Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz is an underground 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.
Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz | |||||
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 Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz railway station | |||||
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| Location | Leipzig, Saxony Germany | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°20′08″N 12°22′31″E / 51.335537°N 12.37531°E | ||||
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| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | 8098 | ||||
| DS100 code | LLWP | ||||
| Category | 5 | ||||
| Fare zone | MDV: 110[1][2] | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 15 December 2013 | ||||
| Electrified | at opening | ||||
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Train services
editLeipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz station is served by seven of the ten 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:[3]
| Preceding station | S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland | Following station | ||
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| Leipzig Markt towards Leipzig Miltitzer Allee
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S 1 | Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof towards Leipzig-Stötteritz
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| Leipzig Markt towards Dessau Hbf or Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf
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S 2 | |||
| Leipzig Markt towards Halle-Nietleben
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S 3 | Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof | ||
| Leipzig Markt towards Falkenberg (Elster)
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S 4 | Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof towards Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz
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| Leipzig Markt towards Halle (Saale) Hbf
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S 5 | Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof towards Zwickau Hbf
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| S 5x | ||||
| Leipzig Markt towards Leipzig Messe
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S 6 | Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof towards Geithain
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Tram services
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Design
editLocated 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
edit- ^ "Tarifzonenplan" (PDF) (in German). Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund GmbH. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Open Data: Haltestellen im MDV" (CSV) (in German). Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund GmbH. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ Timetables for Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz station (in German)
External links
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Media related to Bahnhof Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz at Wikimedia Commons- City Tunnel website
