sentences:  As part of the ceremony, an Intercity-Express (ICE) ran from Siegburg for the first time, carrying honoured guests and 500 other specially-chosen travellers, via Cologne and Düsseldorf to Oberhausen and back.At the turn of 1996/1997, a contract was awarded for section 23 of the new line, which covered a 3.3 km-long section, which was mainly located in the area of the town of Siegburg.At a cost of about Deutsche Mark (DM) 40 million, two through high-speed tracks would be built, platforms would be built or modified and bridges would be built or rebuilt.