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Mannheim (308,000 inh., on the right bank of the Rhine in the State of Baden-Württemberg) forms Ludwigshafen (on the left bank in the State of Rheinland-Pfalz) a metropolitan area with approximately 500,000 inhabitants. Both cities, together with Heidelberg, are part of the Rhein-Neckar fare system.

In Ludwigshafen, the first underground station was built in the mid-1960's, when a new central station was built west of the city centre. In 1971, a single underground station called Dalbergstraße was opened in Mannheim. In the late 1960's and 1970's, a large Stadtbahn network was planned for both cities with tunnels in central areas and mostly segregated at-grade running in outer areas. For details see Ludwigshafen page.

Tramway
- network length approx. 61 km (0.5 km underground) + 12 km OEG (line 5) within Mannheim city boundaries
- 6 lines (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 > lines 3, 4 and 6 operated jointly with Ludwigshafen's VBL);
- line 5 (OEG) shares urban tram routes within Mannheim and Heidelberg, and line 14 (RHB Rhein-Haardtbahn to Bad Dürkheim) in Mannheim and Ludwigshafen;
- 1000 mm gauge
- rolling stock: DUEWAG MGT6 (1994); Bombardier Variotram (2003-2007)

Since Dec. 2003, the Rhein-Neckar area has been served by the so-called S-Bahn Rhein-Neckar, which runs on mainline DB tracks, with a train every 15 minutes between Ludwigshafen and Heidelberg via Mannheim.

2005: Neuostheim - SAP Arena - Rangierbahnhof
2006: Uniklinikum - Alte Feuerwache
2006: Planetarium - Fahrlach - SAP Arena

Schwandl, Robert: Schnellbahnen in Deutschland / Metros in Germany. U-Bahn - Stadtbahn - S-Bahn. - April 2007, Berlin, ISBN 978 3 836573 18 3

- Anything you want to know about German metro and light rail systems, with detailed maps and hundreds of colour photos; 192 pages; Text German and English - More details

VRN (Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar) - Official Site (tariff union)

RNV Nahverkehr Rhein-Neckar

MVV (Mannheimer Verkehrsbetriebe) incl. OEG (Oberrheinische Eisenbahn)

RHB (Rhein-Haardtbahn)

Bahnfreunde Rhein-Neckar-Pfalz

Nahverkehr in Mannheim at Wikipedia.de