Wegberg-Wildenrath Test and Validation Centre

The centre is located on the site of the former RAF Wildenrath British military airfield. After the airfield closed in 1992, it was taken over by Siemens which opened the test and validation centre in June 1997.Siemens to Build Test Centre International Railway Journal March 1995 page 3Wildenrath test centre Modern Railways issue 624 September 2000 page 61 It had five tracks over {{convert|35|ha}}.Focus on Wildenrath Test Centre The Railway Magazine issue 1214 June 2002 pages 14-17 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. The north-east dispersal is completely taken over by sidings, workshops and loops. Of the southern dispersals, the central and eastern are bisected by the main railway oval test track.

There are ovals of track for testing trains, and various electrification systems. The test track is connected to the rest of the German railway network by a {{convert|5.2|km|mi|abbr=on}} long branch line to the German portion of the Iron Rhine freight railway, branching off near Wegberg.

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As well as Siemens the test tracks are also used by competitors such as Alstom, Bombardier Transportation and Stadler.{{cite news | url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view//independent-testing-at-wildenrath.html | title=Independent testing at Wildenrath | date=1 September 2002 | publisher=Railway Gazette International}}

There are {{convert|28|km}} of standard and metre gauge tracks.{{cite web| url=http://www.mobility.siemens.com/shared/data/pdf/www/rolling_stock/siemens_is_bro_test-_and_validationcenter_wegberg-wildenrath.pdf| title=Railway tests and test infrastructure right in the heart of Europe| publisher=Siemens Mobility| access-date=2010-07-07| archive-date=2012-09-29| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929024741/http://www.mobility.siemens.com/shared/data/pdf/www/rolling_stock/siemens_is_bro_test-_and_validationcenter_wegberg-wildenrath.pdf| url-status=dead}}The Wildenrath test centre Today's Railways UK issue 105 September 2010 page 49 The facility is used for technical acceptance tests and approvals of locomotives,{{cite web | url=http://www.railcolor.net/index.php?nav=1405330&id=2823&action=dview | title= Siemens Vectron revealed | publisher=www.railcolor.net | date=29 June 2010}} rolling stock and trams{{cite news | url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view//next-generation-citadis-tram-on-test.html | title=Next-generation Citadis tram on test | date=5 September 2008 | publisher=Railway Gazette International | access-date=7 July 2010 | archive-date=18 November 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118085018/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/next-generation-citadis-tram-on-test.html | url-status=dead }} under operating conditions, and personnel training. It has been equipped for trials with Galileo.{{cite news | url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view//siemens-test-site-equipped-for-galileo-trials.html | title=Siemens railway test site equipped for Galileo trials | date=10 August 2009 | publisher=Railway Gazette International}}

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• [http://www.mobility.siemens.com/mobility/en/pub/urban_mobility/rail_solutions/service/testcenter_for_railway_systems/test_und_validationcenter.htm Test- and Validationcenter Wegberg-Wildenrath] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212114513/http://www.mobility.siemens.com/mobility/en/pub/urban_mobility/rail_solutions/service/testcenter_for_railway_systems/test_und_validationcenter.htm |date=2010-02-12 }}, Siemens Mobility
• [http://www.mobility.siemens.com/shared/data/pdf/www/rolling_stock/siemens_is_bro_test-_and_validationcenter_wegberg-wildenrath.pdf Railway tests and test infrastructure right in the heart of Europe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929024741/http://www.mobility.siemens.com/shared/data/pdf/www/rolling_stock/siemens_is_bro_test-_and_validationcenter_wegberg-wildenrath.pdf |date=2012-09-29 }}, Siemens Mobility

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