Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz | |||||
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Bf | |||||
General information | |||||
Location |
Leipzig,
Saxony Germany | ||||
Coordinates | 51°20′08″N 12°22′31″E / 51.335537°N 12.37531°E | ||||
Line(s) | |||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | 8098 | ||||
DS100 code | LLWP | ||||
Category | 5 | ||||
Fare zone | MDV: 110 [1] | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 15 December 2013 | ||||
Electrified | at opening | ||||
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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 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 | ||
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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
Hoyerswerda
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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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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.