Funicular route
Heidelberg Bergbahnen
Heidelberg (Kornmarkt) → Königstuhl · Germany
Heidelberg Bergbahnen in pictures
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- Distance
- 1.5 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 17 min
- Operator
- HSB Heidelberg
- Train
- Two-stage funicular
- Countries
- Germany
- In service since
- 1890
- Riders per year
- ≈ 1M
Page last updated 2026-07-30 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Two funiculars stacked end to end: a modern car to the castle, then 1890s wooden carriages on up to the Königstuhl summit — Germany’s longest funicular climb.
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