 Originally the line ran from the location of the modern Viersen-Helenabrunn station initially parallel to the line that is now the Mönchengladbach freight bypass (originally opened in 1909) and then running directly between Helenabrunn and Heimer (now suburbs of Viersen) to Viersen BME station.Helenabrunn station was in the higher part of Helenabrunn and Heimer.The line was moved further north, where it connected with the Neuss–Viersen line, which was originally built by the Rhenish Railway Company ("Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft", RhE), to run to Viersen RhE station (now Viersen station).