new bus station. The track layout was partly demolished to make room for the Heinsberg-Galerie. Since 2010 Heinsberg was originally intended to be reopened for rail traffic in 2008, but due to reductions in subsidies, the reactivation of the railway line was delayed, so that the reactivation was then due in 2012. 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 journey time from Lindern to Heinsberg, including stops, would be 17 minutes. The Heinsberg–Oberbruch section was cleared in the spring of 2010. The Zug der Erinnerung ("train of memory", a memorial to children deported by train as part of the Holocaust) was able to run over the line to the Heinsberg Kreishaus (district house) in the same spring. With the clearance of the tracks of this section, their bad condition became clear. Above all, it was impossible to run over the points in the Heinsberg station area. In June 2012, the old railway tracks were removed at Heinsberg station, the remains of the loading ramp and the remaining foundations of the freight-handling facility were demolished and a new level area was created. The new railway tracks, platform and car park were built on the levelled area. The car park, the platform and the platform canopy were largely finished in July 2013. To ensure that the traffic to the station does not have to pass through the town centre, the parking lot is only accessible by car via an access road from Industriestrasse. Since 15 December 2013, the Rhein-Niers-Bahn has run from Heinsberg towards Aachen Hauptbahnhof hourly. The trains are coupled or split in portions at Lindern station. Bus connections Numerous buses run from Heinsberg station in different directions. Line 493 runs to Lindern as a substitute for the rail service on weekdays. The buses are operated by West Energie und Verkehr and the RVE. At the bus station there are three buses platforms and two taxi ranks. Freight yard In addition to the freight facilities of the station, the timber yard and gas works still had their own connections. The siding to the gas plant has been closed and dismantled and the siding to the timber yard has also been closed but it has not yet been dismantled (as of 2011). Since the freight traffic was stopped only five