Main-Neckar Railway

Main-Neckar Railway
Bahntrasse
Overview
Native name	Main-Neckar-Bahn
Line number	3601
Locale	Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Service
Route number	650
Technical
Line length	87.5 km (54.4 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed	160 km/h (99.4 mph) (max)
Route map Legend Frankfurt western stations (until 1888) from Frankfurt South and Offenbach Frankfurt (Main) Hbf (underground) (since 1978) 0.0 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf (since 1888) Homburg line to Westbf Main-Lahn line to Frankfurt-Hoechst Main line to Frankfurt Stadion Main–Weser line to Gießen Freight line Frankfurt marshalling yard Taunus line to Frankfurt-Hoechst 1.5 Main-Neckar Bridge (junction) Main-Neckar Bridge Frieden Bridge (former Main-Neckar Bridge) Mainspitze To Lokalbahnhof and line to Offenbach B 43, Kennedyallee Line to Frankfurt Süd from Frankfurt Süd and City Tunnel original route, original Main Railway 3.7 Frankfurt Louisa Connecting line to Frankfurt-Niederrad Frankfurt Stadion–Frankfurt Süd line Connecting line from Frankfurt Stadion (Flying junction) ... junction A 3 7.2 Neu Isenburg (Motorail loading point) Former Philipp-Holzmann AG siding Former branch line to Neu-Isenburg Stadt 10.7 Dreieich-Buchschlag Forstweg/Buchschlager Allee L 3262 Dreieich Railway to Dieburg 12.8 Langen Flugsicherung B 486, Langen bypass (B 486n) 13.8 Langen (Hess) terminus B 486 (Flying junction, S-Bahn single track) Üst Egelsbach 16.7 Egelsbach 18.6 Erzhausen Bahnstraße LC 20.8 Wixhausen B 3 (B 3n) 22.0 Arheilgen 1848-1894[1] 22.6 Darmstadt-Arheilgen since 1894[2] To Aschaffenburg, Erbach Rhine-Main line to Groß-Gerau Rhine-Main line Groß-Gerau–Aschaffenburg Rhine-Main line from Groß-Gerau From Aschaffenburg, Erbach Freight line from Darmstadt-Kranichstein Darmstadt freight yard Former line from Darmstadt Ost Main-Neckar station to 1912 27.8 Darmstadt Hbf terminus Connecting line 29.7 Darmstadt Süd Bessungen to 1912 Former junction A 5 34.4 Darmstadt-Eberstadt to Pfungstadt A 5 siding 40.7 Bickenbach (Bergstr) to Seeheim 43.1 Hähnlein-Alsbach RMV/VRN fare zone boundary 44.5 Zwingenberg (Bergstr) 47.2 Bensheim-Auerbach 49.5 Bensheim B 47 Nibelung Railway to Worms B 460 Nibelung Railway from Worms 51.0 +683.3 51.2 +37.4 km change 53.7 Heppenheim (Bergstraße) 56.0 Hesse/Baden-Württemberg state border 57.1 Laudenbach (Bergstr) 59.4 Hemsbach Weschnitz Valley Railway from Fürth Weschnitz 63.8 Weinheim (Bergstr) Mannheim–Weinheim railway Mannheim–Weinheim railway (until 1912) Line to Viernheim 67.0 Weinheim-Lützelsachsen A 5 69.2 Heddesheim/Hirschberg 73.9 Ladenburg Neckar bridge Edingen–Seckenheim line Mannheim–Edingen–Heidelberg line, K 4138 77.1 Neu-Edingen/Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld A 656 Rhine Valley Railway to Mannheim 78.6 Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld southern entrance/exit S1S2S3S4 Freight line to Mannheim Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld Süd 79.4 Mannheim Ziehbrunnen junction Connecting line to Schwetzingen 83.6 Heidelberg-Wieblingen junction flying junction A 5 Heidelberg-Pfaffengrund/Wieblingen former line to Heidelberg marshalling yard former line from Schwetzingen 87.5 Heidelberg Hbf to Heidelberg Hbf (old) Neckar Valley Railway to Jagstfeld Rhine Valley Railway to Karlsruhe Source: German railway atlas[3]

The Main-Neckar Railway (German: Main-Neckar–Eisenbahn, MNE) is a main line railway west of the Odenwald in the Upper Rhine Plain of Germany that connects Frankfurt am Main to Heidelberg via Darmstadt, Bensheim and Weinheim. It was opened in 1846 and is one of the oldest railways in Germany.

The railway line is part of the networks served by the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund and Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar.