Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz is an underground railway station in the city of

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 wel ...

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. It was built as part of the

Leipzig City Tunnel The City Tunnel is a twin-bore railway tunnel for the city-centre S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland, S-Bahn in Leipzig. It links Leipzig Hauptbahnhof with the central Leipzig Markt station, Markt station, Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz railway station, Wi ...

project and opened on 15 December 2013, enabling passengers to travel directly by rail from

Leipzig Hauptbahnhof Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (Leipzig main station, ) is the central railway terminus in Leipzig, Germany, in the district Mitte. At , it is Europe's largest railway station measured by floor area. It has 19 overground platforms housed in six iron train ...

to the city centre.

Train services

Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz station is served by seven of the ten

S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland represents an enlargement of the previous Leipzig-Halle S-Bahn. It is an electric rail public transit system operating in the metropolitan area of Leipzig-Halle, Germany. This S-Bahn (German abbreviation for ''Stadtschnel ...

lines. Planners hope that the high frequency service and fast journey times will increase passenger capacity on the city's

public transport Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typical ...

and thus relieve road traffic in the city. The following services currently call at the station:Timetables for Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz station

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

*{{Commons category-inline, Bahnhof Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz
City Tunnel website

Wilhelm Wilhelm may refer to: People and fictional characters * William Charles John Pitcher, costume designer known professionally as "Wilhelm" * Wilhelm (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname Other uses * Mount ...

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