Stadtbahn project through the Bottwartal: Municipalities are faced with decision!

Stadtbahn project through the Bottwartal: Municipalities are faced with decision!

Ludwigsburg, Deutschland - The vision of a new light rail connection between Marbach and Heilbronn takes shapes. This route, once driven by the narrow -gauge Bottwartalbahn in the 1890s, has been shut down since the 1960s, but now its reactivation is moving into the field of view of the Ludwigsburg and Heilbronn districts. As the Stuttgarter Nachrichten was reported for the city railway connection Feasibility study commissioned, which also includes a standardized assessment to check the economic load capacity.

Now the municipalities involved, including Marbach, Murr, Steinheim, Großbottwar and Oberstenfeld, are faced with the challenge of mobilizing 120,000 euros in order to finance another investigation. The federal government has raised the requirements for funding, which also complicates the process. However, the previous studies showed a high benefit-cost factor between 1.59 and 1.91, which underlines the profitability of the project. This can be seen from the report of Landkreis Ludwigsburg , which has been pursuing the analysis and planning for the section from Marbach via Beilstein to Heilbronn for a long time.

In the course of the planning, the route that leads over the old route is followed up. The individual municipalities must make a decision by the end of March 2025 so that the necessary steps to carry out the standardized assessment can be initiated by April 2026. The Heilbronn district council has already signaled approval and the project is considered promising. Experts are optimistic that further partners will work together to ensure the financial basis for reactivating this important transport connection.