Mannheim Kurpfalzbrücke–Edingen–Heidelberg railway

Mannheim Kurpfalzbrücke–Heidelberg
Overview
Line number669 (until 1970: 300g; until 1992: 568)
LocaleBaden-Württemberg, Germany
Service
Route number9402
Technical
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge
Electrification750 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph)
Route map

0.0
Mannheim OEG
("Weinheimer Bahnhof")
former tramway from Friedrichsring
tramway from Friedrichsring 5
0.4
Collini-Center
tramway on Friedrich Ebert Bridge
1.0
Lessingstraße
1.7
Fernmeldeturm
3.2
Holbeinstraße
tramway on Dürerstraße 69
4.1
Neuostheim
tramway to/from SAP Arena 6
4.95
Duale Hochschule
6.6
Pforzheimer Straße
6.7
Deutscher Hof
7.2
Seckenheim Rathaus
7.9
6.6
Seckenheim OEG
3.9
Neckarhausen
Neckarhausen halt
9.9
Neu-Edingen Gewerbegebiet
11.1
Edingen West
Pfälzer Hof
Edingen Rathaus
1.2
Edingen Ort
(Edingen brewery)
0.0
12.1
Edingen (Baden)
(course change in 1929)
14.5
Taubenfeld
15.2
Wieblingen Mitte
16.2
SRH Campus
17.0
Ochsenkopf
(since 1955)
17.6
Berufsschule
(route relocation in 1913 and 1993)
goods line to Schriesheim
17.9
Heidelberg OEG goods yard
18.1
Gneisenaustraße Süd
former
ESBO (train)
BOStrab (tram)
border
tram line from Eppelheim 22
former tram line from Wieblingen
old OEG goods yard
(until 1913)
former line along Nadlerstraße
ESBO (train)
BOStrab (tram)
border
tram line on Karl-Metz-Straße
Betriebshof
Heidelberg Hbf
(forecourt)
tram line on Berliner Straße 2124
Stadtwerke
Volkshochschule
Römerkreis: tram lines to Kirchheim
and Rohrbach 232426
Römerstraße
Stadtbücherei
Altes Hallenbad
Poststraße
Seegarten
former tram line on Rohrbacher Straße
Adenauerplatz
(line 5: no stop)
tram line on the Kurfürstenanlage
20.0
Bismarckplatz
former tram line on Hauptstraße
Theodor Heuss bridge, Neckar
Source: German railway atlas

The Mannheim Kurpfalzbrücke–Heidelberg railway is a metre-gauge railway between central Mannheim and Heidelberg-Bergheim. 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). The route connects the Mannheim tram network with the Heidelberg tram network. 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.