Lindern station
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Lindern
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| Location | Linderner Bahn 7, Geilenkirchen-Lindern, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany |
| Coordinates | 50°59′49″N 6°12′29″E / 50.99694°N 6.20806°ECoordinates: 50°59′49″N 6°12′29″E / 50.99694°N 6.20806°E |
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| Platforms | 3 |
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| Station code | 3734 |
| DS100 code | KLD |
| IBNR | 8003697 |
| Category | 4 |
| Website | www.bahnhof.de |
| History | |
| Opened | 12 November 1852 |
Lindern station is in Lindern in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Aachen–Mönchengladbach railway. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.
Lindern station is at the junction where the Heinsberg–Lindern railway separates from the Aachen–Mönchengladbach railway. Since the points where the line to Heinsberg now branches off the main line is now to the east of the station, it is considered under the German regulations for operating railways (Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebsordnung) as a Haltestelle ("halt place"). The Aachen–Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf rail link is now important for commuters from the nearby area (Heinsberg/Linnich). The Heinsberg–Lindern line was only used for freight transport between 1980 and 2013. Passenger services on the line to Heinsberg were resumed in 2013. Construction in preparation for the resumption of services commenced in Lindern station in 2012.
Lindern station, including the station building, was completed in 1852 and passenger and freight operations were recorded in the same year on the new Aachen–Düsseldorf–Ruhrort railway. The ticket office was closed in 1989 and today (2013) the station building is used as a restaurant and a kiosk, while tickets can be purchased at a vending machine on the platform.
Two mechanical signal boxes are located on the south side of the tracks, code-named Lf (class 43, built in 1950 at the end of the station towards Aachen) and Lo (class Jüdel, built in 1930 at the end of the station towards Mönchengladbach), have been taken out of service since the completion of the second stage of the Grevenbroich electronic signalling centre on 6 November 2007. The points and signals of Lindern station are controlled remotely from the Duisburg signalling control centre.
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