Railway line Neu-Edingen / Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld – Schwetzingen

Neu-Edingen / Mhm-Friedrichsfeld-Schwetzingen
Route number (DB) :	4060
Route length:	7.5 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class :	D4
Power system :	15 kV 16.7 Hz  ~
Minimum radius :	952 m
Dual track :	continuous
Legend Main-Neckar Railway from Frankfurt (Main) 77.1 Neu-Edingen / Mhm-Friedrichsfeld Main-Neckar-Bahn to Heidelberg Hbf Connections to MA-Friedrichsfeld Südeinf / Ausf 78.1 Mannheim – Basel line 78.3 MA Hbf – MA Rbf – HD-Kirchheim from Mannheim Rbf Gr E 79.7 Mannheim draw well (Abzw) Rheinbahn from Mannheim Hbf former route from Heidelberg (until 1967) 84.6 Schwetzingen Rheinbahn to Karlsruhe

The Neu-Edingen / Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld-Schwetzingen railway is a 7.5 kilometer long, double-track main line in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region .

history

The Baden State Railways opened the operation on July 1, 1880 pursuant to an agreement between the states of Prussia , Baden and Hesse on May 18, 1878. The track closed directly on the Main-Neckar Railway , which until 1902 as Kondominalbahn of these States operated.

Traffic significance

The railway creates the direct connection between the Main-Neckar-Bahn and the Mannheim – Karlsruhe line and enables direct train journeys from both directions, bypassing the Mannheim and Heidelberg railway nodes .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Horst-Werner Dumjahn: Handbook of the German Railway Lines: Opening dates 1835-1935, line lengths, concessions, ownership structure . Dumjahn, Mainz 1984, ISBN 3-921426-29-4 .