Main-Neckar Railway

Opened in 1846 down the Upper Rhine plain west of the Odenwald, one of Germany's oldest railways and still the local road from Frankfurt through Darmstadt and Bensheim to Heidelberg.

Stations

1. 0 kmHeidelberg-Pfaffengrund/Wieblingen
2. 7 kmNeu-Edingen/Friedrichsfeld
3. 10 kmLadenburg
4. 14 kmHeddesheim/Hirschberg
5. 17 kmWeinheim-Lützelsachsen
6. 20 kmWeinheim (Bergstr) Hbf
7. Show 8 more stations

   1. 24 kmHemsbach
   2. 27 kmLaudenbach (Bergstraße)
   3. 30 kmHeppenheim (Bergstr)
   4. 35 kmBensheim
   5. 37 kmBensheim-Auerbach
   6. 40 kmZwingenberg (Bergstr)
   7. 41 kmHähnlein-Alsbach
   8. 43 kmBickenbach (Bergstraße)
8. 50 kmDarmstadt-Eberstadt
9. 54 kmDarmstadt Süd
10. 56 kmDarmstadt Hauptbahnhof
11. 70 kmLangen (Hess)
12. 84 kmFrankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof

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 183612 — 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 2 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of RB 68
• 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 Main-Neckar Railway?

The Main-Neckar Railway runs 84 km from Heidelberg to Frankfurt.

How long does the Main-Neckar Railway take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 21 min for the 84 km. That is an average of 62 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.

Who runs the Main-Neckar Railway?

DB Regio, with RB 68, Regionalbahn.

How old is the Main-Neckar Railway?

The line has been in service since 1846. 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.

How often does the Main-Neckar Railway run?

15 direct trains on a weekday (counted on 2 September 2026).

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