page_title: Weinheim–Heidelberg railway
section_title: Further modernisation
hierarchical_section_title: Weinheim–Heidelberg railway / History / Further modernisation
caption_attribution_description: Schild Ende der Geltung ESBO auf der RNV-Linie 5 (OEG) bei haltestelle Burgstraße
context_page_description: The Weinheim–Heidelberg railway is a metre-gauge railway between Weinheim and Heidelberg in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It was built by the former Oberrheinischen Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft AG, later MVV OEG AG and is now operated by MVV Verkehr GmbH and RNV according to Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebsordnung für Schmalspurbahnen. A short dual gauge section between Heidelberg and Schriesheim was formerly operated to carry standard gauge freight. It is operated as a branch line using electronic direct traffic control.
context_section_description: In 1980, Schriesheim OEG station was adapted for the needs of the time and upgraded and the local carriage shed was converted into a central bus depot.
  In 1995, the concept of MVG 2000 was implemented that also brought significant changes for the OEG. Up to this time, trains coming from Weinheim terminated in the forecourt of Mannheim Hauptbahnhof and from Heidelberg in Mannheim Kurpfalzbrücke (Kurpfalz bridge) station. The circuit was then completed with trains running through the centre of Mannheim. To achieve this, a short connecting line was built from the front of Collini-Center, bypassing Kurpfalzbrücke station junction and connecting to the tram line on Friedrichsring. This connection was a restoration; there had been a similar link until 1928 or 1974. The OEG was connected to the Mannheim tram network and now ran with the line designation of 5R (and 5 for trains running only on the Käfertal–Mannheim–Edingen section).
  In the 1990s, the Heidelberg–Schriesheim section was duplicated to allow denser regular-interval traffic. The Handschuhsheim Nord–Dossenheim section has been double-track since 28 February 1999. The second track was completed in the spring of 1999 and was the only one used while the old track was renewed.  Two-track operations started and the two new halts of Dossenheim Nord and Schriesheim Süd were commissioned on 12 June 1999. The duplication of the remaining section of the line between Schriesheim and Weinheim was carried out from March 2011 with a seven-month closure of the line with trains replaced by buses.
  As a result of the upgrade of the OEG, it was integrated as a full line of the Heidelberg tram network in June 1999. Having formerly only stopped been between Bismarckplatz and Handschuhsheim Nord at Burgstraße, Handschuhsheim OEG-Bahnhof and Kußmaulstraße, OEG trains has since served all stops (except for the Froschäckerweg stop, but this has now been closed) and replaced tram line 1 on this section; this had previously been operated by the Heidelberg Tramway (HSB).
caption: The end of the ESBO section before Burgstraße station
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