Wegberg-Wildenrath Test and Validation Centre

[3] By 2007, the railway test tracks had taken over considerable areas of the airfield, with all but the western threshold and overrun of the runway obliterated.

Of the southern dispersals, the central and eastern are bisected by the main railway oval test track.

The test track is connected to the rest of the German railway network by a 5.2 km (3.2 mi) long branch line to the German portion of the Iron Rhine freight railway, branching off near Wegberg.

[4][6] The facility is used for technical acceptance tests and approvals of locomotives,[7] rolling stock and trams[8] under operating conditions, and personnel training.

[9] Media related to Siemens Test Centre Wegberg-Wildenrath at Wikimedia Commons 51°06′57″N 6°13′05″E / 51.11583°N 6.21806°E / 51.11583; 6.21806 ("Weiche auf T3 Richtung T2")