Leipzig Markt station
Leipzig Markt is a central railway station in the city of Leipzig, Germany. It was built as part of the Leipzig City Tunnel project and opened on 15 December 2013, enabling passengers to travel directly by rail from Leipzig Hauptbahnhof to the Markt square and the city centre.
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| General information | |
| Location | Leipzig, Saxony Germany |
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| Station code | 8097 |
| DS100 code | LLMK |
| Category | 5 |
| Fare zone | MDV: 110[1] |
| History | |
| Opened | 15 December 2013 |
| Electrified | at opening |
| Location | |
  Leipzig Markt Location within Saxony  Leipzig Markt Location within Germany  Leipzig Markt Location within Europe | |
Train services
Leipzig Markt 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.
| Preceding station | S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leipzig Hbf towards Leipzig Miltitzer Allee |
S 1 | Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz towards Leipzig-Stötteritz | ||
| Leipzig Hbf towards Dessau Hbf or Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf |
S 2 | |||
| Leipzig Hbf towards Halle-Nietleben |
S 3 | Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz towards Wurzen or Oschatz | ||
| Leipzig Hbf towards Hoyerswerda |
S 4 | Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz towards Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz | ||
| Leipzig Hbf towards Halle (Saale) Hbf |
S 5 | Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz towards Zwickau Hbf | ||
| S 5x | ||||
| Leipzig Hbf towards Leipzig Messe |
S 6 | Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz towards Geithain | ||
Design
Located 22 m underground, Leipzig Markt station has a 140 m long island platform. There are two entrances, in the north and south of the market square. The south entrance is the renovated Art Deco original entrance to a former underground exhibition hall dating from 1925. The side walls have a facade of terracotta slabs, while front and rear station walls and the service rooms on the platform have ceramic decoration.[2]
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Inside Markt station
Markt station in the morning
City Tunnel route
References
- "Tarifzonenplan" (PDF). Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- "Fast and direct: The Leipzig city tunnel". Stadt Leipzig. Archived from the original on 2013-06-30. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
External links
Media related to Leipzig Markt station at Wikimedia Commons- City Tunnel website