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)
21.8501.800
Schloßberg tunnel (ca. 766 m)
Herrenmühle siding
21.9702.300
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.
^Timetable of 1909
^"Timetable of the history of Heidelberg from 1933" (in German). Heidelberger Geschichtsverein e.V. (HGV). Retrieved 11 February 2018.
^Cite error: The named reference Heß-Chronologie-11 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2017. pp. 86, 94, 159. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
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