Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz station

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Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz
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Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz station
General information
Location Leipzig, Saxony
Germany
Coordinates 51°20′08″N12°22′31″E / 51.335537°N 12.37531°E / 51.335537; 12.37531
Line(s)
Platforms2
Other information
Station code8098
DS100 code LLWP
Category 5
Fare zone MDV: 110 [1] [2]
History
Opened15 December 2013;11 years ago (2013-12-15)
Electrifiedat opening
Location
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Location within Saxony
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Location within Germany
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Location within Europe
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City Tunnel route

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.

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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: [3]

Preceding station S-Bahn-Logo.svg Mitteldeutschland S-Bahn Following station
Leipzig Markt S 1 Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof
Leipzig Markt S 2
Leipzig Markt S 3 Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof
towards Wurzen or Oschatz
Leipzig Markt S 4 Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof
Leipzig Markt S 5 Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof
towards Zwickau Hbf
S 5x
Leipzig Markt
towards Leipzig Messe
S 6 Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof
towards Geithain

Tram services

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

  1. "Tarifzonenplan" (PDF) (in German). Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund GmbH. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  2. "Open Data: Haltestellen im MDV" (CSV) (in German). Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund GmbH . Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  3. Timetables for Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz station (in German)