 On 15 October 1849, the line was opened from Homberg to Viersen via Trompet, Kaldenhausen, Uerdingen and Crefeld.the final leg to Gladbach (now Mönchengladbach) was completed two years later to the day, on 15 October 1851.In 1853 railway lines were opened to Aachen and to Düsseldorf by the Aachen-Neuß-Düsseldorf Railway Company ("Aachen-Neuß-Düsseldorfer Eisenbahngesellschaft", AND).