It is situated approximately 9 km northwest of Saarbrücken.
It consists of a core line in Saarbrücken and Riegelsberg operating under tram operating procedures (BOStrab), connected to two lines that are operated under railway operating procedures (EBO), the Lebach–Völklingen railway to the north and the Saarbrücken–Sarreguemines railway in the south.
The Riegelsberg Transmitter (or Schocksberg Transmitter) is a transmitter for FM and TV at Riegelsberg, near Saarbrücken, Germany.