Neckar Valley Railway

Neckar Valley Railway
Overview
Native name	Neckartalbahn
Status	Operational
Owner	Deutsche Bahn
Line number	4100 (Heidelberg–Karlstor) 4110 (Karlstor–Neckargemünd) 4111 (Neckargemünd–Jagstfeld)
Locale	Baden-Württemberg and Hesse, Germany
Termini	Heidelberg Hbf. Bad Friedrichshall-Jagstfeld
Stations	21
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Passenger/freight rail Regional rail, Commuter rail
Route number	705 665.1-2 (Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn) 780 (Neckarelz–/WÜ–Stuttgart)
Operator(s)	DB Netz
History
Opened	Stages between 1862-1879
Technical
Line length	70.1 km (43.6 mi)
Number of tracks	Double track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	300 m (984 ft)
Electrification	Berlin–Cottbus:15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead
Operating speed	130 km/h (80.8 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline	1.3 %
Route map Legend from Mannheim S1S2S3S4 16.634 0,000 Heidelberg marshalling yard (1914–2000) 17.490 0,000 Heidelberg Hbf (since 1955) S5S51 to Karlsruhe S3S4 18.630 0,000 Heidelberg-Weststadt/Südstadt (station part; since 2003) 18.730 0,000 Rohrbacher Straße (tramway to Rohrbach) 19.130 0,000 Königstuhl (Bk; 1914–1955) 18.974 19.334 Königstuhl former junction (1955–1997)) 19.363 0,000 Königstuhl Tunnel (2487 m; since 1914) 18.710 0.000 Heidelberg Hbf (terminal station until 1955) 112 m Rohrbacher Straße LC 0.500 Gaisberg tunnel (312  m) 1.000 Peterskirche[1] (until about 1925) 1.000 Spital tunnel (68  m) 21.850 1.800 Schloßberg tunnel (ca. 766  m) Herrenmühle siding 21.970 2.300 Heidelberg-Altstadt (Heidelberg Karlstor until Dec. 2008) track laid 20 Nov. 1933[2] LC: Reichsstraße 37, Neckargemünd– Heidelberg tramway (until Nov. 1933) 22.215 2.544 current line change 4100/4110 LC: Reichsstraße 37, Heidelberg–Neckargemünd tramway 4.400 Jägerhaus/Wolfsbrunnen (until 1943[3]) 5.500 Heidelberg-Schlierbach/Ziegelhausen (former Bf) 6.800 Heidelberg Orthopädie (since 2003) 8.700 Kümmelbacher Hof 9.760 0.000 Neckargemünd Elsenz Valley Railway to Bad Friedrichshall S5S51 0.750 Elsenz (71 m) 0.904 Reichenstein tunnel (147 m) 1.130 Neckargemünd Altstadt (since 2003) 1.300 Neckar (171 m) Neckarbrücke (March to June 1946) 3.300 B37 (152  m; since 1988) 2.593 Baden-Württemberg Hesse state border 4.200 Hinterburg Tunnel (139 m) former line from Schönau (b Heidelb.) (until 1981) 5.596 Neckarsteinach 9.620 Neckarhausen bei Neckarsteinach 12.946 Hirschhorn (Neckar) 13.800 Schlossberg Tunnel (341 m) 15.800 Feuerberg Tunnel (966 m) 18.404 Hesse Baden-Württemberg state border 18.580 Eberbach-Pleutersbach Odenwald Railway from Darmstadt/Hanau 21.201 Eberbach terminus of some S2 services 21.900 Scheuerberg Tunnel (569 m) 27.425 Lindach 30.491 Zwingenberg (Baden) 34.022 Neckargerach 36.800 Binau Tunnel (853 m) 37.441 Binau 40.835 Mosbach-Neckarelz to Osterburken S1S2S 41 41.800 Mosbach Link Line (until ca. 1960) 42.000 old trackbed of the Odenwald Railway (until 1895) 42.100 line to Meckesheim (until 1945) 43.730 Hochhausen (Neckar) 46.031 Neckarzimmern 47.853 Haßmersheim 49.500 Böttingen Tunnel (766 m) 50.635 Gundelsheim (Neckar) 52,840 Heinsheim 55.043 Offenau 57.200 over the Jagst (128 m) Franconia Railway from Würzburg Elsenz Valley Railway from Neckargemünd S 42 58.470 Bad Friedrichshall Lower Kocher Valley Rly. to Ohrnberg (until 1993) Franconia Railway to Stuttgart S 41S 42 Source: German railway atlas[4]

The Neckar Valley Railway, or Neckar Valley Main Line (German: Neckartalbahn) is a railway line from Heidelberg via Eberbach and Mosbach to Bad Friedrichshall-Jagstfeld in southwestern Germany. Today it is administered by the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (Rhine-Neckar Transport Authority) and is partly worked by the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn.