public celebration. The costs of the rehabilitation and adaptation of the infrastructure amounted to around €18 million. Public transport operations When the Rhein-Niers-Bahn from Aachen reached Lindern, one portion continues to run via Mönchengladbach to Essen, while the other reverses and runs from Lindern to Heinsberg. The infrastructure of the Heinsberg Railway is operated by Rurtalbahn. The line operation is operated by DB Regio NRW using Class 425 sets. Coming from Heinsberg, this portion is reconnected in Lindern to the portion from Mönchengladbach and then the train continues to Aachen. At the beginning of 2015, only 1,400 passengers used the service daily instead of the forecast 2,000. There were still regular problems with the operation of the portion working, with poor provision of information to passengers. In addition, many bus connections in the district of Heinsberg were still unchanged from their original timetable and had not been adapted to the railway timetable. There is also a poor connection from the Rhein-Niers-Bahn from Heinsberg towards Mönchengladbach, as it misses the Wupper-Express (RE 4) towards Düsseldorf by a few minutes. Route description The route now begins on platform 3 of Lindern station, which was built in 1852 and dates back to the founding of the Aachen–Mönchengladbach railway. It runs first parallel to the main line towards Aachen, then shortly after the Thomashof railway crossing it runs to the north-west up a hill, which is part of the Aldenhoven loess plate and thus part of the Jülich Börde landscape, and then continues towards Randerath. From Randerath it descends immediately and crosses the Wurm between Randerath and Horst. Between Horst and Porselen, the line leaves the Wurm valley and then continues through the Heinsberg Rur meadow lands to Heinsberg. Nevertheless, the line from the Wurm bridge after Randerath always remains on the left (western) side of the Wurm, which also flows through the Rur meadow lands to the mouth of the Rur river. While the entrance buildings of the stations in Heinsberg-Randerath, Heinsberg-Porselen and Heinsberg (Rheinl) have been demolished, the station building in Heinsberg-Oberbruch now houses commercial space. Dremmen station has been abandoned. Lindern station In 1852, Lindern received a station able to handle freight on the new Aachen–Mönchengladbach railway. The rail connection is important for commuters in the immediate vicinity (Heinsberg/Linnich). There is now a restaurant and a kiosk in the Lindern station building. The two signal boxes were abandoned after the opening