Heidelberg Tramway

Heidelberg tramway network

A line 23 tram crosses the Theodor-Heuss-Brücke, 2014.
Operation
Locale	Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Horsecar era: 1885 (1885)–1901 (1901) Status Superseded Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge Propulsion system(s) Horses
Electric tram era: since 1901 (1901) Status Operational Lines 6 Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) Propulsion system(s) Electricity Electrification 750 V DC Heidelberg tramway network. Website Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH (in German)

The Heidelberg tramway network (German: Straßenbahnnetz Heidelberg) is a network of tramways forming an important element of the public transport system in Heidelberg, a city in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Opened in 1885, the network has been operated since 2009 by the Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH (RNV).

The network includes line 5 of the Mannheim/Ludwigshafen tram which is connected with Heidelberg’s tram system via the Upper Rhine Railway (OEG).

As of 2013^[update], the Heidelberg tramway network had the following lines:

Weinheim – Viernheim – Käfertal – Mannheim – Edingen – Wieblingen – Hauptbahnhof – Bismarckplatz – Neuenheim – Handschuhsheim – Dossenheim - Schriesheim – Weinheim

Bismarckplatz – Adenauerplatz – Poststraße – Stadtbücherei – Stadtwerke – Hauptbahnhof – Betriebshof – Jahnstraße – Bunsengymnasium – Technologiepark – Heiligenbergschule – Hans-Thoma-Platz

→ no evening service, Mon–Fri only

Bismarckplatz – Altes Hallenbad – Römerstraße – Volkshochschule – Betriebshof – Czernybrücke – Czernybrücke Süd – Eisenbahner-Sportplatz – Henkel-Teroson-Straße – Marktstraße – Stotz – Kranichweg – Jakobsgasse – Eppelheim Rathaus – Kirchheimer Straße