Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz railway station

Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz
Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz
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	Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz railway station
Location	Leipzig, Saxony; Germany
Coordinates	51.335537°N 12.37531°E
Line(s)	Leipzig City Tunnel;
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	8098
DS100 code	LLWP
Category	5
History
Opened	15 December 2013
Electrified	at opening
Location
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Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz is a new central railway station in the city of Leipzig, Germany. It was built as part of the Leipzig City Tunnel project and opened on 15 December 2013, enabling passengers to travel directly by rail from Leipzig Hauptbahnhof to the city centre.

City Tunnel route

Train services

Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz station is served by 7 out of 10 S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland lines. Planners hope that the high frequency service and fast journey times will increase passenger capacity on the city's public transport and thus relieve road traffic in the city.

The following services currently call at the station:[1]

Preceding station	S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland	Following station
Leipzig Markt toward Leipzig Miltitzer Allee	S 1	Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof toward Leipzig-Stötteritz
Leipzig Markt toward Dessau Hbf or Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf	S 2	Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof toward Leipzig-Stötteritz
Leipzig Markt toward Halle-Trotha	S 3	Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof toward Wurzen
Leipzig Markt toward Hoyerswerda	S 4	Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof toward Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz
Leipzig Markt toward Halle (Saale) Hbf	S 5	Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof toward Zwickau Hbf
Leipzig Markt toward Halle (Saale) Hbf	S 5X	Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof toward Zwickau Hbf
Leipzig Markt toward Leipzig Messe	S 6	Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof toward Geithain

Tram services

2
8
9
10
11
14

Design

Located 20 m underground, Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz station has a 140 m long island platform. There are two entrances, north and south of the Martin Luther Ring-Road.

References

Timetables for Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz station (in German)

External links

Media related to Bahnhof Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz at Wikimedia Commons
City Tunnel website

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[1] Timetables for Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz station (in German)