Heidelberg‒Wiesloch Electric Railway
The Heidelberg‒Wiesloch Electric Railway (Elektrische Bahn Heidelberg – Wiesloch) is a metre gauge railway and tram line running along the Bergstraße route form Heidelberg southwards towards Wiesloch, Germany. As of 2020[update] the northern section of the route carries as Line 23 of the Heidelberg Tramway system, terminating at Leimen Cemetery. The southern section, which carried tram Line 8 between Leimen and Wiesloch Schillerpark closed in 1973.
The closed section ran directly through the villages of Rohrbach, Leimen, and Nußloch providing a parallel service to the Baden main line of the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway.[1]
Development
[edit]The Actiengesellschaft für Bahn-Bau und Betrieb (BBB) company was founded in Frankfurt am Main on 18 January 1898.[1]
On 7 May 1898 a request was made to the Lord Mayor of Wiesloch for assistance in obtaining permission to build the line. Permission was obtained on 6 June 1900, with the voltage limited to 530 volts.[1]
In 1905 the railway was purchased by the Heidelberger Straßen- und Bergbahn (HSB), bringing the route under the control of the City of Heidelberg, for incorporation into the Heidelberg Tramway system.[1]
Further reading
[edit]- Basten, Robert; Jeanmaire, Claude (1986). Heidelberger Strassenbahn [Tramways of Heidelberg (Germany)] (in German). Verlag Eisenbahn. ISBN 3-85649-053-1.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Rothenhöfer, Klaus (18 August 2017). "Die "Elektrische Bahn Heidelberg – Wiesloch"" [The "Heidelberg‒Wiesloch Electric Railway"] (PDF). Badische Heimat. No. 3. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- 49°20′36″N 8°41′37″E / 49.3432°N 8.6936°E, Leimen Friedhof tram stop, southern terminus of the line
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