 The Aglasterhausen–Obrigheim section was closed at the timetable change on 25 September 1971.Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft (SWEG) took over the line from Deutsche Bundesbahn under a fixed 20-year lease on 1 January 1982.With the transfer of responsibility for the Elsenz Valley Railway and the Schwarzbach Valley Railway to the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn, the line was electrified, Aglasterhausen station was completely modernised and a raised platform was installed there.