background the old tracks are connected with the new highspeed tracks. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The old station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen from northwest on 13 September 2001. The platform of track 1 is being removed. The catenary is carried by new masts which look very interesting. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The temporary station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking eastwards on 20 September 2001. Visible is the area where the highspeed tracks will be built. The platform on the right is between the old and the new line, by now it is used for trains towards Aachen. For trains to Cologne there is another platform at the south side of the old line which is not in the picture. On the north side a third platform is built which will be used for the trains to Aachen when the new tracks are in use. Then the platform between the tracks will be used from the other side for trains to Cologne. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The temporary station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking eastwards on 2 October 2001. Visible is the area where the highspeed tracks will be built. The platform on the right is between the old and the new line, by now it is used for trains towards Aachen. For trains to Cologne there is another platform at the south side of the old line which is not in the picture. On the north side a third platform is built which will be used for the trains to Aachen when the new tracks are in use. Then the platform between the tracks will be used from the other side for trains to Cologne. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The old station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking eastwards from the Europaring bridge on 11 October 2001. The southern siding on the right was removed, the first ballast layer for the single track of the S-Bahn (urban trains) is prepared. The old main tracks in the center are still in place, also is the northern siding on the left. North of it the siding is built up new to leave more space for the highspeed tracks, and a second track is added. The switch has wooden sleepers while the other new tracks have concrete sleepers. On the southern main track THA 9433 (Paris-Cologne) runs through the station. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The old station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen from west on 11 October 2001. The two tracks of the new siding are under construction. The double-slip switch will connect them with the main tracks and a short dead-end track. Between the catenary mast next to it and the phone box (marked with the F) the mast with the Ne5 (stopping marker) shows where the end of the platform was. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The old station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking eastwards from the Europaring bridge on 28 October 2001. On the right the single track of the S-Bahn (urban trains) was just assembled, it's catenary seems to be more or less finished. The old main tracks in the center are still in place, also is the northern siding on the left. North of it the siding is built up new to leave more space for the highspeed tracks, and a second track is added. For a short period the station has six tracks, but only five will be there when all is finished. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The old station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking westwards from the Europaring bridge on 28 October 2001. On the left the single track for the S-Bahn (urban trains) was just assembled. To give ballast tampers and other work trains access to the new section, it is connected with the switch of the removed siding. In the background the old tracks are connected with the new highspeed tracks. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking towards east from the old platform on the north side in Sindorf on 28 October 2001. Visible is the tunnel of the Breitestraße with the old narrower bridge still above it. The platform used to run up to the bridge, the edge is still visible. On the south side is the first ballast layer for the single track of the S-Bahn (urban trains). The old exit signal stands just in front of the bridge beneath the old track. Behind it is a new distant signal, placed at the edge of the new line behind the bridge. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking towards southeast from the old platform on the north side in Sindorf on 28 October 2001. This is the temporary end of the single track that is built for the S-Bahn (urban trains) south of the old line. It will soon be continued, the first ballast layer is already prepared. Later the old tracks will be replaced by the highspeed tracks which will be further north. The two right tracks in the picture are very close together, this might be the reason for the short catenary bracket above the old track. On the right is a Ne6 that announces the temporary platform about one kilometer ahead. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The old station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking eastwards from the old platform on the north side on 28 October 2001. The mast with the Ne5 (stopping marker) shows where the end of the platform was in the past. In the foreground is a connection between the two old tracks. Behind it are the switches of the sidings. While the northern siding is still there, the southern one was replaced by a new track for the S-Bahn (urban trains). The place up to the two catenary masts on the right will be used for the two highspeed tracks, so the northern siding is rebuilt on the right, also adding a second track. At the entrance is a double-slip switch. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The old station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking eastwards from the old platform on the north side on 28 October 2001. In the centre are the two tracks of the new siding. Some ballast on them still needs to be tamped. The entrance on the left (not yet connected to the main line), a short dead-end track in the foreground and the two siding tracks are connected with a double-slip switch. Between this and the old main line is the old siding. In it two switches are still visible. The first one led to a short dead-end track, the second one was the access to the track to the goods shed, which ended at the point from where I took this picture. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The old station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking westwards from the Europaring bridge on 18 November 2001. The left new highspeed track in the background was connected to the new track for the S-Bahn (urban trains) left of the old tracks in the foreground. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking towards east from the old platform on the north side in Sindorf on 18 November 2001. Visible is the tunnel of the Breitestraße with the old narrower bridge still above it. The new track for the S-Bahn (urban trains) on the right does not use the bridge, it's trackbed lies directly on the tunnel. It was connected with the southern (right) old track in the background, so the section of the southern old track in the foreground is out of service. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The old station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking eastwards from the old platform on the north side on 24 November 2001. The mast with the Ne5 (stopping marker) shows where the end of the platform was in the past. The southern old track (left) is out of service, the trains towards Cologne use the new track for the S-Bahn (urban trains) next to the acoustic walls on the left. The connection between the tracks was removed, and the southern old track was equipped with a new switch. In the following night the northern old track will be taken out of service, and the trains towards Aachen will use the southern old track. Then the new switch will be used as access to the old siding. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The old station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen from the old platform on 24 November 2001. The interior and the windows of the old signalbox are removed, the roof is partly destroyed. The new catenary masts mark the space that is required for the new highspeed track. The old track next to the platform will be taken out of service in the following night. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The old station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen from the north side on 8 December 2001. You can still see where the signalbox was, together with the platform and the northern old track it was removed to build the first highspeed track. At this time the trains use the southern old track and the first new track for the S-Bahn (urban trains) on the south side. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The old station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen from the north side on 8 December 2001. A switch was inserted in the southern old track to connect it to the new siding further west via the first highspeed track that will be built in the foreground. In the background is the new track for the S-Bahn (urban trains), at this time used for the trains to Cologne. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The temporary station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen on 8 December 2001. The picture was taken from the platform between the old tracks and the area for the highspeed tracks. Another temporary platform was built on the north side. Normally the bridge is used as access. When it has to be put away due to the works, the stairs are used. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The temporary station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen on 8 December 2001. The picture was taken from the platform between the old tracks and the area for the highspeed tracks, showing the old tracks which are in service by now. In the background is a block signal and the gantry with the distant signals for the entrance at Horrem. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The old station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen from northwest on 27 December 2001. The new siding on the right is in use at this time, the double-slip switch is operated by hand. In the background a piece of the northern highspeed track is already built to connect the siding with the remaining old track. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The old station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen from northwest on 27 December 2001. This is the first piece of the northern highspeed track with two switches to connect the old track (in the background) with the new siding (not in the picture). Note that the two visible switches don't have movable frogs. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The old station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking eastwards from the Europaring bridge on 10 February 2002. The trains towards Cologne use the new track on the right which will be used for the S-Bahn (urban trains) in the future. The trains towards Aachen use the last remaining old track next to it. Between it and the siding on the left the northern highspeed track is under construction. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The old station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking westwards from the Europaring bridge on 10 February 2002. The left new highspeed track in the background, where D 419 (Oostende-Cologne) is approaching, is connected to the new track for the S-Bahn (urban trains) on the left. Trains towards Aachen use the last remaining old track, which is connected to the right highspeed track in the background. The northern highspeed track in the foreground seems to be finished, while the siding on the right is beeing rebuilt during the weekend. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The temporary station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen from the south side on 25 February 2002. Signs at the pedestrian tunnel show on which side of the line the trains for a certain direction can be found. While the outer platforms are further west, the platform between the southern old tracks and the northern new tracks can be recognized by the wooden handlebar. For the time the old tracks are still in service, it is accessed from the north side. When the new tracks will be in service, the wooden stairs being under construction will give a short access from the south side. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The temporary station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen from the south side on 18 May 2002. On the left the southern temporary platform is visible, behind it are the highspeed tracks and the other temporary platform. The area on this side of the platform, where the old line was in the past, will be used for a single track for the S-Bahn (urban trains) and a platform. In the foreground the stairs leading to the platform are being built. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The old station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking towards west on 30 May 2002. Between the two siding tracks and the highspeed tracks, acoustic walls are under construction. Note that one end of the double-slip switch is hand-operated and the other one is automatically operated. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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View onto the former passenger station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) looking towards west on 15 July 2001. In the foreground is the old bridge over the Breitestraße on the left and a part of the new tunnel on the right. Most of the old platforms has been broken up. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The new station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen from the temporary platform at the southern highspeed track on 15 June 2002. The wall seems to be the back side of the new platform for the S-Bahn (urban trains). The single track will be built on the left. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The new station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen from the temporary platform at the southern highspeed track on 21 June 2002. I think the wall being constructed on the right will be the back side of the platform for the S-Bahn (urban trains). On the left where there is a layer of new ballast, a switch will be built, some sleepers and other parts are already stored there. The switch will connect the single track next to the platform with the two tracks running to Horrem. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The old station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking eastwards from the Europaring bridge on 22 June 2002. In the middle are the two highspeed tracks. The left one is used for the trains towards Aachen, the right one is still under construction. Trains towards Cologne use the rightmost track which will be used for the S-Bahn (urban trains) in the future. On the left is the siding with two tracks in the background. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The new station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen from the south side on 19 July 2002. This will be the staircase to the new platform for the S-Bahn (urban trains). The single track of the S-Bahn will run next to the temporary platform on the left. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The new station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking towards east on 19 July 2002. The edge of the new platform for the S-Bahn (urban trains) is being prepared. The single track will run on the left, in the background the switch where it will branch into two tracks is already visible. The platform will be on the right, the upper end of the staircase can be seen in the foreground. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The new station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking towards east on 15 August 2002. On the left is the first ballast layer for the track of the S-Bahn (urban trains), on the right the platform will be errected. The different walls on the right seem to be intended for a way for pedestrians and bikers that will pass the platform and lead to the Erfttalstraße bridge in the background. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The new station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking towards east on 2 September 2002. Beginning from the eastern end, the edge of the new platform is errected. On the left, some parts of track for the S-Bahn (urban trains) is already visible, including the switch where the two tracks coming from Horrem will join. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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View from the old passenger station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) looking west onto the old sidings on 15 July 2001. The northern siding is still there while the southern one is removed, the switch and the exit signal can still be seen. A new signal is visible in the middle. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The new station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking towards east on 7 September 2002. On the right is the end of the platform for the S-Bahn (urban trains). Most of the tracks around the switch are assembled. The single track forks into two tracks towards Horrem east of the station. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The new station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking towards east from the western end on 7 September 2002. The edge of the new platform is nearly finished, some meters are still missing. In the foreground (and further west) the track for the S-Bahn (urban trains) was just tamped, even the rails are covered by grey dust. In the background the track forks into two tracks towards Horrem. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking towards west from the new station of Sindorf on 7 September 2002. This is the single track for the S-Bahn (urban trains) which is still under construction. By now all trains use the two highspeed tracks on the right. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The new station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking towards east on 7 September 2002. These stairs will lead to the western end of the new platform. On the left the edge of the platform is under construction. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The old station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking towards east from the Europaring bridge on 17 September 2002. The two highspeed tracks in the middle are used by all trains (at normal speed) at this time, the track for the S-Bahn (urban trains) on the right is not used. On the left is a siding with two tracks. The old catenary masts in this area have been removed. A new distant signal was installed at the S-Bahn track on the right. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The old station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking towards west from the Europaring bridge on 17 September 2002. The two highspeed tracks in the middle are used by all trains (at normal speed) at this time, the track for the S-Bahn (urban trains) on the left is not used. On the right is one track of the siding. On the left side of the tracks is the new transformer station which will be supplied by the 110 kV line being under construction in the background. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The new station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking towards east from the western end on 22 September 2002. Sand is filled up to support the surface of the new platform. At the end of the staircase on the right the posts for the acoustic wall are visible. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The new station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen looking towards east from the western end on 24 September 2002. The posts for the acoustic wall, also forming the back side of the platform, were set. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The new station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen from the western end on 9 November 2002. The surface of the platform is partially finished, sand is applied to fill the gaps. Lanterns have been placed in the whole area, so it seems that there will be no roof. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The new station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen from the western end on 12 November 2002. Instead of a big platform roof, small houses are being errected. I doubt that they will give enough shelter for all the passengers which will be waiting here in times of high traffic. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The new station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen from the northern temporary platform in the morning of 9 December 2002. Behind the southern temporary platform (by now used for all trains towards Cologne) is the new platform for the S-Bahn (urban trains), which will go into service on 15 December. The new platform is much better than the temporary one, with a higher level (for stepless entrance), better seats and some roofs (although they might be a bit small for all the passengers). Note that the new station sign has another style than the old one, with white letters on a dark blue background. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The new station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen from the western end of the southern temporary platform in the evening of 14 December 2002, some hours before the S-Bahn (urban trains) service at this new platform started. The temporary platforms at the main tracks (at the right edge of the picture) are not used any longer, they will be removed soon. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen from the western end on 15 February 2003. Next to the platform is the single track for the S-Bahn (urban trains), it branches to two tracks towards Horrem in the background. Between the S-Bahn and the two highspeed tracks the remains of the southern temporary platform are visible. The northern one is already removed. Before the S-Bahn went into service, all trains used the highspeed tracks, so platforms were neccessary. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The station of Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren (ABS 4) seen from the street on the south side on 20 February 2003. The signs show that there are two accesses to the platform (Bahnsteig), the staircase in the foreground for those who can climb it, and a ramp in the background for those who cannot (for example people in wheelchairs). An S 13 train to Düren, consisting of two class 423 EMU's, is just stopping at the platform. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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The S-Bahn (suburban railway) station Sindorf on the upgraded line Cologne-Düren seen from the south side on 8 July 2006. This ramp which forms the eastern access to the platform (but also is part of a bicycle lane) was currently renewed, now it has a routing strip for visually impaired people. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz (christoph.schmitz2@post.rwth-aachen.de)