The line links the Südheimer Platz valley station with the Stuttgart Degerloch forest cemetery in the south quarters of Heslach.

At Südheimer Platz, the funicular connects to Stuttgart Stadtbahn lines U1 and U14.

The funicular has the following technical parameters:[1] The two cars, constructed of teak, were manufactured by Maschinenfabrik Esslingen.

In December 1999, one of the cars was damaged by an uprooted tree as a result of a thunderstorm, but was afterwards restored.

The line was modernized in 2004 in order to meet the new European Union safety guidelines for cable cars after the Kaprun disaster.