Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof (Leipzig Bavarian station) is Germany's oldest preserved railway station, located in Leipzig, Germany, in the southeastern part of the district Mitte. The station was first opened in 1842 for the Leipzig–Hof railway by the Saxon-Bavarian Railway Company (German: Sächsisch-Baierschen Eisenbahn-Compagnie), later taken over by the Royal Saxon State Railways (Königlich Sächsische Staatseisenbahnen) and operated as the Saxon-Bavarian State Railways (Sächsisch-Bayerische Staatseisenbahn).
The station was closed in 2001 for the construction of the Leipzig City Tunnel. It re-opened on 15 December 2013 after the completion of the tunnel. Since then it has been integrated into S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland system. The new station is built directly underneath the site of the former station.
The buildings on the west side of the station were renovated in 1999 and are now used by the Bayerischer Bahnhof Gose Brewery and Gasthaus.[2]
Train services
Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof 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:[3]
| Preceding station | S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz towards Leipzig Miltitzer Allee
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S 1 | Leipzig MDR towards Leipzig-Stötteritz
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| Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz towards Dessau Hbf or Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf
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S 2 | |||
| Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz towards Halle-Nietleben
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S 3 | Leipzig MDR | ||
| Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz towards Hoyerswerda
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S 4 | Leipzig MDR towards Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz
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| Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz towards Halle (Saale) Hbf
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S 5 | Leipzig MDR towards Zwickau Hbf
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| S 5x | ||||
| Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz towards Leipzig Messe
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S 6 | Leipzig MDR towards Geithain
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References
- ^ "Tarifzonenplan" (PDF). Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ Bayerischer-bahnhof.de. Die Geschichte des Bayerischen Bahnhofs.
- ^ Timetables for Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof (in German)
External links
Media related to old station at Wikimedia Commons- Media related to new station at Wikimedia Commons
- City Tunnel website
