Leipzig Central Station

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Leipzig Central Station
Leipzig Hauptbahnhof
Operations
Category 1 [1]
Type Terminal station
Platforms in use 23 long distance platforms
Daily trains 777[2]
Daily entry/exit 54 million per year [2]
DS100 code LL
Station code 3631
Construction and location
Opened 4 December 1915
Architect William Lossow,
Max Hans Kühne
Location Leipzig
State Saxony
Country Germany
Home page www.bahnhof.de
51°20′43″N 12°22′56″E / 51.34528°N 12.38222°E / 51.34528; 12.38222Coordinates: 51°20′43″N 12°22′56″E / 51.34528°N 12.38222°E / 51.34528; 12.38222
Route information
List of railway stations in Saxony

Leipzig Central Station (Leipzig Hauptbahnhof) is, at 83,460 m², the world's largest railway station when measured by floor area. It has 24 platforms housed in six iron trainsheds; a multi-level concourse with towering stone arches; and a 293 metre-long facade. It handles an average of 120,000 passengers per day.[2]

The station was opened in 1915 as a joint terminal for the Royal Saxon State Railways and the Prussian state railways. The building has two identical domed entrance halls facing the street, one for each company. When the German railway systems were combined into the Deutsche Reichsbahn, the two halls lost this purpose. The building was damaged by bombing during World War II when the roof over the concourse collapsed, and one of the entrance halls was destroyed. The station was restored by the Deutsche Reichsbahn to its original appearance in the 1950s.

After German reunification the station was renovated and modernized by the Deutsche Bahn. The concourse floor was removed and two basement levels were dug out to create a shopping mall. Other areas of the building were largely restored, but also modernized at the time.

The City Tunnel Leipzig, leading from the south of Leipzig to the central station, is under construction and is expected to be finished in December 2013.[3]

The station was used in the 1992 film Shining Through.

Contents

Train services [edit]

Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station
towards Hamburg or Berlin
 ICE 28
towards Munich Hbf
towards Rostock Hbf
 ICE 28
towards Munich Hbf
ICE 50
towards Dresden Hbf
towards Oldenburg Hbf
 ICE 50
towards Dresden Hbf
ICE 50
towards Dresden Hbf
towards Munich Hbf
 ICE 50
towards Dresden Hbf
IC 50
towards Dresden Hbf
towards Cologne Hbf
 IC 55 Terminus
IC 56
towards Dresden Hbf
RE 5 Terminus
Terminus RE 6
toward Chemnitz Hbf
Terminus RE 8
toward Zwickau Hbf
Terminus RE 10
toward Cottbus
Terminus RE 11
toward Hoyerswerda
Terminus RE 12
toward Gera Hbf
RE 13 Terminus
Terminus RE 16
Bäder-Express
toward Hof or Adorf
Terminus RE 50
toward Dresden Hbf
Terminus RB 51
toward Gera Hbf
toward Dessau Hbf
 RB 54 Terminus
RB 57 Terminus
Terminus RB 110
toward Meißen
toward Weißenfels
 RB 125 Terminus
Terminus RB 130
toward Altenburg
Preceding station   Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn   Following station
Terminus MRB 2/70
toward Geithain
Terminus MRB 11
toward Wurzen
toward Bitterfeld
 MRB 54 Terminus
Terminus MRB 113
toward Geithain
Terminus MRB 115
toward Torgau

Historic Exhibits [edit]

These historical DR locomotives are on display at Leipzig Hbf.

Gallery [edit]

  • Aerial picture of the station

  • One of the two identical entrance halls.

  • Concourse

  • Train shed detail

  • Train shed

  • Inside the train shed

  • Inside the sheds in 1954, before the glass shattered in the war had been replaced.

  • The ruined concourse in 1956, still open to the elements before rebuilding.

  • 1957: Partially restored, but the concourse is still without a roof.

  • Exterior,1962.

  • Exterior,1965.

  • Exterior,1965.

  • Electric locomotive on display

  • Intercity train, 2009

  • Exterior, 2010.

  • 12-06-30-leipzig-by-ralfr-04.jpg

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Station price list 2013" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 19 February 2013. 
  2. ^ a b c Shopping und Service – 140 Geschäfte laden zum Bummeln und Verweilen ein. Accessed 13 December 2008
  3. ^ Große Pläne, große Probleme, Freizeitpark Nürburgring, Hamburger Elbphilharmonie, Leipziger City-Tunnel, Leipziger Volkszeitung, August 17. 2012 (in German)
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