Mountain route
Heidelberg Bergbahnen
Heidelberg (Kornmarkt) → Königstuhl · Germany
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Two funiculars stacked end to end: a modern car to the castle, then 1890s wooden carriages on up to the Königstuhl summit — Germany’s longest funicular climb.
Stations
- 0 kmStation Kornmarkt
- 1 kmMolkenkur
- 1 kmKönigstuhl
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 176325 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 8 m from it
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Heidelberg Bergbahnen?
The Heidelberg Bergbahnen runs 1.5 km from Heidelberg (Kornmarkt) to Königstuhl.
How long does the Heidelberg Bergbahnen take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 17 min for the 1.5 km. That is an average of 5 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Heidelberg Bergbahnen?
HSB Heidelberg, with Two-stage funicular.
How old is the Heidelberg Bergbahnen?
The line has been in service since 1890. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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