Heinsberg (Rheinland) station

In preparation for the reactivation of passenger services on 15 December 2013, a new island platform was erected to the east of the site of the demolished entrance building.

The station is bordered to the east by the Heinsberg commercial area, where there used to be a siding to a timber yard.

[5] After long consideration of the possibilities for extending the railway, the station was built as a terminus.

The entrance building was then located on the area that is between the current bus station and medical centre.

The remains of the entrance building were demolished and were never rebuilt, instead a wood shed was built as a temporary station.

[6] In October 2011, the first edition of the West-Express, a publication of the infrastructure manager Rurtalbahn, announced that a Park and Ride facility would be built in Heinsberg.

The new railway tracks, platform and car park were built on the levelled area.

In addition to the freight facilities of the station, the timber yard and gas works still had their own connections.

Today's station has signs of the loading ramp for goods and sugar beet.

Work on reactivation in June 2012
View of the construction site in 2012 ...
... and in spring 2013
July 2013: fitting out of the platform
New platform after completion
The Heinsberg bus station