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Leipzig-Engelsdorf Marshalling Yard
Leipzig-Engelsdorf marshalling yard (''Bahnhof Leipzig-Engelsdorf'') is the central marshalling yard in the Leipzig rail node in the German state of Saxony. Until it was closed in 1994, there was also a marshalling yard at Leipzig-Wahren station. It is located on the Leipzig–Dresden railway, Leipzig–Dresden, Leipzig-Engelsdorf–Leipzig-Connewitz railway, Engelsdorf–Leipzig-Connewitz and Leipzig-Wahren–Engelsdorf railway, Leipzig-Wahren–Engelsdorf railways in the Leipzig suburb of Engelsdorf. The halts of ''Leipzig Werkstättenstraße'' (on the Leipzig–Geithain railway) and ''Leipzig-Engelsdorf Hp'' (''Haltepunkte'', on the Leipzig–Dresden railway) are located in the marshalling yard area. It was called ''Bahnhof Engelsdorf (b Leipzig)'' until December 2016. Marshalling yard The marshalling yard was opened with 26 sorting tracks on 1 July 1906. This was increased to 31 tracks after the extension of the subordinate group at signal box D. The entry group at the western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leipzig
Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as well as the second most populous city in the area of the former East Germany after (East) Berlin. Together with Halle (Saale), the city forms the polycentric Leipzig-Halle Conurbation. Between the two cities (in Schkeuditz) lies Leipzig/Halle Airport. Leipzig is located about southwest of Berlin, in the southernmost part of the North German Plain (known as Leipzig Bay), at the confluence of the White Elster River (progression: ) and two of its tributaries: the Pleiße and the Parthe. The name of the city and those of many of its boroughs are of Slavic origin. Leipzig has been a trade city since at least the time of the Holy Roman Empire. The city sits at the intersection of the Via Regia and the Via Imperii, two important medieval trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
