Leipzig-Connewitz Station
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:
| Preceding station | S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leipzig MDR towards Falkenberg (Elster)
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S 4 | Markkleeberg Nord towards Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz
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| Leipzig MDR towards Halle (Saale) Hbf
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S 5 | Markkleeberg Nord towards Zwickau Hbf
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| S 5x | ||||
| Leipzig MDR towards Leipzig Messe
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S 6 | Markkleeberg Nord towards Geithain
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References
- ^ "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ "Tarifzonenplan" (PDF) (in German). Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund GmbH. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Open Data: Haltestellen im MDV" (CSV) (in German). Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund GmbH. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ Timetables for Leipzig-Connewitz station (in German)
External links
Media related to Bahnhof Leipzig-Connewitz at Wikimedia Commons
