Mannheim / Ludwigshafen tram

Mannheim / Ludwigshafen tram
Variobahn at the Rosengarten stop
Basic information
Country	Germany
city	Mannheim , Ludwigshafen
opening	1878
operator	RNV
Transport network	VRN
Infrastructure
Route length	66.0 km / 27.8 km
Formerly the largest route	+ 21 km / + 10 km (all former routes, without rebuilt)
Track length	133.6 km / 55.6 km
Gauge	1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Smallest  radius	15 m
Power system	750 volt DC overhead line
Stops	127/50
Tunnel stations	2/1
Depots	1/1
business
Lines	13
Line length	82.3 km / 27.6 km
Clock in the peak hours	10 min
Clock in the SVZ	20 min
Cruising speed	19 km / h
vehicles	69 Duewag 6MGT and 8MGT , 27 Bombardier Vario railways (without vehicles on line 5)
Top speed	70 km / h
statistics
Reference year	2017
Schematic network plan (as of 2016)

The Mannheim / Ludwigshafen tram is the most important public transport provider in Mannheim and Ludwigshafen am Rhein . The meter-gauge tram network currently (2012) covers a route length of 79.4 kilometers on Mannheim and 24 kilometers on Ludwigshafen city ​​area. It is also linked to the Heidelberg tram via two long -distance routes that are licensed as a railway . The first electric tram ran in 1900. After major plans to build a subway in Ludwigshafen, tunnels were built in the 1970s, some of which were closed in 2008. The tram network has been operated by Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH (RNV) since 2005 . The tram is known as a light rail due to its own railway body and the few sections that are routed on the street .

History (Mannheim)

Horse tram

City map from 1880, the horse-drawn tram lines are shown as dashed lines

Charles de Féral , director of the Belgian company Les Tramways Bruxellois , received the concession for an inner-city horse - drawn tram in 1877 . Construction work began in Mannheim in July 1877. The first lines opened in June 1878 and operated jointly with Ludwigshafen on the opposite side of the Rhine, for which de Féral had also received a concession in August 1877. The horse-drawn tram was built in standard gauge and opened up the two cities with a dense network of routes, on which 38 carriages last operated.

Steam tram

The surrounding communities also strived for better connections to the city center. In September 1883 the company Martin Lutz & Cie. the construction work for a steam tram from Feudenheim to Mannheim, which was opened on May 3, 1884. The plans for a steam tram from Neckarau to Mannheim were not implemented.

The central administration for Secundairbahnen Herrmann Bachstein opened the meter-gauge railway line from Mannheim via Käfertal and Viernheim to Weinheim in 1887. This was extended in 1890 by the Weinheim – Heidelberg connection, in 1892 by the Mannheim – Heidelberg line and later the Käfertal – Heddesheim line. In 1895 this railway was transferred to the Süddeutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (SEG).

The last steam tram was opened in 1900 by the Bahngesellschaft Waldhof (BGW) and ran from the Neckarstadt to Waldhof. It initially ended at the local pulp mill until it was extended to Sandhofen in 1902. Due to the extension of the electric tram to Sandhofen, passenger traffic was stopped in 1922. The BGW continues to operate the goods traffic of the local companies.

Electric tram

The end of the horse-drawn tram began in 1900 with the opening of the first lines of an electric tram, which was built in meter gauge and operated with 600 volts direct current . From 1902, the tram was also operated jointly with neighboring Ludwigshafen, with the city of Ludwigshafen building the tracks and overhead lines on its territory and the city of Mannheim providing the necessary wagons and staff.

While horse-drawn tram operation was limited to the inner cities of Mannheim and Ludwigshafen, further routes were added to the suburbs. The expansion took place very quickly, so that by the end of 1902 a network around 50 kilometers long was in operation. Until the Second World War, the following tram routes were in operation in what is now Mannheim:

• December 17, 1900 Friedrichsbrücke – Mittelstrasse – Industriestrasse / Hansastrasse
• January 6, 1901 Industriestrasse / Hansastrasse – Luzenberg Diffenéstrasse
• July 29, 1901 Lindenhof overpass (bridge over the tracks of the main station) –Lindenhof Gontardplatz
• May 11, 1903 Friedrichsbrücke – Weinheimer Bahnhof – Kronprinzenstraße (today Friedrich-Ebert-Straße) –barracks
• May 14, 1903 Schwetzingerstadt Viehhofstrasse – Neckarau train station
• July 16, 1903 Kasernen – Käfertal (simultaneous start of joint operation with SEG)
• December 27, 1905 Neckarstadt Elektrizitätswerk – Kammerschleuse (port area)
• March 24, 1906 Lindenhof Gontardplatz – Lindenhof Waldpark
• September 12, 1906 Neckarau Bahnhof – Neckarau Matthäuskirche
• June 1, 1907 Kammerschleuse – Friesenheimer Straße – Diffenéstraße
• October 21, 1907 Diffenéstrasse – Luzenbergstrasse – Waldhof train station
• November 10, 1910 (old) Meßplatz –Waldhofstrasse / Humboldtstrasse
• July 22, 1912 Waldhofstrasse / Humboldtstrasse – Luzenberg
• February 8, 1913 Neckarau Friedrichstrasse – Rhenaniastrasse – Rheinau (built by the OEG)
• May / 3. July 1913 Schlachthof – Rennplatz – Neuostheim
• March / May 1914 (Alter) Meßplatz – Feudenheim (replacement for the Feudenheim steam train; only on the tracks of the never completed line to Schriesheim, from 1915 own tracks)
• January 26, 1915 Rheinstrasse – Neckarvorland
• May 10, 1920 Luzenberg – Sandhofer Straße – pulp factory (built by the OEG)
• December 17, 1921 pulp factory - papyrus (built by the OEG)
• May 16, 1922 Papyrus – Sandhofen (built by the OEG)

The first bus line in Mannheim was opened by the OEG on November 29, 1925 and ran as a replacement for the never realized narrow-gauge railway line from Mannheim via Feudenheim, Ilvesheim and Ladenburg to Schriesheim an der Bergstrasse. The first inner-city bus line from Waldhof to Gartenstadt was opened on October 22nd, 1928 - also because of a tram route that had not been realized, and also operated by the OEG.

In 1953 the Neckarau – Rheinau line was relocated. It previously ran through Rhenaniastrasse, now it led through Casterfeldstrasse and Relaisstrasse to Mannheim-Rheinau train station. For this purpose, a bridge was built over the railway south of the Mannheim-Neckarau station.

In 1956, two tram lines leading through port areas were closed:

• Neckar foreland: Rheinstraße – Güterhallenstraße – Neckarspitze
• Friesenheimer Insel: E-Werk (today Neckarstadt-West) –Kammerschleuse – Friesenheimer Straße – Luzenberg

From 1959 new six-axle articulated railcars were used, which were designed as one-way vehicles. That is why turning loops were built at the end points from the end of the 1950s. At this time, the laying of the tracks, which are mostly in the street space, began on special tracks in order to be able to drive independently of the rapidly increasing individual traffic. Today there are only a few sections where the trams have to share the route with the rest of the traffic.

The city of Ludwigshafen terminated the operating contract in 1963, so that the joint operation with Ludwigshafen ended on December 31, 1964 and since January 1, 1965, the cities of Mannheim and Ludwigshafen have maintained separate transport companies within the respective municipal utilities.

In 1964 the line from Waldhof to Schönau was opened to traffic.

In 1967 the short stretch from Friedrichstrasse to Matthäuskirche in Neckarau was closed.

The Vogelstang district, which was built in the east of Mannheim from 1964, was connected in 1969 with a new tram route, which runs largely on its own track. The Vogelstang Zentrum stop was integrated into the shopping center in the district through which the tram passes.

The route from the E-Werk stop (now Neckarstadt-West) through Industriestrasse to Diffenéstrasse was closed in 1970. It led through a commercial and industrial area belonging to the port and was the last of its kind.

In 1971 the transport companies MVG, OEG, VBL, HSB, RHB founded the Central Workshop for Transport (ZWM). A new workshop building was built on the site of the Augartenstrasse depot (today Möhlstrasse). It is also the workshop of MVV Verkehr AG, as the main workshop ceased to exist when the Collinistraße depot was closed. The Collini Center was built on the site of the old Collinistraße depot . The other transport companies involved have major accident damage removed and general inspections carried out in the ZWM. But also transport companies from other cities have already had larger contracts carried out here. With the installation of an underfloor wheel set lathe that can machine the wheels of meter and standard gauge vehicles, vehicles from Deutsche Bahn and other railway companies are often guests at the ZWM.

OEG train station on the Kurpfalzbrücke in the 1950s

OEG train and Aerobus (1975)

Tram trains on the Kaiserring (1986)

Tram train at the Strohmarkt stop in the Planken pedestrian zone (1991)

Also in 1971, the first and to this day only tunnel section was opened in Mannheim. It runs under the Luisenring and has a stop on Dalbergstrasse. This tunnel was necessary in order to be able to create the complex bridge driveways to the Kurt-Schumacher-Brücke in Ludwigshafen. In 1972 the bridge itself was inaugurated and at the same time the tram line between the lanes for motor vehicle traffic was opened. Since then it has represented a second permanent connection between Mannheim and Ludwigshafen.

Initially, the OEG routes in Mannheim ended in separate train stations on both sides of the Neckar near the Kurpfalzbrücke. The trains from Weinheim stopped at the OEG station Mannheim ("Weinheimer Bahnhof") on the northern bank of the Neckar and the trains from Heidelberg at the OEG station Kurpfalzbrücke ("Heidelberger Bahnhof") on the southern bank of the Neckar. In 1973 the line from Weinheim in Mannheim was extended over the Neckar to the main train station. The OEG already had this route in 1928, but it was later abandoned. The Weinheim train station and the tracks through the sheep pasture were demolished in 1973. On the site of the former Weinheim train station, the three high-rise buildings of the north bank of the Neckar were built between 1975 and 1982 .

The Heidelberg train station remained in operation until the implementation of the MVG 2000 concept and still exists today.

On May 6, 1974, the planks from the water tower to the Paradeplatz were closed to general motor vehicle traffic and converted into a pedestrian zone that was still used by the tram. The maximum speed was initially set at 30 km / h and from November 25th at 25 km / h. A drop in sales as suspected by the businessmen as a result of the exclusion of car traffic did not occur. On April 13, 1977, the Breite Strasse between Paradeplatz and Kurpfalzkreisel was also converted into a pedestrian zone. Here, too, there were no restrictions on the tram lines - apart from the speed limit of 25 km / h.

The Aerobus , a suspension railway , ran between Luisenpark and Herzogenriedpark for the Federal Garden Show in Mannheim between April and October 1975 .

In 1977 Mannheim handed over the operational management and the designated vehicles of the Rhein-Haardtbahn GmbH to Ludwigshafen. However, these retained the typical Mannheim paintwork in white-beige with black decorative stripes, with a pointed front that was typical for all Düwag cars in Germany. The cars passed on to Ludwigshafen were also recognizable for years on the Mannheim paintwork, sometimes until they were taken out of service.

In 1985 the route network in Mannheim and Ludwigshafen was reformed. There were line numbers from 30, which marked the baselines, and from 40, the operational lines, which only operated during the day. The individual lines were run every 15 minutes, with the deployment lines on the heavily loaded outer branches sometimes a three-minute train sequence (e.g. Käfertal with four lines and two OEG lines, Luzenberg with five lines). This suited the Mannheim railcars, which, in contrast to the rolling stock of other cities, were only six-axle articulated wagons without sidecars and thus had a relatively low capacity per unit.

In order to enable the buses in Feudenheim to bypass the congested Am Aubuckel street , a track bus route was built there in 1992 for one direction of travel on the tracks of the tram, which is there on a separate track. It was officially opened on May 16, 1992 and remained the only one in Mannheim. However, it was replaced in 2005 by an asphalt stretch.

MVG 2000

In 1995 the MVG 2000 concept was implemented with the following measures:

• The line network has been simplified. Now there were only six tram lines left, all of which passed through Paradeplatz. The 10-minute cycle was introduced on all lines Monday through Friday during the day.
• The route from Mannheim main station to Neckarau West via Lindenhof was opened. This was only possible through single-track sections; these are designed as maintenance-friendly track links . Line 7, which runs here, replaced several bus lines that were operated by normal buses. Based on the lines provided for in the subway plans, the new route to Neckarau was also referred to as the "B line" .
• The OEG received a new route (line 5 and 5R), which connected the two branches of Weinheim and Heidelberg and now leads over the Paradeplatz. For this purpose, a connecting line was built that begins shortly before the Mannheim Kurpfalzbrücke train station and joins the tram line in Friedrichsring. Since then, tours have been possible from all OEG stops.

Variobahn in Mannheim (2009)

• The OEG branch line from Käfertal to Heddesheim was integrated into the MVG tram network. Since then, line 4 ran from Heddesheim to Ludwigshafen-Oggersheim until the network changeover in 2016. In addition, the turning loop in Käfertal, which was a few hundred meters from the OEG train station in Käfertal, was abandoned.
• Since the previously used six-axle articulated wagons were too small for economic operation, it was decided to replace them with 50 new low-floor wagons with a considerably larger capacity. This was the only way to give up the supplementary lines. On the new line 1 in particular, the double traction used made it possible to expand the capacity with fewer staff. So far, three lines drove here on the route towards Rheinau. The routes were prepared for the use of the new low-floor vehicles by converting routes and stops.
• The bus routes were given letters as line names.

The costs for the construction of the line to Neckarau West were lower than estimated, so that it could be extended to the Rheingoldhalle with the saved funds. The extension opened on September 26, 1999.

History (Ludwigshafen)

Gt6 number 124 on a special trip in 2004

The comparatively young city of Ludwigshafen, which until 1843 belonged to Mannheim as Rheinschanze , grew rapidly from the 1840s onwards, primarily due to the handling of goods and later industrial settlements such as the Badische Anilin- und Sodafabrik (later BASF ). From 1849 the Palatinate Ludwigsbahn established the connection to Saarbrücken, and in 1853 the Mainz – Ludwigshafen line was opened. The traffic between the train station in Ludwigshafen and Mannheim on the other side of the Rhine, which had been the starting point of the Rhine Valley Railway to Basel since 1840, was therefore particularly high . Here initially wrong horse buses that drove on solid lines between defined stops, and the Rhine crossed by a ferry. In 1867 the Rhine bridge between Ludwigshafen and Mannheim was opened to the railway, in 1868 it also established a road connection.

In August 1877, Charles de Féral, who had already started building the horse-drawn tram in Mannheim, received the concession for a horse-drawn tram in Ludwigshafen. The first lines of the standard-gauge horse-drawn tram were opened in 1878 and operated jointly with Mannheim. It soon connected the two cities with a dense network of routes, on which 38 cars last operated.

From 1890 the steam trains of the meter-gauge local railway Ludwigshafen – Frankenthal drove through the city. The route led from Dannstadt via Mutterstadt , Mundenheim , Ludwigshafen, Oppau and Frankenthal to Großkarlbach . It was extended in 1911 from Dannstadt via Hochdorf to Meckenheim .

In 1900, the horse-drawn tram in Mannheim was shut down and the meter-gauge electric tram opened in its place . With its rail network, this also ran through Ludwigshafen from 1902. Like the horse tram before, the new tram was operated jointly with Mannheim, with the city of Ludwigshafen taking care of the construction of the tracks and the overhead line on the Ludwigshafen side , while Mannheim provided the wagons and staff in return. On the route between today's Berliner Platz and the former train station on Ludwigsplatz as well as the Great Gate of BASF and Friesenheim, the tram ran on the existing tracks of the local railway.

The nearby Bad Dürkheim on the Weinstrasse soon sought a direct rail connection with Ludwigshafen, which until then had only been possible via detours. In 1911, construction began on a meter-gauge railway connection, the Bad Dürkheim – Ludwigshafen-Oggersheim line , which opened in 1913 and was operated by Rhein-Haardtbahn GmbH . The line was electrified from the start; the trains run as trams within Ludwigshafen and Mannheim.

Since 1929, several bus routes have also been operated in the city.

The end of the steam trains of the local railway came in 1933 with the suspension of traffic between Frankenthal and Mundenheim. As early as 1939, operations on the remaining northern section of the route and in 1955 on the remaining southern section between Mundenheim and Meckenheim were stopped.

At the beginning of the 1960s, shorter sections of the route were closed, such as the Kreuzstraße – community hall connection in Friesenheim or the connection from Rheingönheimer Straße to the train station in Mundenheim. This went hand in hand with the introduction of one-way trolleys , which made the introduction of reversible loops necessary.

The joint operation with Mannheim ended on December 31, 1964, from January 1, 1965, the cities of Mannheim and Ludwigshafen maintained separate transport companies within the respective municipal utilities. Since Ludwigshafen has only maintained the tram routes so far, but did not have any cars, these were divided between the cities by drawing lots. In 1973 the transport company was transferred to Verkehrsbetriebe Ludwigshafen GmbH, a subsidiary of Technische Werke Ludwigshafen (TWL).

Major urban planning in the business card project as well as plans for a subway in Mannheim and Ludwigshafen influenced the construction work in the following years. First of all, the main train station between the Mitte and Nord districts was abandoned in 1969 and replaced by a new train station located on the western edge of the city center. For this purpose, a new route was built for the tram, most of which runs in the tunnel and which has the first underground stop in Ludwigshafen at the main train station. The branches to Oggersheim, Saarlandstrasse and Friesenheim were connected to this route.

Type 6MGT vehicle in the RNV corporate colors (2010)

6MGT on line 10 at Berliner Platz (2012)

Initially, the subway plans only provided for an underground tram junction in the area of ​​the main train station and an above-ground connection to the north bridge, but that changed in 1971 when the city council decided to build the C tunnel in anticipation of a later subway network. In 1972, the Kurt Schumacher Bridge opened a second Rhine crossing between Ludwigshafen and Mannheim. Until the opening of the main post office tunnel stop (today the town hall) in 1974, the connecting route was still led over the viaduct - which crossed the former main station - or, after it was closed, via various routes over the former railway site. In 1972 the line from Mundenheim to Rheingönheim was re-routed as a light rail. In 1974 the new route between the main post office and BASF was inaugurated, replacing the route with Prinzregentenstrasse. In 1976, the tunnel from Hemshofstrasse via the main post office C-level and Danziger Platz to the main station was opened to traffic. No new tunnels have been built in Ludwigshafen since then. Original tunnel plans from the main post office at that time under Bismarckstrasse, Berliner Platz and the southern district to Mannheim Hbf were no longer pursued. Mannheim renounced the introduction of an underground and continued to rely on the tram.

In 1983, the line to Oggersheim was expanded to include the city railway. This was done by building a new route, completely separated from other traffic, which leaves Frankenthaler Strasse shortly after the Hauptfriedhof stop and returns to the old route at the Zum Guten Hirten hospital. With that, the trams disappeared from Frankenthaler Straße, which were often involved in accidents due to the sideways position of the tracks. With this route relocation, the majority of the route network ran on a special railway body , so that today there are only a few typical tram routes in Ludwigshafen.

Since the beginning of the 1990s, the transport companies have been concentrating on the expansion of the existing routes to meet the requirements of the urban railway and the construction of the depot for buses and trams. The renewal of the vehicle fleet has also been promoted: through the acquisition of 14 six-axle and two eight-axle low-floor vehicles of the company DUEWAG and Siemens in 1994/95 (identical to the Mannheim vehicles) as well as eight low-floor vehicles of the " Rhein-Neckar Variobahn " of the company Bombardier in 2003 has been able to operate almost continuously on the main lines since the 2005/2006 winter timetable. This was made possible, among other things, by a line optimization and the much criticized discontinuation of line 11 Friesenheim – Berliner Platz.

The mouth of the tunnel at the disused central station east exit stop

In 2008 the city of Ludwigshafen closed its longest urban railway tunnel due to low demand and in the course of cost-cutting measures. The approximately 2.6 kilometers long route on an independent railway body (approximately two kilometers underground) led from the Hemshofstraße stop via the town hall and the east exit of the main train station to the southwest stadium and had three underground stations or parts of the station and one station in a trough . It was only partially opened in 1969 and 1976 and for a long time it had only been served during rush hour. The section from the main train station to the southwest stadium has since been without regular traffic, but can still be used for operational and diversion trips. The former Ost Exit stop is no longer used for diversion trips. The remaining section between Hemshofstraße and the main train station currently still exists as a stable, maintained structure. According to current plans, the tunnel is to be dismantled where it is in the way of the “Stadtstraße” project (demolition of the northern elevated road ) and the new buildings that may be built as a result.

For the 2008 winter timetable change, the bus and tram network in Ludwigshafen was completely redesigned in order to better meet the current traffic flows. Among other things, lines 4 and 14 were combined. In order to make local transport more attractive, the cycle times have been shortened on Saturdays and Sundays on most tram and bus routes in both Ludwigshafen and Mannheim. The buses now run at a uniform 20-minute cycle, on weekdays except on Saturdays with some densities in the commuter times every 10 minutes. On Sundays and public holidays, the frequency of the tram lines was increased to 20-minute intervals during the day.

Furthermore, from the beginning of 2008 the terminus and transfer station in Oppau was redesigned. A system was implemented with an arrival and two departure platforms that are in a straight line and are used equally by bus and tram, as well as the creation of a park and ride car park. The Horst-Schork-Straße stop was omitted.

The bus and tram stop at the Pfalzbau in the city center has been made barrier-free and has been in operation again since the beginning of October 2016.

Vehicle fleet

Mannheim tram car of the pre-war design

Mannheim tram car of the post-war design

Like other cities in West Germany, this transport company also began to modernize its vehicle fleet after the Second World War . The war destroyed on chassis two-axle cars manufactured building cars followed the dressing trolley , which was realized as new construction on the new chassis. Both vehicle types represented a further development of the war tram car.

The first articulated wagons followed from 1958 . By 1967, Düwag in Düsseldorf had delivered 134 one-way cars of the standard type GT 6 . These were given the company numbers 312 to 435. In the course of the division of the companies, 46 railcars were delivered to Ludwigshafen by lot. In 1968 three cars were taken over from Heidelberg.

An improved version of the GT 6 was purchased in 1970 with twenty Mannheim models . Part of the GT 6 was converted into GT8 (N) in 1993 and provided with a low-floor section.

From 1994 the mentioned 50 low-floor wagons of the type 6MGT were delivered by Düwag . Cars of the same type were also delivered to Ludwigshafen and as ET8N for the Rhein-Haardtbahn.

With the 8-axle Rhein-Neckar- Variobahn from Bombardier , ten more low-floor trams followed in 2002. With only minor differences, these were also procured from Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg and the OEG (Ludwigshafen and OEG: 6-axis). In 2006/2007 the second delivery was made with 10 6-axis Variobahns for the OEG as well as 3 bi-directional six-axis and 3 unidirectional six-axis for Mannheim. In 2010 a further 8 Variobahns (bi-directional six-axis) will be delivered for the OEG and three unidirectional eight-axis vehicles for Mannheim. These are equipped with supercaps, with the help of which one third of the energy can be saved and shorter sections without overhead lines can be bridged.

Line chronicle

The stops are indicated with their current names.

Line network from October 15, 1956 (introduction of line numbers for bus lines)

line	Line route
1	MA main station - water tower - Paradeplatz - Rheinstraße - further than line 2
2	from line 1  - Rheinstraße - Kurpfalzkreisel - Rosengarten - MA main station
3	Waldhof - Luzenberg - Kurpfalzkreisel - Paradeplatz - Palace - Rheinlust - Berliner Platz - LU Town Hall - ( Viaduct ) - BASF - Oppau
4th	Käfertal - Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke - Rosengarten - MA main station - Berliner Platz - LU City Hall - ( viaduct ) - Marienkirche - Ebertpark
5	(Diffenéstraße -) Neckarstadt West - Kurpfalzkreisel (- Paradeplatz - Wasserturm - Tattersall - Planetarium - Neuostheim) (from Kurpfalzkreisel to Neuostheim only during rush hour, also from Diffenéstraße to Neckarstadt West)
6th	Feudenheim (church) - ( directly ) - Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke - Rosengarten - MA main station
7th	Käfertal - Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke - ( direct ) - Kurpfalzkreisel - Paradeplatz - water tower - Tattersall - Neckarau Bhf - Neckarau (Matthäuskirche)
9	Mundenheim - Saarlandstrasse - Berliner Platz - LU Town Hall - (Viaduct)  - BASF - Friesenheim (Municipal House)
10	Waldhof - Luzenberg - Kurpfalzkreisel - ( direct ) - Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke - ( direct ) - Feudenheim (church)
11	Rheingönheim - Mundenheim - Saarlandstrasse - Berliner Platz - Pfalzbau - Danziger Platz - Red Cross - Oggersheim (Schillerplatz)
12	(only during rush hour) Waldhof - Kurpfalzkreisel - Rosengarten - MA main station
13	(only in rush hour traffic) Rheingönheim - Mundenheim - Saarlandstrasse - Berliner Platz - LU Rathaus - ( viaduct ) - BASF - Eschenbachstrasse
15th	Neckarstadt West - Kurpfalzkreisel - Rosengarten - Tattersall - Planetarium
16	Feudenheim (church) - ( direct ) - Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke - ( direct ) - Kurpfalzkreisel - Paradeplatz - castle - ( direct ) - Tattersall - Neckarau train station - Rheinau Nord - Rheinau train station
17th	(only in rush hour traffic) Käfertal - Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke - ( direct ) - Kurpfalzkreisel - Paradeplatz - Wasserturm - Tattersall - Neckarau train station - Rheinau Nord - Rheinau train station
19th	Friesenheim (parish hall) - Marienkirche - ( viaduct ) - LU town hall - Pfalzbau - Luitpoldhafen
21st	(only in rush hour traffic) Luitpoldhafen - Berliner Platz - Pfalzbau - Danziger Platz - Red Cross - Oggersheim (Schillerplatz)
25th	Sandhofen - Luzenberg - Kurpfalzkreisel - Paradeplatz - Water Tower - Tattersall - Planetarium - Neuostheim
26th	Sandhofen - Luzenberg - Kurpfalzkreisel - Paradeplatz - Castle - ( direct ) - Tattersall - Neckarau train station - Rheinau North - Rheinau train station

Line network from October 1, 1972 (opening of the Kurt-Schumacher-Bridge)

line	Line route
Tram lines that ran in Mannheim and Ludwigshafen
3	Schönau - Waldhof - Kurpfalzbrücke - Paradeplatz - Palace - Konrad-Adenauer-Brücke - Berliner Platz - Main Post Office - BASF - Oppau
4th	Käfertal - Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke - Wasserturm - MA main station - Konrad-Adenauer-Brücke - Berliner Platz - Pfalzbau - LU main station - Oggersheim
12	Vogelstang - Feudenheim - Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke - Kurpfalzbrücke - Rheinstrasse (- Kurt-Schumacher-Brücke - Main Post Office - Pfalzbau - LU Hauptbahnhof - Ebertpark) (between Rheinstrasse and Ebertpark only in the winter timetable)
17th	Rheinau Nord - Neckarau - Tattersall - Water Tower - Paradeplatz - Rheinstrasse - Kurt Schumacher Bridge - Main Post Office - Berliner Platz - Saarlandstrasse - Mundenheim - Rheingönheim
24	(only in rush hour traffic) Käfertal - Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke - Wasserturm - MA Hauptbahnhof - Konrad-Adenauer-Brücke - Berliner Platz - Main Post Office - BASF - Oppau
Tram lines that only ran in Mannheim
1	Waldhof - Kurpfalzbrücke - water tower - MA main station - further than line 2
2	from line 1 - MA main station - Schloss - Paradeplatz - Kurpfalzbrücke - Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke - Feudenheim - Vogelstang
5	E-Werk - Kurpfalzbrücke - Paradeplatz - Schloss - MA main station - further than line 6
6th	from line 5 - MA main station - water tower - Paradeplatz - Kurpfalzbrücke - Sandhofen
7th	Käfertal - Friedrich Ebert Bridge - Kurpfalz Bridge - Rheinstrasse - Paradeplatz - Water Tower - Tattersall - Neuostheim
13	Schönau - Waldhof - Kurpfalzbrücke - Paradeplatz - Palace - MA Hauptbahnhof - Tattersall - Plant Show House (- Neuostheim, only during rush hour)
16	Feudenheim - Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke - Kurpfalzbrücke - Paradeplatz - Castle - MA main station - Tattersall - Neckarau - Rheinau
21st	(only in rush hour traffic) Waldhof - Kurpfalzbrücke - Paradeplatz - Palace - MA main station - water tower - Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke - Feudenheim
26th	(only in rush hour traffic) Sandhofen - Kurpfalzbrücke - Paradeplatz - Castle - MA main station - Tattersall - Neckarau - Rheinau
27	(only in rush hour traffic) Käfertal - Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke - Kurpfalzbrücke - Paradeplatz - Wasserturm - Tattersall - Neckarau - Rheinau Nord
Tram lines that only ran in Ludwigshafen
8th	(only in rush hour traffic) Rheingönheim - Mundenheim - Saarlandstrasse - LU Hauptbahnhof - Danziger Platz - BASF - Oppau
9	Mundenheim - Saarlandstrasse - Berliner Platz - Main Post Office - BASF - Friesenheim - continue as line 19
11	(only in rush hour traffic) Mundenheim - Saarlandstrasse - Berliner Platz - Pfalzbau - LU Hauptbahnhof - Oggersheim
19th	from line 9 - Friesenheim - Ebertpark - Marienkirche - LU Hauptbahnhof - Pfalzbau - Berliner Platz - Luitpoldhafen
28	(Express line with red line number , only Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Sundays and public holidays from 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.) Mundenheim - Saarlandstraße - LU Central Station - Danziger Platz - Pfalzbau - Main Post Office - BASF - Oppau

Line network '85 - valid from March 1985 to 1995

line	Line route
30th	Schönau - Waldhof - Luzenberg - Kurpfalzbrücke - Paradeplatz - MA main station - Tattersall - Neckarau - Rheinau
31	Waldhof - Luzenberg - Kurpfalzbrücke - Paradeplatz - Water Tower - Tattersall - Neckarau - Rheinau Karlsplatz
32	Neckarstadt West - Kurpfalz Bridge - Luisenring - Paradeplatz - Water Tower - Friedrich Ebert Bridge - Feudenheim
33	Käfertal - Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke - Kurpfalzstrasse - Konrad-Adenauer-Brücke - Berliner Platz - LU City Hall - BASF - Oppau
34	Käfertal - Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke - Water tower - MA main station - Konrad-Adenauer-Brücke - Berliner Platz - LU main station - Oggersheim
35	This line number was intended for a line on the planned B line to Lindenhof and Neckarau West. This was only realized in 1995. So this line never existed.
36	Sandhofen - Luzenberg - Kurpfalzbrücke - Paradeplatz - water tower - Tattersall - Neuostheim
37	Vogelstang - Friedrich Ebert Bridge - Water Tower - Paradeplatz - Kurt Schumacher Bridge - LU Town Hall - Berliner Platz - Mundenheim - Rheingönheim
39	Luitpoldhafen - Berliner Platz - LU Hauptbahnhof - Ebertpark - Friesenheim - continue as line 49
40	Schönau - Waldhof - Luzenberg - Kurpfalzbrücke - Friedrichsring - MA main station - Konrad-Adenauer-Brücke - Berliner Platz - LU Town Hall - BASF - Oppau
41	Schönau - Waldhof - Luzenberg - Kurpfalzbrücke - Paradeplatz - water tower - MA main station
42	Feudenheim - Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke - Kurpfalzstraße - Paradeplatz - further than line 43
43	Käfertal - Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke - Planken - Paradeplatz - further than line 42
44	Käfertal - Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke - Rose Garden - Tattersall - Neckarau - Rheinau Karlsplatz
45	Vogelstang - Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke - Luisenring - Paradeplatz - Tattersall - Neckarau - Rheinau
46	Sandhofen - Luzenberg - Kurpfalzbrücke - Paradeplatz - MA main station - Tattersall - Neckarau - Rheinau
47	Vogelstang - Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke - Kurpfalzstraße - MA main station - Tattersall - Neuostheim
48	Rheingönheim - Südweststadion - LU Central Station - LU Town Hall - BASF - Oppau
49	Mundenheim Rheinturmstraße - Berliner Platz - LU Rathaus - BASF - Friesenheim - further than line 39
OEG A	Kurpfalzbrücke - Seckenheim - Edingen - Heidelberg - Schriesheim - Weinheim - Viernheim - Käfertal - MA main station
OEG B	Kurpfalzbrücke - Seckenheim
OEG C	MA Central Station - Käfertal - Wallstadt - Heddesheim
RHB	MA Central Station - Water Tower - Paradeplatz - Kurt Schumacher Bridge - LU Town Hall - LU Central Station - Oggersheim West - Maxdorf - Bad Dürkheim

Line network valid from 1995 to 2008

line 1

Schönau - Waldhof - Luzenberg - Old Fire Station - Neckartor - Paradeplatz - Castle - MA main station - Tattersall - Schwetzingerstadt - Neckarau station - Karlsplatz - Rheinau station

Line 2

Neckarstadt West - Old Fire Station - Dalbergstraße - Rheinstraße - Paradeplatz - Water Tower - Rose Garden - University Hospital - Main Cemetery - Neckarplatt - Feudenheim

Line 3

Sandhofen - Luzenberg - old fire station - Neckartor - Paradeplatz - water tower - MA main station - Berliner Platz - LU town hall - BASF - Friesenheim Ost - Oppau

Line 4

(Heddesheim -) Käfertal - University Hospital - National Theater - Trade Union House - Neckartor - Paradeplatz - Palace - Berliner Platz - Pfalzbau - LU Hauptbahnhof - LU Hauptfriedhof - Heinrich-Pesch-Haus - Hans-Warsch-Platz - Oggersheim (since the opening of the route across the sheep pasture Line 4 runs between Neckartor and the University Hospital via the Alte Feuerwache and Schafweide stops)

Line 5R (OEG)

Round line Mannheim – Heidelberg – Weinheim – Mannheim, route in Mannheim: from Heidelberg via Weinheim - Viernheim see railway line Mannheim – Weinheim  - Käfertal - University Hospital - National Theater - Rosengarten - Main Station MA - Palace - Paradeplatz - Neckartor - Collini-Center - Telecommunication Tower - Neuostheim - Seckenheim - continue via Edingen in the direction of Heidelberg, see the Mannheim – Heidelberg line

Line 6

Rheingönheim - Mundenheim - Südwest-Stadion - Berliner Platz - LU Rathaus - Rheinstrasse - Paradeplatz - Wasserturm - Tattersall - Werderstrasse - Planetarium - State Museum - Carl Benz Stadium - Neuostheim (since the opening of the route to Neuhermsheim, every second trip on line 6 has been Line 6A from the planetarium via Neuhermsheim towards the SAP Arena S-Bahnhof and back) (Since the opening of the line from Neuostheim to the marshalling yard, line 6 has run from Neuostheim to SAP in the mornings and afternoons as well as during events in the SAP Arena and on the May market all day -Arena S-Bahnhof where it met line 6A)

Line 7

Vogelstang - Neckarplatt - Main Cemetery - University Hospital - National Theater - Trade Union House - Neckartor - Paradeplatz - Water Tower - MA Hauptbahnhof - Lindenhof - Neckarau West (since the opening of the line to the Rheingoldhalle, every second trip on Line 7 has been to the Rheingoldhalle)

Line 9

Neckarau West - Lindenhof - MA main station - Tattersall - Werderstrasse - Planetarium - Luisenpark / State Museum. (Since the introduction of line 6A, line 9 has continued to Neuostheim in order to have an almost 10-minute cycle at the Ast Planetarium - Neuostheim during working hours ) (Line 9 was mostly used for disengagement trips from the Möhlstraße depot and school trips. Continuous trips from Neckarau to Neuostheim were only available on school days)

Line 10

Friesenheim - Sternstraße - Ebertpark - Klinikum LU - LU Hauptbahnhof - Pfalzbau - Berliner Platz - Luitpoldhafen (since line 11 was discontinued, line 10 also ran between Ruthenstraße and Friesenheim to turn around at Ruthenstraße via the Gleisdreieck)

Line 11 (old route)

Friesenheim - Schopenhauerstraße - BASF - LU Town Hall - Berliner Platz - Luitpoldhafen

Line 11 (new route)

Ring line: Friesenheim → Schopenhauerstraße → BASF → LU Rathaus (C-level) → LU Hauptbahnhof → Südwest-Stadion → Berliner Platz → LU Rathaus → BASF → Schopenhauerstraße → Friesenheim (line 11 was discontinued in 2004)

Line 12

Rheingönheim - Mundenheim - Südwest-Stadion - LU Hauptbahnhof - LU Rathaus (C-level) - BASF - Friesenheim Ost - Oppau (In recent years, line 12 only ran during rush hour. Since line 11 was closed, line 12 was partially over Ruthenstrasse. It was completely closed in December 2008. On the last day of traffic, December 12, 2008, special traffic on line 12 took place from 12 noon)

RHB line (old route)

Bad Dürkheim - Oggersheim - Hans-Warsch-Platz - Heinrich-Pesch-Haus - LU Hauptfriedhof - LU Hauptbahnhof - Pfalzbau - LU Rathaus - Rheinstraße - Paradeplatz (from here travel only in one direction to change direction) → Schloss → MA Hauptbahnhof → Wasserturm → Paradeplatz - Rheinstrasse - back to Bad Dürkheim

RHB line (new route)

Bad Dürkheim - Oggersheim - Hans-Warsch-Platz - Heinrich-Pesch-Haus - LU Hauptfriedhof - LU Hauptbahnhof - Pfalzbau - Berliner Platz - MA Hauptbahnhof (from here travel only in one direction to change direction) → Rosengarten → Union House → Neckartor → Paradeplatz → Water tower → MA main station - Berliner Platz - back to Bad Dürkheim (in 2006 the RHB line became line 14 (after the timetable change in December))

Line network valid from 2008 to 2016

Schematic plan of the trams in Mannheim and Ludwigshafen (before December 2008)

In December 2008 the following line changes were implemented:

• Lines 3 and 4 exchanged their route between Mannheim Paradeplatz and Ludwigshafen Berliner Platz.
• Lines 3 and 7 swapped the route south of Paradeplatz.
• Line 8 was created in order to maintain the direct connection between BASF and Mannheim Hauptbahnhof (formerly Line 3) during rush hour.
• Line 14 (= RHB ). was integrated into line 4.
• Line 12 was discontinued without replacement. As a result, the tunnel route between Ludwigshafen Rathaus and Ludwigshafen Hauptbahnhof is no longer served, the Ludwigshafen Hauptbahnhof - Südwest-Stadion is used as an operating route .

Line 1: Schönau - Waldhof - Luzenberg - Alte Feuerwache - Neckartor - Paradeplatz - Castle - MA main station - Tattersall - Schwetzingerstadt - Neckarau station - Karlsplatz - Rheinau station

Line 2: Neckarstadt West - Alte Feuerwache - Dalbergstraße - Rheinstraße - Paradeplatz - Water Tower - Rosengarten - University Hospital - Main Cemetery - Neckarplatt - Feudenheim

Line 3: Sandhofen - Luzenberg - Alte Feuerwache - Neckartor - Paradeplatz - Wasserturm - MA Hauptbahnhof - Lindenhof - Neckarau West - Rheingoldhalle

Line 4 (RHB) : Heddesheim - Wallstadt - Käfertal - University Clinic - Schafweide - Evening Academy - Paradeplatz - MA Hauptbahnhof - Berliner Platz - Pfalzbau - LU Hauptbahnhof - LU Hauptfriedhof - Heinrich-Pesch-Haus - Hans-Warsch-Platz - Oggersheim - Maxdorf - Bad Dürkheim

Line 5 (OEG) : Mannheim - Seckenheim - Edingen - Heidelberg - Schriesheim - Weinheim - Viernheim - Käfertal - Mannheim

Line 6: Rheingönheim - Mundenheim - Südwest-Stadion - Berliner Platz - LU City Hall - Rheinstrasse - Paradeplatz - Water Tower - Tattersall - Werderstrasse - Planetarium - State Museum - Carl Benz Stadium - Neuostheim

Line 6A: Rheingönheim - Mundenheim - Südwest-Stadion - Berliner Platz - LU Rathaus - Rheinstrasse - Paradeplatz - Wasserturm - Tattersall - Werderstrasse - Planetarium - Landesmuseum Süd - Neuhermsheim - SAP-Arena S-Bahnhof

Line 7: Vogelstang - Neckarplatt - MA Main Cemetery - University Hospital - National Theater - Trade Union House - Neckartor - Paradeplatz - Palace - Berliner Platz - BASF - Oppau

Line 8: ( express line ) (Rheinau - Neckarau -) Krappmühlstraße - Central Station - Berliner Platz - Oppau

Line 9: (only on school days) Neckarau West - Lindenhof - Hauptbahnhof - Tattersall - Werderstraße - Planetarium - Neuostheim (since December 2010 only between the Hauptbahnhof and Neuostheim)

Line 10: Luitpoldhafen - Berliner Platz - LU Hauptbahnhof - LU Klinikum - Friesenheim Mitte

To strengthen it, some additional journeys were offered on express lines that do not stop at all stops:

• X (19) Viernheim  - Käfertal - Grenadierstraße - Nationaltheater - Mannheim Hauptbahnhof (only peak hours in the morning; two trips in the afternoon from Heddesheim and Wallstadt)
• RNVX (5/4) Heidelberg  - Mannheim - Ludwigshafen - Bad Dürkheim (only on Sundays and public holidays since April 27, 2008 in the summer months), connects as RNV-Express: Heidelberg, Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Bad Dürkheim and runs between Heidelberg and Mannheim on the tracks of the former OEG. From Monday to Friday there is an additional trip from Mannheim main station to Bad Dürkheim.

Line network valid from June 12, 2016

For the commissioning of the northern tram to the Gartenstadt, the routing of lines 4 and 5 in particular changed, line 9 was introduced as a regional express line on the RHB route and did not stop at all stops within Ludwigshafen and Mannheim.

line 1

Schönau - Waldhof - Luzenberg - Old Fire Station - Evening Academy - Paradeplatz - Castle - MA main station - Tattersall - Schwetzingerstadt - Neckarau station - Karlsplatz - Rheinau station

Line 2

Neckarstadt West - Old Fire Station - Dalbergstraße - Rheinstraße - Paradeplatz - Water Tower - Rose Garden - University Hospital - Main Cemetery - Neckarplatt - Feudenheim

Line 3

Sandhofen - Luzenberg - old fire station - Paradeplatz - water tower - MA main station - Lindenhof - Neckarau West - Rheingoldhalle

Line 4

Waldfriedhof - Ulmenweg - University Clinic - Schafweide - Old Fire Station - Paradeplatz - Water Tower - MA Central Station - Berliner Platz - LU Central Station - LU Main Cemetery - Heinrich-Pesch-Haus - Hans-Warsch-Platz - Oggersheim (- Maxdorf - Bad Dürkheim)

Line 4A

Käfertaler Wald - Ulmenweg - University Hospital - Schafweide - Old Fire Station - Paradeplatz - Water Tower - MA Central Station - Berliner Platz - LU Central Station - LU Main Cemetery - Heinrich-Pesch-Haus - Hans-Warsch-Platz - Oggersheim (- Maxdorf - Bad Dürkheim)

Line 5 (OEG)

Mannheim - Seckenheim - Edingen - Heidelberg - Schriesheim - Weinheim - Viernheim - Käfertal - Mannheim

Line 5A

Heddesheim - Wallstadt - Käfertal - University Clinic - MA main station (sometimes more than line 5 or 15)

Line 6

Rheingönheim - Mundenheim - Berliner Platz - LU Town Hall - Rheinstrasse - Paradeplatz - Water Tower - Tattersall - Werderstrasse - Planetarium - Luisenpark / Technoseum - Carl Benz Stadium - Neuostheim

Line 6A

Rheingönheim - Mundenheim - Berliner Platz - LU City Hall - Rheinstrasse - Paradeplatz - Water Tower - Tattersall - Werderstrasse - Planetarium - Technoseum Süd - Gerd-Dehof-Platz - SAP Arena S-Bf.

Line 7

Vogelstang - Neckarplatt - MA Main Cemetery - University Hospital - National Theater - Evening Academy - Paradeplatz - Palace - Berliner Platz - LU Town Hall - BASF - Oppau

Line 8

( Express line ) Rheinau Bf - Krappmühlstrasse - MA Central Station - Berliner Platz - LU City Hall - BASF - Oppau

Line 9

(Express line) Bad Dürkheim - Maxdorf - Oggersheim - Hans-Warsch-Platz - LU Central Station - Berliner Platz - MA Central Station - Tattersall - Werderstrasse - Planetarium - Luisenpark / Technoseum (- Carl-Benz-Stadion - Neuostheim) (RNV-Express further Seckenheim - Edingen - Heidelberg Hbf - Heidelberg Bismarckplatz)

Line 10

Luitpoldhafen - Berliner Platz - Ludwigshafen Central Station - Ludwigshafen Clinic - Friesenheim Mitte

Line 15

Wallstadt - Schafweide - Evening Academy - Paradeplatz - MA Central Station (continue as line 5A)

Line network valid from November 27, 2019

On the afternoon of November 22, 2019, the city of Ludwigshafen closed the passage and the passage under the dilapidated Hochstraße Süd to all means of transport. An exception, only for the passage of the trams on Berliner Straße, was valid up to and including Tuesday, November 26, 2019. This interrupted the tram routes through Mundenheimer Strasse, Berliner Strasse and the route to Mannheim over the Konrad-Adenauer-Brücke . The main transfer point Berliner Platz and the districts of South, Mundenheim and Rheingönheim could no longer be served by trams. The Rheingönheim depot was also temporarily inaccessible by tram, as track renewal work was being carried out on the only remaining connection between the Südweststadion and Ludwigshafen Hbf. A modified route network was worked out at short notice, which came into force at the start of operations on Wednesday, November 27, 2019. Lines 4 / 4A, 6 / 6A, 7, 8, 9 and 10 were changed, the routes of lines 4 / 4A, 6 / 6A and 7 in Mannheim city center were partially swapped. Line 7 was divided into a Mannheim line 7 and a Ludwigshafen line 7, which are not connected to each other. Since line 9 has the same travel times as the other lines on the only available route between Ludwigshafen and Mannheim, it only runs as an express train between Bad Dürkheim and Rohrlachstrasse and serves all stops between Rohrlachstrasse and Mannheim Hbf. Due to the routing of lines 6, 6A and 7 to the Ebertpark loop and construction work in Friesenheim, line 10 is no longer available.

line 1

Schönau - Waldhof - Luzenberg - Old Fire Station - Evening Academy - Paradeplatz - Castle - MA main station - Tattersall - Schwetzingerstadt - Neckarau station - Karlsplatz - Rheinau station

Line 2

Neckarstadt West - Old Fire Station - Dalbergstraße - Rheinstraße - Paradeplatz - Water Tower - Rose Garden - University Hospital - Main Cemetery - Neckarplatt - Feudenheim

Line 3

Sandhofen - Luzenberg - Old Fire Station - Evening Academy - Paradeplatz - Water Tower - MA Central Station - Lindenhof - Neckarau West - Rheingoldhalle

Line 4

Waldfriedhof - Ulmenweg - University Clinic - National Theater - Paradeplatz - LU Town Hall - Pfalzbau - LU Hauptbahnhof - LU Hauptfriedhof - Heinrich Pesch House - Hans-Warsch-Platz - Oggersheim - Maxdorf - Bad Dürkheim

Line 4A

Käfertaler Wald - Ulmenweg - University Hospital - National Theater - Paradeplatz - LU Town Hall - Pfalzbau - LU Central Station - LU Main Cemetery - Heinrich Pesch House - Hans-Warsch-Platz - Oggersheim - Maxdorf - Bad Dürkheim

Line 5 (OEG)

Mannheim - Seckenheim - Edingen - Heidelberg - Schriesheim - Weinheim - Viernheim - Käfertal - Mannheim

Line 5A

Heddesheim - Wallstadt - Käfertal - University Clinic - MA main station (sometimes more than line 5 or 15)

Line 6

Ebertpark - LU Central Station - LU Town Hall - Rheinstrasse - Paradeplatz - MA Central Station - Tattersall - Werderstrasse - Planetarium - Luisenpark / Technoseum - Carl Benz Stadium - Neuostheim

Line 6A

Ebertpark - LU main station - LU town hall - Rheinstrasse - Paradeplatz - MA main station - Tattersall - Werderstrasse - Planetarium - Technoseum Süd - Gerd-Dehof-Platz - SAP Arena S-Bf.

Line 6 (replacement bus service in Ludwigshafen, largely identical to the route on night line 96)

Kaiser-Wilhelm-Strasse - Berliner Platz (substitute stop) - Südweststadion - Rheingönheim

Line 7 (MA)

Vogelstang - Neckarplatt - MA Main Cemetery - University Hospital - Schafweide - Old Fire Station - Paradeplatz - Water Tower - MA Central Station - Castle - Paradeplatz and via Alte Feuerwache - Schafweide back to Vogelstang

Line 7 (LU)

Ebertpark - LU Central Station - LU Town Hall - BASF - Oppau

Line 8

( Express line ) Rheinau Bf - Krappmühlstraße - MA main station

Line 9

Bad Dürkheim train station - LU main station - LU town hall - Paradeplatz - castle - MA main station - water tower and via Paradeplatz back to Bad Dürkheim

Line 10 (bus)

Ebertpark - Fichtestrasse - Friesenheim Mitte

Line 15

Wallstadt - Schafweide - Evening Academy - Paradeplatz - MA Central Station (continue as line 5A)

Line network valid from January 7, 2020

On January 7, 2020, the network was slightly adjusted again. Line 4 / 4A only runs to Bad Dürkheim at the edge of the day, so line 9 now serves all stops between Bad Dürkheim and Oggersheim. In addition, the route of lines 4 / 4A, 6 / 6A, 7 and 9 in Mannheim was changed again. Its course is now based more on the regular route network.

As of January 27, 2020, the entry and exit journeys to and from the Rheingönheim depot, which will take place again via Richard-Dehmel-Strasse, have been released for passengers.

line 1

Schönau - Waldhof - Luzenberg - old fire station - Paradeplatz - castle - MA main station - Tattersall - Schwetzingerstadt - Neckarau station - Karlsplatz - Rheinau station

Line 2

Neckarstadt West - Old Fire Station - Dalbergstraße - Rheinstraße - Paradeplatz - Water Tower - Rose Garden - University Hospital - Main Cemetery - Neckarplatt - Feudenheim

Line 3

Sandhofen - Luzenberg - old fire station - Paradeplatz - water tower - MA main station - Lindenhof - Neckarau West - Rheingoldhalle

Line 4

Waldfriedhof - Ulmenweg - University Hospital - Schafweide - Old Fire Station - Paradeplatz - Water Tower - MA Central Station - Castle - Paradeplatz - Rheinstrasse - LU Town Hall - Pfalzbau - LU Central Station - LU Main Cemetery - Heinrich-Pesch-Haus - Hans-Warsch-Platz - Oggersheim (- Maxdorf - Bad Dürkheim)

Line 4A

Käfertaler Wald - Ulmenweg - University Hospital - Schafweide - Old Fire Station - Paradeplatz - Water Tower - MA Central Station - Castle - Paradeplatz - Rheinstrasse - LU Town Hall - Pfalzbau - LU Central Station - LU Main Cemetery - Heinrich-Pesch-Haus - Hans-Warsch-Platz - Oggersheim ( - Maxdorf - Bad Dürkheim)

Line 5 (OEG)

Mannheim - Seckenheim - Edingen - Heidelberg - Schriesheim - Weinheim - Viernheim - Käfertal - Mannheim

Line 5A

Heddesheim - Wallstadt - Käfertal - University Clinic - MA main station (sometimes more than line 5 or 15)

Line 6

Ebertpark - LU Central Station - LU Town Hall - Rheinstrasse - Paradeplatz - Water Tower - Tattersall - Werderstrasse - Planetarium - Luisenpark / Technoseum - Carl Benz Stadium - Neuostheim

Line 6A

Ebertpark - LU Central Station - LU Town Hall - Rheinstrasse - Paradeplatz - Water Tower - Tattersall - Werderstrasse - Planetarium - Technoseum Süd - Gerd-Dehof-Platz - SAP Arena S-Bf.

Line 6 (replacement bus service in Ludwigshafen, largely identical to the route on night line 96)

Kaiser-Wilhelm-Strasse - Berliner Platz (substitute stop) - Südweststadion - Rheingönheim

Line 7 (MA)

Vogelstang - Neckarplatt - MA Main Cemetery - University Hospital - National Theater - Paradeplatz

Line 7 (LU)

Ebertpark - LU Central Station - LU Town Hall - BASF - Oppau

Line 8

( Express line ) Rheinau Bf - Krappmühlstraße - MA main station

Line 9

Bad Dürkheim - Maxdorf - Oggersheim - Hans-Warsch-Platz - LU Central Station - LU Town Hall - Paradeplatz - Castle - MA Central Station - Tattersall - Werderstraße - Planetarium - Luisenpark / Technoseum (- Carl Benz Stadium - Neuostheim)

Line 10 (bus)

Ebertpark - Fichtestrasse - Friesenheim Mitte

Line 15

Wallstadt - Schafweide - Evening Academy - Paradeplatz - MA Central Station (continue as line 5A)

Line overview

Status: June 12, 2016, currently suspended due to the closure of Hochstraße Süd

line	route
1	Schönau  - Rheinau train station : Schönau  - Waldhof train station  - Luzenberg - old fire station  - Paradeplatz  - castle  - Mannheim main station  - Tattersall - Neckarau  - Rheinau train station
2	Feudenheim  - Neckarstadt West : Feudenheim  - Mannheim Main Cemetery  - National Theater  - Water Tower  - Paradeplatz - Rheinstrasse - Old Fire Station - Neckarstadt West
3	Sandhofen  - Neckarau Rheingoldhalle : Sandhofen  - Luzenberg - old fire station - Paradeplatz - water tower - Mannheim main station - Lindenhof  - Neckarau West - Neckarau Rheingoldhalle
4 4 A	Forest cemetery / Käfertaler Wald  - Oggersheim / Bad Dürkheim [RHB] : Käfertaler Wald (Line 4 A ) or Waldfriedhof (Line 4) - Hermann Gutzmann School (merging of the line branches)  - Ulmenweg - Bonifatius Church - University Clinic - Schafweide - Old Fire Station - Paradeplatz - Water Tower - Mannheim Hbf - Berliner Platz - Ludwigshafen Hbf  - Ludwigshafen Main Cemetery  - Oggersheim  - Ruchheim  - Maxdorf  - Bad Dürkheim ( RHB )
5	Weinheim  - Mannheim  - Heidelberg  - Weinheim : [OEG] Weinheim  - Viernheim  - Käfertal  - Bonifatiuskirche - University Hospital - National Theater - Mannheim Hbf - Palace - Paradeplatz - Evening Academy - Neuostheim  - Edingen  - Heidelberg  - Schriesheim  - Weinheim ( OEG )
5 A	Heddesheim - Evening Academy :  [OEG] Heddesheim - Wallstadt - Vogelstang West - Käfertal - Bonifatiuskirche - University Hospital - National Theater - Mannheim Hbf - Palace - Paradeplatz - Evening Academy - more than 5 (or 15 (HVZ))
6th	Rheingönheim  - Neuostheim : Rheingönheim  - Mundenheim  - Berliner Platz - Ludwigshafen Town Hall - Rheinstrasse - Mannheim Town Hall - Paradeplatz - Water Tower - Tattersall - Planetarium  - Neuostheim (- Maimarkt area  - SAP Arena  - SAP Arena S-Bahnhof ; only in the afternoon and when served by night bus )
6 A	Rheingönheim  - SAP Arena S-Bahnhof : Rheingönheim  - Mundenheim - Berliner Platz - Ludwigshafen Town Hall - Rheinstrasse - Mannheim Town Hall - Paradeplatz - Water Tower - Tattersall - Planetarium - Neuhermsheim  - SAP Arena S-Bahn station
7th	Vogelstang  - Oppau : Vogelstang  - Mannheim Main Cemetery - National Theater - Evening Academy - Paradeplatz - Palace - Berliner Platz  - Ludwigshafen City Hall - BASF  - Oppau
8th	[Express line, amplifier line] Oppau  - Krappmühlstraße (- Rheinau train station ): Oppau  - BASF - Ludwigshafen Town Hall - Berliner Platz - Mannheim Hbf - Tattersall - Krappmühlstraße (- Rheinau train station )
9	[Express line] Bad Dürkheim  - Neuostheim  (- Heidelberg Bismarckplatz ): Bad Dürkheim  - Maxdorf  - Ludwigshafen Hbf - Ludwigshafen Berliner Platz - Mannheim Hbf - Tattersall - Luisenpark / Technoseum - Neuostheim (RNV-Express to Seckenheim - Edingen - Heidelberg Hbf - Heidelberg Bismarckplatz )
10	Luitpoldhafen  - Friesenheim Mitte : Luitpoldhafen  - Berliner Platz - Ludwigshafen Central Station - Ludwigshafen Clinic - Friesenheim Mitte
15th	[Repeater line] Mannheim Central Station  - Wallstadt Ost : Mannheim  Central Station - Palace - Paradeplatz - Evening Academy - Old Fire Station - Schafweide - University Hospital - Bonifatius Church - Käfertal - Vogelstang West - Wallstadt West - Wallstadt East

present

Train at the Dalbergstrasse stop

VRN ticket for a ride on the Mannheim light rail

Cycle density

The Stadtbahn forms the backbone of inner-city traffic with the connection points Paradeplatz in Mannheim and Berliner Platz in Ludwigshafen. There is a possibility to change between all lines. Because the pedestrian zones are open to trams, the centrally located shops can be easily reached. The following cycle sequences exist on the light rail lines:

• Monday to Friday during the day there is a 10-minute cycle on lines 1, 2, 3, 4 / 4A, 6 / 6A, 7 (sections Hermann-Gutzmann-Schule - Waldfriedhof (line 4) and Hermann-Gutzmann-Schule - Käfertaler Wald (Line 4A) as well as Line 6 Planetarium-Neuostheim and Line 6A Planetarium - SAP Arena S-Bahn station only every 20 minutes, section Oggersheim - Bad Dürkheim (Line 4 / 4A) every 20/40 minutes). Line 5 runs on the ring line every 20 minutes, between Schriesheim and Käfertal (via Heidelberg) there is a 10-minute cycle (outside the peak hours, these amplifier trains run from the evening academy as 5A and continue from Käfertal to Heddesheim, in the HVZ is run every 10 minutes on the entire ring). Line 5A runs all day, lines 8 and 15 only every 20 minutes during peak hours (lines 5A and 15 merge into one another during peak hours). Line 9 runs every hour between Bad Dürkheim and Luisenpark / Technoseum and continues to Neuostheim during peak hours. Line 10 runs every 15 minutes all day.
• On Saturday during the day, lines 1, 3, 4 / 4A, 6 / 6A, 7 run every 10 minutes, exceptions are again lines 6 / 6A from the planetarium and lines 4 / 4A from the Hermann-Gutzmann-Schule (every 20 minutes) and the Oggersheim - Bad Dürkheim section (line 4 / 4A, every 60 minutes). Line 9 only runs in the Bad Dürkheim - Luisenpark / Technoseum section and every 60 minutes. Line 10 also runs every 15 minutes on Saturdays. Line 2 only runs in the afternoon, between around 12:15 p.m. and around 4:30 p.m. every 10 minutes, during the rest of the day every 20 minutes. Lines 5 and 5A operate according to the same system as Monday to Friday during the day, the only difference is that the 10-minute cycle is only run from HD Bismarckplatz.
• On Sundays, lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 run every 20 minutes. Line 4 runs between Bad Dürkheim and Oggersheim every hour and serves both terminals at the other end of the line, as line 4A does not run on Sundays. Line 5 runs on the ring every 30 minutes. Line 6A is called Line E on Sundays and runs every half hour on the route of Line 6A from SAP Arena S-Bahnhof to the Tattersall stop and then to the main station, from there on as Line 5 to Edingen via Neuostheim, so there is between on Line 5 Mannheim Hbf and Edingen every 10/20 minutes. Line 5A runs every 20 minutes and only in the section Heddesheim - Mannheim Hbf. Line 9 runs every hour between Bad Dürkheim and Luisenpark / Technoseum and in summer with four journeys as RNV-Express from / to Heidelberg Bismarckplatz.
• On Saturdays and Sundays in early morning traffic until around 9:00 a.m., only lines 1, 3, 4 and 5 run every 30 minutes, with line 4 only making one continuous journey per hour. Line 3 chooses the route via Rheinstraße between Paradeplatz and Alte Feuerwache, which means that this section of Line 2 is taken over. The rest of line 2 is taken over by a bus service on line 7 from Vogelstang via Feudenheim to Mannheim main station and then via Paradeplatz back via Feudenheim to Vogelstang. Line 6 runs with buses in the rail replacement service from Neuhermsheim via Neuostheim to Paradeplatz and on to Berliner Platz.
• Evening traffic (daily)
  • In Ludwigshafen, all light rail lines - with the exception of line 4 - will be replaced by night bus lines 90, 94, 96 and 97 from around 9:30 p.m.
  • In Mannheim, the national lines 4 and 5 run from around 9:30 p.m. every 30 minutes. This also applies to line E, which is connected from line 5, on the route of 6A to Neuhermsheim - SAP Arena S-Bahn station and for the other lines from around 11 p.m.
  • The inner-city light rail lines in Mannheim run every 20 minutes until around 11 p.m. The Mannheim branches of lines 6 and 7 are linked in a ring trip through Ludwigshafen city center; Line 6 coming from Neuostheim goes to Berliner Platz and becomes line 7 to Vogelstang and vice versa.
  • Line 4 crossing the Rhine meets at 9:30 p.m. for a central connection with the night bus lines at Berliner Platz in Ludwigshafen at minutes 00 and 30.
  • Line 4 only runs every hour to Bad Dürkheim in the evening.
• Night traffic
  • Line 1 runs every hour between 12:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m.
  • Lines 3 and 5 run every night from Friday to Saturday and from Saturday to Sunday between 12:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. continuously every hour. This also applies to the nights on public holidays.

Tractions / train sets

The OEG (line 5) operates with bidirectional vehicles , while the remaining Mannheim lines usually with means vehicles (and multipurpose compartments operate). Individual express trains run parallel to lines 1 and 5 in the morning peak. Up until the changeover to the new network, trains were occasionally running in double traction on Line 4 , although these trains ( wings ) can only be strengthened / weakened in the depot due to the Albert coupling used . Up until the expansion of Line 4, in addition to the new, long Variobahn trains, there were also double units on Line 1. Even the trains on Line 5 (OEG) are sometimes run as a train set at peak times. Stadtbahn line 1 is one of the few German trams that runs continuously at night; The exchange of vehicles takes place in the early evening, among other things, towards the city center.

Track plan Mannheim 2013

Infrastructure

Smaller peculiarities in Mannheim are: track pre-sorting in front of some crossings or junctions in the city center as well as priority switching serve to accelerate the tram traffic. At the Universität stop, which is located at a triangular track , those who want to board always know at which platforms they can expect the trains. In off-peak times, some light rail lines operate as omnibuses ; During the day, some bus lines also use the tracks on appropriately prepared tracks as shown. Switching between train and bus is made particularly easy in Neckarau West, where the turning loop is passed clockwise and buses stop inside, and in Käfertal OEG-Bahnhof, where the OEG trains out of town open their left-hand doors facing the bus. Real-time information that provides information about the next departures or diversions at stops has been in operation since November 2008 at important stops such as Paradeplatz or Hauptbahnhof.

Construction site in the area of ​​the SAP Arena in July 2005

Recent changes

Route expansion

In the east of Mannheim, the so-called Stadtbahnring was built, made up of two routes:

• One begins at the terminus in Neuostheim, leads over Xaver-Fuhr-Strasse past the Maimarkt area and ends at the new terminus at Mannheim ARENA / Maimarkt station . This section was opened together with the SAP Arena on September 2, 2005.
• The other route begins at the Planetarium stop, leads across the Fahrlach industrial park and the Neuhermsheim district, and joins the first-mentioned route with a triangular track. This section went into operation at the timetable change on December 10, 2006.

A new multi-track stop was built in the area of ​​the SAP Arena. Both branches should only be used for events up to the arena, otherwise only up to the terminus Neuostheim through line 6 and Neuhermsheim / marshalling yard through line 6A. There is no ring company Neuostheim-Neuhermsheim due to insufficient demand. The OEG route, which runs parallel to the banks of the Neckar, has now been connected to the route to the arena with a triangular track. This means that passengers from Heidelberg can also get to the arena and the Maimarkt without having to change trains. The Neuostheim tram terminus was placed right next to the OEG stop in order to further simplify the transfer routes. At the same time, the OEG and Mannheim Stadtbahn lines were linked, also a measure to increase operational flexibility.

On the right bank of the Neckar, in addition to the redesign of the Old Messplatz through the street Schafweide, a new 750 meter long route with a new stop “Schafweide” was built between the stops Alte Feuerwache and Universitätsklinikum Line 4 is run. Until the 1970s there was a tram line there, which was then shut down and dismantled. The goal is now to increase the operational flexibility and to better serve Neckarstadt-Ost. The transfer station Universitätsklinikum was moved a little further out of town in order to thread the new route.

Light rail north

Opening train shortly before turning into Ulmenweg.

In 2007, planning began for the construction of a tram line to develop the districts of Herzogenried, Gartenstadt and the so-called Speckweg area. A feasibility study for the so-called “Stadtbahn Nord” was drawn up and a winged route with two branches was found to be economical. This route was already under discussion in the 1980s. As a concession to Daimler-Benz AG (large bus production in the Waldhof district), the route was to be built as a track bus route, but this was not pursued further due to massive public protests. Since then, individual areas have been taken into account in the planning of the road construction. As part of the planning approval process, the city administration carried out an open-ended public dialogue for the construction of the northern tramway. The plans were followed critically by the citizens' initiative straba-Nord, which opposed parts of this plan. On October 12, 2010, the municipal council decided by a majority to implement the “Northern tramway” according to a route variant developed in dialogue with the citizens and to submit the corresponding grant applications. On December 3, 2012, the district president of Karlsruhe broke ground for the construction of the northern tram. The first test drive took place on April 28, 2016. The new route opened on June 11, 2016.

This now connects the garden city with downtown Mannheim. 14 barrier-free stops were created along the new line. The commissioning results in new lines and lines:

• Line 4 / 4A from Bad Dürkheim - Oggersheim goes from the University Hospital to Gartenstadt, line 4 to Waldfriedhof, line 4A to Käfertaler Wald. In late hours and on Sundays, line 4 travels via Käfertaler Wald to Waldfriedhof and directly back again. In the SVZ the line is served every half hour, on Sundays every 20 minutes, during the day both lines run every 20 minutes.
• Line 5 / 5A:
  • During the day, the 20-minute intervals from Edingen that previously ended in Käfertal continue as 5A to Heddesheim.
  • During rush hour, line 5 runs continuously every 10 minutes and line 5A to the main station every 20 minutes, which means that Käfertal and main station run eight trains per hour.
  • In the off-peak hours, line 5 runs continuously every 30 minutes, while line 5A, coming from Heddesheim, ends in Mannheim Hauptbahnhof and also runs every half hour, which means that there is almost a quarter of an hour between Käfertal and Hauptbahnhof.
• Line 15: This new line supplements the connection to Wallstadt for the HVZ and takes over the services of the previous line 4.

To avoid confusion with the new tram stop Käfertaler forest to avoid the OEG breakpoint is Käfertal forest in place of friendship renamed.

Further construction work

Construction site of the A6 near Mannheim-Wallstadt: The tram is currently crossing a temporary bridge

In Wallstadt, the carriageway was lowered by around 10 meters for the six-lane expansion of the A 6 motorway . The previously single-track underpass of the OEG- Käfertal - Heddesheim railway line used by the tram line 4 was replaced by a double-track bridge over the motorway. In autumn 2012, a new turning loop was built east of the new bridge, which has been used every ten minutes since the timetable change on December 9, 2012 from line 4 to HVZ.

The renewal of the Neckarau crossing (between the Schwetzinger Vorstadt and Neckarau over the railway tracks) was completed in 2009. On the renewed bridge, tram line 1 has its own track structure. The entire construction project was completed in 2010. The “ Hochschule Mannheim ” stop (previously “Neckarau crossing”) was converted in 2012 as part of the connection to the new southern bypass ( Glückstein-Quartier project ). Since then, bus routes 63 and 710 have also been using the tram tracks.

In April 2007, the construction of the tracks and platforms began in the OEG train station in Seckenheim. The previously quite extensive tracks have been converted to a three-track station with elevated platforms. This ended in 2009.

In May 2007 began Sandhofen construction work on the project Sandhofer Stich care and housing . There the area of ​​the end of the tram and the former station of the Waldhof railway company was completely redesigned.

Planning

Mannheim

Extension of Feudenheim

An extension of the Stadtbahn from Feudenheim with two short branches to the entrance to Wallstadt or to Ilvesheim was planned . A first requirement is the widening of the motorway underpass under the A 6 between Ilvesheim and Feudenheim from 8 to 17 m in the course of the motorway expansion in order to create space for the tram route. Original plans provided for a single-track route under the bridge with road location. The municipalities of Ladenburg and Schriesheim are particularly keen to extend the route beyond Ilvesheim. A profitability study from 2000 showed a favorable cost-benefit ratio of 1.68. A realization is currently questionable for financial reasons.

Mannheim Central Station

Due to the increasing demand for journeys with a connection from Mannheim main station and the congestion situation there for the tram handling, the RNV is currently examining an expansion of the stop on Willy-Brandt-Platz (station forecourt). However, this is difficult because curve radii, platform length and comfortable distance from the station building must be taken into account.

Lindenhofplatz - Neckarau crossing

As part of the Mannheim 21 construction project , a guided tram tour from Lindenhofplatz through Paul-Wittsack- / John-Deere-Strasse to the “ Hochschule Mannheim ” stop with two new stops is planned. The threading into the route of tram line 1 was taken into account in the planning as part of the renovation of the Neckarau crossing. A possible realization in the years 2018 to 2021 is not yet foreseeable due to insecure financing (discontinuation of GVFG funding).

Connection to the Franklin quarter

The Franklin residential area , which is being built on the site of a former US barracks in the Käfertal district , is to have a connection to the light rail system by 2023 . The 1.6 km long route is to branch off the Käfertal – Weinheim route at the Bensheimer Strasse stop, lead to a turning loop in the Sullivan area and include three new stops.

Ludwigshafen

The tracks of line 10 between the Marienkirche stop and the terminus in Friesenheim are in urgent need of renovation. Since there are no fixed state funds for route extensions and modifications, the route is to be built partly as an intertwined double track with staggered side platforms on both sides for cost reasons, but also to preserve the existing parking spaces. Line 10 will then have its own route. So far, the route has been completely laid out in the road surface and is one of the last classic tram sections in Ludwigshafen. Although there was already a council decision to rebuild line 10 in 2005, according to a new council decision, work should start in spring 2014 in June 2012 and be completed by 2016. This deadline was also not kept. Work on the Alt-Friesenheim construction section began in April 2019, and the planning approval process for the Hohenzollernstrasse section is ongoing. The total net costs are around 29.1 million euros. Previously, it was initially assumed to be 15 million and then around 21.8 million euros.

Further expansion measures such as a turning loop in Ruchheim and the extension of line 4, a new line via Oppau into the Pfingstweide and the extension of the Rheingönheim branch to Neuhofen have been postponed for an indefinite period due to the financial situation. Those in charge have meanwhile said goodbye to the planned route via Maudach to Mutterstadt and the connection to the Melm development area via line 10 from Friesenheim. As part of the revision of the local transport plan of the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein, however, there are new developments. By the end of 2018, the first plans for the extension of the route branch from Oppau to the Pfingstweide via Edigheim will be drawn up, as will the extension from Rheingönheim to Neuhofen. The plans for the connection from Mutterstadt via Maudach were also taken up and the connection of Frankenthal to the light rail network is also an idea. In this project, however, the assumptions of the transport company RNV and the city of Ludwigshafen diverge, which consider a connection to the smaller neighboring city to be unrealistic.

literature

• Hans Borstorff: Chronicle of the Mannheim transport company . Mannheim 1957, DNB 450566382 .
• Werner Rabe: Operating history of the MVG, the VBL and the RHB . Mannheim 1977.
• Dieter Preuss: On the road and on the rails . Mannheim 1978, DNB 790623455 .
• D. Höltge: German trams and light rail vehicles. Volume 4 Rhineland-Palatinate / Saarland , Verlag Zeunert, Gifhorn (1981), ISBN 3-921237-60-2 , pp. 95-133.
• Dieter Höltge: Trams and light rail vehicles in Germany. Volume 6: Bathing . Freiburg 1999, ISBN 3-88255-337-5 .
• Frank Muth, Werner Rabe: The tram in Mannheim . Leonberg 2005, ISBN 3-936893-25-X .
• Axel Juedtz: The development of local public transport in the city of Mannheim . Heidelberg 1976.
• Klaus J. Becker: City on the move . Ludwigshafen 2003, ISBN 3-934845-15-0 .
• M. Kochems, D. Höltge: Trams and light rail vehicles in Germany. Volume 12 Rhineland-Palatinate / Saarland , EK-Verlag, Freiburg (2011), ISBN 978-3-88255-393-2 , pp. 78-137.

Web links

Commons : Trams in Mannheim  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Trams in Ludwigshafen am Rhein  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the RNV

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ Local traffic news . 6/2008, p. 3.
3. ↑ Ludwigshafen discusses: “Die Stadtstraße - Bürgerdialog 2016”, appendix to the evaluation report for the third section of the City West public participation. Prepared on behalf of the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein and WEG - WirtschaftsEntwicklungsGesellschaft Ludwigshafen am Rhein mbH, March 7, 2016, Nid 1155, pp. 12 and 13. PDF file (85 KB) , accessed on June 23, 2016.
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5. ^ Winter timetable change in Mannheim ( Memento from January 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ https://www.ludwigshafen-diskutiert.de/informationen/meldung/aktueller-status-der-hochstrasse-sued-macht-sperrungen-erverbindlich
7. ↑ https://www.rnv-online.de/fahrtinfo/verkehrsmeldung/ein-und-ausrueckfahrten-in-ludwigshafen-fuer-fahrgaeste-nutzbar/
8. ↑ Mannheim Morning. November 20, 2008  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
9. ↑ Stadtbahn-Nord should get "wings". In: Mannheimer Morgen . September 26, 2008.
10. ↑ http://www.stadtbahn-mannheim-nord.de/ Website for the northern tram with information, route maps and other references
11. ↑ straba-nord.de ( Memento from December 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Website on the northern tram with information and opinions
12. ^ Stadtbahn Nord: City council decides to change the route
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14. ^ Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr-Online
15. ↑ stadtbahn-mannheim-nord.de
16. ↑ Resolution No. V621 / 2015. Changes in the light rail network as a result of the commissioning of the North light rail system in 2016. (PDF; 844 kB) City of Mannheim, November 13, 2015, p. 6 , accessed on January 31, 2016 .  
17. ↑ Resolution No. V621 / 2015. Changes in the light rail network as a result of the commissioning of the North light rail system in 2016. (PDF; 844 kB) City of Mannheim, November 13, 2015, p. 8 , accessed on January 31, 2016 .  
18. ↑ Resolution No. V621 / 2015. Changes in the light rail network as a result of the commissioning of the North light rail in 2016. (PDF; 844 kB) City of Mannheim, November 13, 2015, p. 9 , accessed on January 31, 2016 .  
19. ↑ Resolution No. V621 / 2015. Changes in the light rail network as a result of the commissioning of the North light rail system in 2016. (PDF; 844 kB) City of Mannheim, November 13, 2015, p. 10 , accessed on January 31, 2016 .  
20. ↑ Resolution No. V621 / 2015. (PDF; 844 kB) Changes in the tram network as a result of the commissioning of the northern tram in 2016. City of Mannheim, November 13, 2015, p. 14 , accessed on January 31, 2016 .  
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26. ↑ Information template 408/2000: New light rail line Feudenheim - Ilvesheim - Ladenburg - Schriesheim.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
27. ↑ Application No. 88/2008 / A: Extension of tram line 2 towards Ilvesheim. City of Mannheim, February 22, 2008, accessed October 2017 . 
28. ↑ Information template 110/2009: Upgrading the Mannheim Hauptbahnhof tram stop.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
29. ↑ Mannheim: draft resolution 219/2008. Mannheim 21 New city quarter at the main train station. Pp. 42-46.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) (PDF file, 5.8 MB, accessed on January 6, 2010)
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