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Neckar Valley Railway

Neckar Valley Railway
Karte Neckartalbahn.png
Overview
Native name Neckartalbahn
Type Heavy rail, Passenger/freight rail
Regional rail, Commuter rail
Status Operational
Locale Baden-Württemberg and Hesse, Germany
Termini Heidelberg Hbf.
Bad Friedrichshall-Jagstfeld
Stations 21
Line number 4100 (Heidelberg–Karlstor)
4110 (Karlstor–Neckargemünd)
4111 (Neckargemünd–Jagstfeld)
Operation
Opened Stages between 1862-1879
Owner Deutsche Bahn
Operator(s) DB Bahn
Technical
Line length 70.1 km (43.6 mi)
Number of tracks Double track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius 300 m (984 ft)
Electrification 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC
Overhead catenary
Operating speed 130 km/h (80.8 mph) (maximum)
Maximum incline 1.3 %
Route number 705
665.1-2 (RheinNeckar S-Bahn)
780 (Neckarelz–/WÜ–Stuttgart)
Route map
Rhine Valley Railway from Mannheim S 1S 2
and Main-Neckar Railway from Frankfurt
17.5 Heidelberg Hbfterminus of S 5S 51
Rhine Valley Railway to Karlsruhe
18.6 Heidelberg-Weststadt / Südstadt (since 2003)
19.0
19.3
Königstuhl branch: from HD marshalling yard (until 1997)
19.4 Königstuhl Tunnel(2,487 m)
22.1 Heidelberg-Altstadt
22.2
2.6
Line from the old Heidelberg Hbf (until 1955)
5.5 Heidelberg-Schlierbach / Ziegelhausen
6.8 Heidelberg Orthopädie (since 2003)
9.8
0.0
Neckargemünd
Elsenz Valley Railway to Sinsh.–Bad Fr'hall S 5S 51
0.7 over the Elsenz(71 m)
0.8 Reichenstein tunnel (147 m)
1.1 Neckargemünd Altstadt(since 2003)
1.3 over the Neckar (171 m)
Baden-Württemberg / Hesse border
4.1 Hinterburg Tunnel (139 m)
line from Schönau (b Heidelb.) (until 1981)
5.6 Neckarsteinach
9.6 Neckarhausen bei Neckarsteinach
12.9 Hirschhorn (Neckar)
13.6 Schlossberg Tunnel (341 m)
15.3 Feuerberg Tunnel (966 m)
Hesse/Baden-Württemberg border
18.6 Eberbach-Pleutersbach
Odenwald Railway from Darmstadt/Hanau
21.2 Eberbachterminus of some S 2 services
21.6 Scheuerberg Tunnel (569 m)
27.4 Lindach
30.5 Zwingenberg (Baden)
34.0 Neckargerach
36.4 Binau Tunnel (853 m)
37.4 Binau
40.9 Mosbach-Neckarelz
to Osterburken S 1S 2S 41
Wikipedia

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