Railway line Leipzig-Wahren – Leipzig Hbf

		from Magdeburg
	0.015	Leipzig Wahren Abzw Wi
	0.650	Leipzig-Lützschena
	2.800	Leipzig-Wahren
		after Wiederitzsch
		to the Leipziger Güterring
	3.000	Leipzig freight ring
	4.690	Leipzig Slevogtstrasse
	5.380	Leipzig Olbrichtstrasse
	5.900	Großkorbetha – Leipzig
	6.850	Leipzig- Gohlis
		from Großkorbetha
		Leipzig MTh Gbf (formerly Magdeburg-Thüringer Gbf)
		von (Erfurt–) Gröbers , Dessau and Eilenburg
		to Leipzig Bayer Bf (City-Tunnel)
	9.334	Leipzig Central Station

The Leipzig-Wahren – Leipzig Hbf railway line is an electrified main line in Saxony . It runs from Leipzig-Wahren to Leipzig Hbf and is part of the original route of the Magdeburg-Leipzig railway . Today it serves exclusively the traffic of the S-Bahn Central Germany .

history

Magdeburg train station in Leipzig around 1844

Opened today's route Leipzig-Wahren-Leipzig main station was on 18 August 1840 as part of the Magdeburg-Leipzig Railway by the Magdeburg-Leipzig Railway Company . The end of the line in Leipzig was the Magdeburg train station .

In connection with the extensive redesign of the Leipzig railway systems, the Magdeburg – Leipzig line was given a new route parallel to the Leipzig freight ring from 1906 ; the old line between Wahren and Leipzig was henceforth only used for freight traffic.

With the construction and commissioning of the new Leipzig main train station , the Magdeburg train station was closed on October 1, 1912 and subsequently demolished.

On April 1, 1920, the Prussian State Railways became part of the Deutsche Reichsbahn . From then on, the line belonged to the network of the Reich Railway Directorate in Halle . After the main line Halle – Leipzig was switched to electrical operation via Wiederitzsch in 1922, the line was not electrified until the mid-1930s. On July 2, 1934, a train with an electric locomotive ran for the first time.

Line track towards Leipzig MTh before the conversion for S-Bahn operation

In 1946, the electrical systems and the second track were dismantled as reparations for the Soviet Union. The re-electrification did not take place until May 15, 1959. The line remained single-track, but the catenary masts were set up for double-track operation. They also carried two 15 kV feed lines each from the Wahren substation to the Leipzig Hbf switch point.

After 2000, the line was extensively modernized as part of the “S-Bahn line Leipzig – Halle” project. In addition to the establishment of the new Leipzig Slevogtstraße, Leipzig Olbrichtstraße and Leipzig-Gohlis stops, the line between Wahren and Wiederitzscher Straße was expanded to double-track again. At the same time, Leipzig-Wahren station was converted from a classic marshalling yard to a transshipment station for combined cargo traffic, with new main tracks connecting the lines 6403 from Halle and 6382 to Leipzig with platforms in Wahren and Lützschena.

On December 5, 2004, the line was put back into operation, initially with the regional trains of the RB 56 line as a trial run with passengers. Since December 12, 2004 they have been running with new cars as the Leipzig-Halle S-Bahn (line S10).

With the construction of the City-Tunnel Leipzig , the route was integrated into this. Since the tunnel went into operation on schedule in December 2013, the S3 line of the Central German S-Bahn has served the stations along the route.

Route description

course

double-track section between Olbrichtstrasse and Slevogtstrasse

The route runs in a straight line to Leipzig-Gohlis in a south-easterly direction and crosses the Leipzig districts of Lützschena , Stahmeln , Wahren , Möckern and Gohlis . At Lützschena the federal highway 6 is crossed under and between Wahren and Möckern the Leipziger Güterring . At the level of Breitenfelder Strasse in the Gohlis district, the Leipzig – Großkorbetha railway line approaching from the southwest is crossed before it meets the line at the Gohlis stop and runs parallel from now on. After an arc to the right with the overpass structure MTh, which connects the route with the one to Großkorbetha and enables journeys to and from Wahren and Leutzsch in the direction of the City-Tunnel and the platform hall of the Leipzig Hbf station, it leads over the tunnel ramp west into the tunnel. Via the underground overpass structure north, it joins tunnel route 6396 in front of the Leipzig Hbf (deep) tunnel platform.

Operating points

Leipzig-Wahren station from the east

Leipzig-Wahren station

The Leipzig-Wahren freight yard was built as part of the renovation work on the Leipzig railway facilities at the beginning of the 20th century, when all facilities that were not required near the center, including the marshalling yards, were to be relocated to the suburbs. Commissioning took place on April 9, 1905.

Leipzig-Gohlis stop

Leipzig-Gohlis stop, 2009

There was originally only a Leipzig-Gohlis stop on the Leipzig-Großkorbetha railway line , which runs parallel here. The platform on the Leipzig-Wahren-Leipzig Hbf railway line was only built in the course of the S-Bahn expansion in 2004 on the free subgrade of the former second track. It can be accessed via stairs or a passenger elevator from Lützowstrasse. There is no direct connection to the platforms on the Leipzig – Großkorbetha railway line.

Railway station section Leipzig Hbf (deep)

The Leipzig underground station is located under the Prussian side of the Leipzig main station and is served by all S-Bahn trains in Leipzig, apart from a few amplifiers.

literature

Peter Beyer: Leipzig and the beginnings of German railway construction. The route to Magdeburg and the struggle of merchants to create it from 1829–1840. (= Treatises on commercial and social history. Volume 17). Böhlau, Weimar 1978, DNB 790221977 .

Web links

Commons : Railway line Leipzig-Wahren – Leipzig Hbf - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Thomas Scherrans: Electrified lines of the Prussian State Railways and the Reichsbahn in Central Germany. In: Electric Railways. January 18, 2011, accessed April 15, 2012 .
^ Georg Schwach: Overhead lines for high-voltage single-phase alternating current in Germany, Austria and Switzerland . Bern 1989, 17.1. Appendix A: Electrification Data, p. 496 ( PDF ).
↑ New and improved local transport offers for the timetable change of Deutsche Bahn AG in Saxony-Anhalt. Deutsche Bahn AG, online at pressrelations.de , November 29, 2004, accessed on March 22, 2013 .
^ Herold Hofmeister, Harald Adler: Leipzig main station. History and stories . 1st edition. Forum Verlag, Leipzig 1994, ISBN 3-86151-059-6 , p. 95 .
^ A. Loh-Kliesch: Leipzig-Gohlis train station. In: Leipzig Lexicon. Lexicon / encyclopedia on the past and present of the city of Leipzig. Retrieved April 15, 2012 .

[1] Thomas Scherrans: Electrified lines of the Prussian State Railways and the Reichsbahn in Central Germany. In: Electric Railways. January 18, 2011, accessed April 15, 2012 .

[2] Georg Schwach: Overhead lines for high-voltage single-phase alternating current in Germany, Austria and Switzerland . Bern 1989, 17.1. Appendix A: Electrification Data, p. 496 ( PDF ).

[3] New and improved local transport offers for the timetable change of Deutsche Bahn AG in Saxony-Anhalt. Deutsche Bahn AG, online at pressrelations.de , November 29, 2004, accessed on March 22, 2013 .

[4] Herold Hofmeister, Harald Adler: Leipzig main station. History and stories . 1st edition. Forum Verlag, Leipzig 1994, ISBN 3-86151-059-6 , p. 95 .

[5] A. Loh-Kliesch: Leipzig-Gohlis train station. In: Leipzig Lexicon. Lexicon / encyclopedia on the past and present of the city of Leipzig. Retrieved April 15, 2012 .