A freight yard was built in place of the former Rhenish station, which had several ladder crossovers and more than seventy shunting and sorting tracks.

On 1 June 1891, a new connection was created to the Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd freight yard on the Duisburg-Ruhrort–Dortmund railway (formerly CME).

[3] Then, on 1 October 1901, a completely new, two-track line was taken into operation on the eastern outskirts of Duisburg, running directly from Duisburg-Wedau freight yard to Düssern junction (now Sigle junction) to avoid through freight trains going through Duisburg station.

The four-track entry and exit from Oberhausen West Oro signal box to Walzwerk junction was reduced to two tracks and connected to the Oberhausen–Arnhem railway (Holland line).

The Mathilde–Oberhausen West Oro–Oberhausen Hbf curve was removed and attached by a single track to the Holland line.

Trains from Ruhrtal junction from the port of Duisburg-Ruhrort and Duisburg-Beeck go towards Oberhausen Hbf Obo and then reach Oberhausen West from the east; in the opposite direction the tracks are still connected directly at Mathilde junction.

In the summer of 2008, the Mathilde signal box took over control of the departure yard from Duirburg-Ruhrort port station.