Leipzig-Connewitz railway station
Leipzig-Connewitz is a railway station in the city of Leipzig, Germany. The station is located on the Leipzig–Hof railway and Leipzig Hbf–Leipzig-Connewitz railway. Since December 2013 the station is served by the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn.
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.jpg) Modernised Leipzig-Connewitz railway station, which was opened in December 2013, with trains of S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland | |
| Location | Bornaische Str. 95a, Leipzig, Saxony Germany |
| Coordinates | 51°18′01″N 12°23′09″E |
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| Platforms | 2 |
| Tracks | 3 |
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| Station code | 3636[1] |
| DS100 code | LLC[2] |
| IBNR | 8010206 |
| Category | 5[1] |
| Website | www.bahnhof.de |
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| Opened | 10 July 1889 |
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  Leipzig-Connewitz Location within Saxony  Leipzig-Connewitz Location within Germany  Leipzig-Connewitz Location within Europe | |
History
The station was opened on 10 July 1889 as Connewitz loading point (Ladestelle). The connection from Connewitz to Leipzig was opened in 1891. The station was opened on 1 November 1893 as a halt (Haltestelle) and renamed Leipzig-Connewitz in 1897. The halt was reclassified as a station in 1905.
The station is a railway junction in southern Leipzig. Between 1888 and 1925, the Leipzig-Connewitz–Plagwitz railway connected the industrial area of Plagwitz to the Saxon State Railways network. Between 1876 and 2012, the Leipzig Hbf–Leipzig-Connewitz railway (known as the Zweite Verbindungsbahn—"second connecting railway") ran from Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (called Leipzig-Dresdener Bahnhof until 1915). The section of the Leipzig-Engelsdorf–Leipzig-Connewitz railway (which was opened in 1906) between the former Tabakmühle junction and Leipzig-Connewitz was closed in 2012 and dismantled with the opening of the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland in 2013. Leipzig-Connewitz was the starting point of the Leipzig–Hof line during the reconstruction of the line to connect with the new City Tunnel. The remaining part of the Leipzig Hbf–Leipzig-Connewitz route from Stötteritz runs past the station. The S-Bahn trains run between Connewitz and Gaschwitz over the suburban tracks, line number 6377. There are platforms exits only on the suburban tracks, which were built on the former long-distance tracks and opened in 2013.
Train services
The following services currently call at the station:[3]
| Preceding station | S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland | Following station | ||
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toward Halle-Trotha | S 3 | toward Wurzen |
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toward Halle (Saale) Hbf | S 5 | toward Zwickau Hbf |
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toward Halle (Saale) Hbf | S 5X | toward Zwickau Hbf |
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toward Leipzig Messe | S 6 | toward Geithain |
References
- "Stationspreisliste 2020" [Station price list 2020] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- Timetables for Leipzig-Connewitz station (in German)
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