24FEI74978_LST Planning Lph. 1-2, Optional 3-4, 6-7 Viersen-Helenabrunn Text automatically translated in your browsing language Automatically translated

At Viersen-Helenabrunn station, the two tracks 3 and 4, which act as buffer tracks in the direction of the single-track freight bypass on line 2522, are to be extended for a useful length of at least 740 m and track 3 is to be additionally connected to line 2520 at the station south head, so that this can also be used as overtaking track in the direction of Mönchengladbach Hbf. For this purpose, the northern station boundary of Viersen-Helenabrunn station must be moved further north, making it a station part of Viersen station. The reason for the project is the following classification: Freight trains in the north-south direction are preferably laid over the freight bypass if they do not change to route 2611 in the direction of Cologne at Rheydt Hbf in order to save them from passing through Mönchengladbach Hbf. This often leads to backlogs in the Viersen-Helenabrunn station, so that long trains have to be held back beforehand, otherwise they cannot clear route 2520 while waiting on one of the buffer tracks. At the same time, no sideways correct overtaking track is available for trains travelling via Mönchengladbach Hbf from Krefeld Hbf or Nettetal-Kaldenkirchen, which leads to obstructions, since a train to be overtaken in this direction either crosses the track of the opposite direction twice in Viersen Gbf or has to be held back early. Text automatically translated in your browsing language Automatically translated

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