Leipzig Markt station

Leipzig Markt 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.

Leipzig Markt
S
LocationLeipzig, Saxony
Germany
Line(s)
Other information
Station code8097
DS100 codeLLMK
Category5
History
Opened15 December 2013 (2013-12-15)
Electrifiedat opening
Location
Leipzig Markt
Location within Saxony
Leipzig Markt
Location within Germany
Leipzig Markt
Location within Europe

Train services

Leipzig Markt 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.

Preceding station   S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland   Following station
S 1
S 2
toward Halle-Trotha
S 3
toward Wurzen
toward Hoyerswerda
S 4
S 5
toward Zwickau Hbf
S 5X
toward Zwickau Hbf
S 6
toward Geithain

Design

Located 22 m underground, Leipzig Markt station has a 140 m long island platform. There are two entrances, in the north and south of the market square. The south entrance is the renovated Art Deco original entrance to a former underground exhibition hall dating from 1925. The side walls have a facade of terracotta slabs, while front and rear station walls and the service rooms on the platform have ceramic decoration.[1]

  • Opening in December 2013
  • Inside Markt station
  • Markt station in the morning
  • City Tunnel route

References
  1. "Fast and direct: The Leipzig city tunnel". Stadt Leipzig. Archived from the original on 2013-06-30. Retrieved 2013-06-01.

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