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.

[1] The Actiengesellschaft für Bahn-Bau und Betrieb [de] (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.