Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof (''Leipzig Bavarian station'') is Germany's oldest preserved railway station, located in

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 ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...

, in the southeastern part of the district

Mitte Mitte () is the first and most central borough of Berlin. The borough consists of six sub-entities: Mitte proper, Gesundbrunnen, Hansaviertel, Moabit, Tiergarten and Wedding. It is one of the two boroughs (the other being Friedrichshain-Kre ...

. The station was first opened in 1842 for the

Leipzig–Hof railway The Leipzig–Hof railway is a two-track main line in the German states of Saxony, Thuringia and Bavaria, originally built and operated by the Saxon-Bavarian Railway Company. It runs from Leipzig through Altenburg, the Werdau wye junction, Reich ...

by the ''Saxon-Bavarian Railway Company'' (german: Sächsisch-Baierschen Eisenbahn-Compagnie), later taken over by the

Royal Saxon State Railways The Royal Saxon State Railways (german: Königlich Sächsische Staatseisenbahnen) were the state-owned railways operating in the Kingdom of Saxony from 1869 to 1918. From 1918 until their merger into the Deutsche Reichsbahn the title 'Royal' was d ...

(''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 The City Tunnel is a twin-bore railway tunnel for the city-centre S-Bahn in Leipzig. It links Leipzig Hauptbahnhof with the central Markt station, Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz station and Bayerischer Bahnhof. Construction began in July 2003. The fi ...

. It re-opened on 15 December 2013 after the completion of the tunnel. Since then it has been integrated into

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 ...

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.''

Train services

Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof station is served by seven of the ten

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, typi ...

and thus relieve road traffic in the city. The following services currently call at the station:Timetables for Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof

References

External links

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City Tunnel website
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