Good morning everyone! Yesterday I was doing collectibles on HRR and while I was taking a break and spotted some regios passing by at Essen-Kray Süd, I noticed that the mood at the platform was the mood of an metropolic central station...though it is only a small station in the nowhere... With no industrial activities nearby or something that could be responsible for such loud noises and it isn't heavily crowded. So my point is, DTG, that you can add an atmosphere like that at Essen or even Bochum, even though there are like 2 people standing on the platforms, but not at smaller stations. There, I only want to hear some birds twittering and the sound of a passing train. Thank you for noticing my criticism!
From what I gather the station is near the city/town centre which could account for why it's so busy. Hope this helped.
Nope, it's not near the town centre afaik, it's rather in the outskirts. It may be hard to distinguish by looking on the map, cause in that area city boundaries are often close to one another.