Leipzig-Connewitz is a railway station in the city of

Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...

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. The station is located on 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 Hauptbahnhof, Leipzig through Altenburg station, Al ...

and

Leipzig Hbf–Leipzig-Connewitz railway The Leipzig Hauptbahnhof–Leipzig-Connewitz railway is a double track electrified main line in the German state of Saxony. It used to be a short link line from Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (Central Station) to Connewitz station, where it connects with th ...

. Since December 2013 the station is served by the

S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland Mitteldeutschland S-Bahn (), , represents an enlargement of the previous Leipzig-Halle S-Bahn. It is an Railway electrification system, electric rail public transit system operating in the metropolitan area of Leipzig-Halle, Germany. This S-Bahn ...

, a subsidiary of

Deutsche Bahn (, ; abbreviated as DB or DB AG ) is the national railway company of Germany, and a state-owned enterprise under the control of the German government. Headquartered in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company ( AG). DB was fou ...

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

(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 The Leipzig-Engelsdorf–Leipzig-Connewitz railway is a double-track, electrified main line in the Leipzig area in the German state of Saxony. It was originally built as part of the Leipzig Freight Ring (''Leipziger Güterring''), but since Decem ...

(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:Timetables for Leipzig-Connewitz station

References

External links

*{{Commons category-inline, Bahnhof Leipzig-Connewitz

Connewitz Connewitz is a Boroughs and localities of Leipzig, locality in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany. It is a subdivision (''Ortsteil'') in the borough of Leipzig-Süd (''Stadtbezirk''). Geography Location Connewitz is located about south of downtown ...

Railway stations in Germany opened in 1889