Heidelberg-Altstadt station
Heidelberg-Altstadt station is a station on the eastern edge of the old town of Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Until 13 December 2008, the station was called Heidelberg Karlstor.
Station building
The original station building was built on the Neckar Valley Railway in 1872 and 1873 at Karlstor, a gate at the eastern end of the old town. The present station building is the result of a reconstruction between 1934 and 1936. The building is a heritage-listed building.In the meantime, it has been used as a municipal office building and, since 1995, it has housed the Kulturzentrum Karlstorbahnhof, which was established by Mayor Beate Weber. With a wide range of theatrical performances, concerts, readings and exhibitions and smaller festivals, it forms a significant part of the Heidelberg cultural landscape.
Transport services
Since 2004, the station has been a stop on the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn network and a new platform was built near the former station building for it. The station was given its present name, Heidelberg-Altstadt at the 2008/2009 timetable change on 14 December 2008.| Line | Route | Frequency |
| Homburg (Saar) – Kaiserslautern – Neustadt (Weinstr) – Ludwigshafen (Rhein) – Mannheim – Heidelberg Hbf – Heidelberg-Altstadt – Eberbach – Mosbach – Osterburken | Hourly | |
| Kaiserslautern – Neustadt – Ludwigshafen – Mannheim – Heidelberg Hbf – Heidelberg-Altstadt – Eberbach – Mosbach | Hourly | |
| Heidelberg Hbf – Heidelberg-Altstadt – Neckargemünd – Meckesheim – Sinsheim (Elsenz) – Eppingen | Hourly | |
| Heidelberg Hbf – Heidelberg-Altstadt – Neckargemünd – Meckesheim – Neckarbischofsheim Nord – Aglasterhausen | Hourly |