Main-Neckar Railway

Main-Neckar Railway
Bahntrasse
Overview
Native nameMain-Neckar-Bahn
Line number3601
LocaleHesse, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Service
Route number650
Technical
Line length87.5 km (54.4 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed160 km/h (99.4 mph) (max)
Route map

Frankfurt western stations
(until 1888)
Frankfurt (Main) Hbf (underground)
(since 1978)
0.0
Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
(since 1888)
Freight line Frankfurt marshalling yard
1.5
Main-Neckar Bridge
(junction)
Frieden Bridge (former Main-Neckar Bridge)
Mainspitze
B 43, Kennedyallee
original route, original Main Railway
3.7
Frankfurt Louisa
Connecting line to Frankfurt-Niederrad
Connecting line from Frankfurt Stadion
... junction
7.2
Neu Isenburg
(Motorail loading point)
Former Philipp-Holzmann AG siding
Former branch line to Neu-Isenburg Stadt
10.7
Dreieich-Buchschlag
Forstweg/Buchschlager Allee
L 3262
12.8
Langen Flugsicherung
B 486, Langen bypass (B 486n)
13.8
Langen (Hess)
terminus
B 486
(Flying junction, S-Bahn single track)
Üst Egelsbach
16.7
Egelsbach
18.6
Erzhausen
Bahnstraße LC
20.8
Wixhausen
B 3 (B 3n)
22.0
Arheilgen
1848-1894[1]
22.6
Darmstadt-Arheilgen since 1894[2]
Freight line from Darmstadt-Kranichstein
Darmstadt freight yard
Former line from Darmstadt Ost
Main-Neckar station
to 1912
27.8
Darmstadt Hbf
terminus
Connecting line
29.7
Darmstadt Süd
Bessungen
to 1912
Former junction
A 5
34.4
Darmstadt-Eberstadt
to Pfungstadt
A 5
siding
40.7
Bickenbach (Bergstr)
to Seeheim
43.1
Hähnlein-Alsbach
RMV/VRN fare zone boundary
44.5
Zwingenberg (Bergstr)
47.2
Bensheim-Auerbach
49.5
Bensheim
B 47
Nibelung Railway
B 460
Nibelung Railway
from Worms
51.0 +683.3
51.2 +37.4
km change
53.7
Heppenheim (Bergstraße)
56.0
57.1
Laudenbach (Bergstr)
59.4
Hemsbach
63.8
Weinheim (Bergstr)
67.0
Weinheim-Lützelsachsen
A 5
69.2
Heddesheim/Hirschberg
73.9
Ladenburg
77.1
Neu-Edingen/Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld
78.6
Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld
southern entrance/exit S1S2S3S4
Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld Süd
79.4
Mannheim Ziehbrunnen junction
83.6
Heidelberg-Wieblingen junction
flying junction
A 5
Heidelberg-Pfaffengrund/Wieblingen
former line to Heidelberg marshalling yard
former line from Schwetzingen
87.5
Heidelberg Hbf
to Heidelberg Hbf (old)
Source: German railway atlas[3]

The Main-Neckar Railway (German: Main-Neckar–Eisenbahn, MNE) is a main line railway west of the Odenwald in the Upper Rhine Plain of Germany that connects Frankfurt am Main to Heidelberg via Darmstadt, Bensheim and Weinheim. It was opened in 1846 and is one of the oldest railways in Germany.

The railway line is part of the networks served by the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund and Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar.

  1. ^ Paetz, p. 56, 60.
  2. ^ Paetz, p. 60.
  3. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 77, 86, 151, 153–54, 159. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.