Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz station

Platforms2Other informationStation code8098DS100 codeLLWPCategory5Fare zoneMDV: 110^[1]HistoryOpened15 December 2013; 10 years ago (2013-12-15)Electrifiedat openingLocation

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.

Train services

Leipzig 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:^[2]

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

External links

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