Mannheim–Weinheim railway

Mannheim–Weinheim
Overview
Line number669 (until 1970: 300g; until 1992: 568)
LocaleBaden-Württemberg and Hesse, Germany
Service
Route number9400
Technical
Line length16.6 km (10.3 mi)
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge
Minimum radius23 m (75 ft)
Electrification750 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph)
Route map

0.0
Mannheim OEG
("Weinheimer Bahnhof")
former tramway from old show ground
Neckarvorland
(freight yard)
Feudenheim steam railway
tramway from Friedrich-Ebert
Bridge255A7
tramway via Schafweide 44A15
Universitätsklinikum (hospital)
Feudenheim steam railway
Feudenheim
tramway to Feudenheim 27
0.823
former
BOStrab (tram)
ESBO (train)
border
1.0
Lange Rötterstraße
tramway to Käfertaler Wald
and Waldfriedhof 44A
1.4
Bonifatiuskirche
1.5
Grenadierstraße
2.2
Exerzierplatz
Käfertal freight yard
(Rollbock transfer yard)
2.5
Boveristraße
2.9
Käfertal Süd
3.4
Mannheimer Straße
BOStrab (tram)
ESBO (train)
border
former Käfertal tram terminus
3.9
Mannheim-Käfertal OEG
4.7
Bensheimer Straße
5.7
Platz der Freundschaft
Wasserwerk Käfertal
6.8
Tierheim (crossover,
since September 2014)
6.88
BW
Hesse
state border
7.9
Tivoli/Rhein-Neckar-Zentrum
Viernheim halt
8.7
Kapellenberg
9.6
Viernheim OEG
10.2
Viernheim Ost
10.7
Walter-Gropius-Allee
12.41
Hesse
BW
state border
13.3
Freiburger Straße
steam-powered brick works
13.8
Blumenstraße
14.7
Stahlbad
Kurbrunnen
15.4
Händelstraße
Weinheim–Worms railway
Pfälzer Hof
16.4
Weinheim Hauptbahnhof
to Weinheim freight yard
(Rollbock transfer yard)
16.7
Weinheim Alter OEG-Bahnhof
(old OEG station)
Source: German railway atlas


The Mannheim–Weinheim railway is a metre-gauge railway between Mannheim-Neckarstadt-Ost/Wohlgelegen and Weinheim, mainly in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It was built by the former Oberrheinischen Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft AG (Upper Rhine Railway Company, OEG), later MVV OEG AG and is now operated by MVV Verkehr GmbH (infrastructure owner) and RNV (operations manager and train operator) according to Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebsordnung für Schmalspurbahnen (narrow-gauge railway regulations; ESBO). However, the line is still owned by MVV Verkehr AG (the City of Mannheim's transport utility) as the successor to the OEG. It is operated as a branch line using electronic direct traffic control.