S-Bahn Central Germany

	S-Bahn Central Germany
Line network since December 2019 Country Germany Transport / tariff association Central German transport association (mainly), VBB , VMS , VVO Lines 10 Route length 802 km Stations 147 Long-distance train stations 5 Tunnel stations 5 smallest clock sequence 30 min Passengers 90,000 (per working day) Residents in the catchment area approx. 1.2 million vehicles 80 Bombardier Talent 2 , supplemented by 143 with double-deck cars (as a reserve) operator DB Regio Southeast Power system 15 kV, 16.7 Hz  ~ , overhead line
S-Bahn in Germany

The S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland is a rail-based mode of transport for local public transport in the Leipzig-Halle conurbation and, measured by the length of the route network, represents the largest S-Bahn network in Germany . The line structure is bi-radial to the underground trunk line in Leipzig city center and aligned with Hallesches Hauptbahnhof.

The network of the S-Bahn is on behalf of the Zweckverband für die Nahverkehrsraum Leipzig (ZVNL), the Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe (VVO) and the Verkehrsverbund Mittelachsen (VMS) in the Free State of Saxony as well as the local transport service Saxony-Anhalt (NASA), the local transport service company Thuringia (NVS) ) and the Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB) operated by DB Regio Südost , Verkehrsbetrieb Mitteldeutschland. Are used electric multiple units of the type BOMBARDIER TALENT 2 .

Halle (Saale) and Leipzig each received an S-Bahn service in 1969 , originally called Stadtschnellbahn Halle (Saale) and Stadtschnellbahn Leipzig . The two networks were connected in 2004 by a new S10 S-Bahn line and from then on referred to as the Leipzig – Halle S-Bahn . A rapid transit system similar to that of the S-Bahn already existed between the two cities, but without a special tariff until the introduction of the Central German Transport Association. On December 15, 2013, the first operating stage of the Central German S-Bahn began operations. The network was reorganized and considerably enlarged for this purpose. The Leipzig City Tunnel , which opened at the same time, functions as a trunk line tunnel and for the first time leads the S-Bahn lines directly through Leipzig city center.

According to information from Deutsche Bahn, in the first year of operation around 55,000 passengers per day used the trains that ran on the 430 km long network at that time. In the first two years of operation, around 20 million passengers were counted. According to the company, there were already almost 25 million passengers in 2017.

Line network

See also : List of the stations of the S-Bahn Central Germany

Current

The Europe-wide invitation to tender for the operation of the first stage of the new S-Bahn network took place in August 2008, originally planned to start operations in December 2011, with the start of operations being postponed to December 2013 by two corrective notices. The transport contract, which runs from December 2013 to December 2025, provides for an annual performance of nine million train kilometers.

After the objection period had expired, the ZVNL, as the lead regional rail transport authority, finally announced the award of the newly structured network, now known as S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland , to the DB subsidiary S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland GmbH . This company was founded in 2008 with the purpose of participating in this tender. In 2011, however, it was merged with DB Regio. The competitor Veolia did not object to this, but criticized the fact that DB had  calculated its offer on the basis of a vehicle that had not yet been registered - the Bombardier Talent 2 .

With the opening of the Leipzig City Tunnel , this first stage of operation of the new S-Bahn network in Central Germany went into operation on December 15, 2013. The lines lead from the greater Leipzig / Halle (Saale) area to the neighboring federal states of Thuringia , Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg . Endpoints include Zwickau , Halle (Saale) , Bitterfeld and Hoyerswerda . The network covers a length of 430 kilometers and 104 S-Bahn stations. 51 vehicles from the 442 series (Bombardier Talent 2) are used.

In May 2012, the Mitteldeutsche S-Bahn II network was tendered as the second operating stage . a. includes the extended line S2 Dessau / Lutherstadt Wittenberg - Bitterfeld - Leipzig - Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz and the new line S8 Dessau / Lutherstadt Wittenberg - Bitterfeld - Halle. In March 2013, Nahverkehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt (NASA) announced the award to Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland . At the beginning of October 2013, however, NASA announced that the offers would have to be re-evaluated in parts. Due to the expected delay, Abellio withdrew his offer. The award was made to DB Regio as the runner-up. The Halle - Lutherstadt Eisleben line was to be operated by Abellio Rail Central Germany as S7 from December 13, 2015. This designation remained with the previous S7, so that the operator runs the line as the RB75.

Since there were not enough vehicles available for the timetable change in December 2015, the introduction of the S8 (Halle (Saale) - Dessau / Lutherstadt Wittenberg) line was postponed by two years in connection with the construction work in Halle (Saale) Hbf until 2019 , but the S2 drove hourly to Dessau Hbf and was tied every two hours from Dessau to Magdeburg. Lutherstadt Wittenberg was initially still connected by the regional train lines 51 and 80/81 with the exception of a few individual trains of the S2 to Jüterbog. Due to the extension of the S2, the RB51 only ran from Dessau instead of Leipzig Hbf, the RB80 remained on its original route from Halle (Saale) and was supplemented from Bitterfeld by the RB81 to Falkenberg (Elster). On its southern branch, the S2 ended due to construction work in the Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz station until December 2017, even during the day in Leipzig-Connewitz on weekdays , with five pairs of trains running to and from Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz only during rush hour . In order to avoid scheduling conflicts with long-distance traffic, lines S5 and S5X had to swap their northern end point. Due to extensive construction work in the Halle (Saale) Hbf station, the route of the S7 line was shortened to the Halle (Saale) Hbf - Halle-Nietleben route on December 13, 2015. Your previous north branch Halle (Saale) Hbf - Halle-Trotha will be served every hour by trains of the RB47 line from Abellio Rail Central Germany to Könnern and Bernburg and the S3 until the end of the construction work. For this purpose, a switch connection between the S-Bahn and long-distance trains was installed in Halle-Trotha station in March 2015. However, the overlay does not result in a half-hourly cycle. The stop Wohnstadt Nord in Halle (Saale) was not served by the S3 trains during the reconstruction of the east side of the Halle (Saale) Hbf because of the short turnaround time in Halle-Trotha.

In the south of Leipzig, lines S1, S3 and S4 were replaced with the timetable change in December 2015. The S3 traveling from Halle (Saale) via Schkeuditz to Leipzig now runs via Borna (b Leipzig) to Geithain (previously S4), the S4 coming from Hoyerswerda and Taucha ends in Wurzen / Oschatz (previously S1) since then. Since then, the S1 has ended in Leipzig-Stötteritz. The announced quarter-hourly service of the S1 line on the Leipzig-Stötteritz - Leipzig Miltitzer Allee section was not set up on December 13, 2015 and will not be introduced until 2019 at the earliest, as long-distance traffic will then be completely over the new line to Erfurt. The supplementary line S1 (since December 11, 2016: S11) to Leipzig Messe remained in place, but the timetable also changed. On the section Leipzig Hbf (deep) - Leipzig-Stötteritz there is a 15-minute cycle, which is formed by the lines S1 and S4. The additional S11 to Leipzig Messe supplemented this cycle and ensured that six trains per hour in each direction continued to run on this route, but no longer every ten minutes.

With the timetable change on December 10, 2017, there were again changes in the route management of the S-Bahn Central Germany. The S2 connects Dessau and Lutherstadt Wittenberg via Bitterfeld with Leipzig-Stötteritz, while the new line S8 runs parallel between Dessau and Lutherstadt Wittenberg via Bitterfeld to Halle (Saale) Hbf. At times, these two S-Bahn lines continue to Jüterbog. The S3 only runs between Halle (Saale) Hbf and Leipzig-Connewitz, some of the trains start and end in Halle-Trotha and Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz. Due to construction work, the S4 runs between Leipzig North and Taucha with a changed operating concept. Due to construction work in Thekla, the trains that end there continue to run to Eilenburg and only serve a few subway stations. The S5X runs continuously to Halle (Saale) Hbf and is reinforced in the rush hour in the morning and in the afternoon by the S5, which is connected to Halle during these times. In addition, the S5 no longer serves the Böhlen Werke stop during the day; stops on this line are only offered there in the evening. The S7 will keep its route between Halle (Saale) Hauptbahnhof and Halle-Nietleben. Line S9, which connects Halle to Eilenburg via Delitzsch, was newly introduced. The new line S6 replaces the S11 on the northern section between the main station and the exhibition center and at the same time takes over the operation of the southern branch of the S3, so that after two years the name S11 disappears from the network of the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland. Line S1 remains unchanged.

The following ten S-Bahn lines have been operating since December 15, 2019:

line	Train run	Cycle (min.)
S 1	Leipzig Miltitzer Allee - Le Karlsruher Strasse - Le Allee Center - Le-Grünauer Allee - Le-Plagwitz - Le-Lindenau - Le-Leutzsch - Le-Möckern - Le Coppiplatz - Le-Gohlis - Leipzig Hbf (deep) - Leipzig Markt - Le Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz - Le Bayerischer Bahnhof - Leipzig MDR - Le Völkerschlachtdenkmal - Leipzig-Stötteritz	30th
S 2	Jüterbog - Niedergörsdorf - Blönsdorf - Zahna - Bülzig - Zörnigall - Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf	Single trips
	Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf - Pratau - Bergwitz - Radis - Graefenhainichen - Burgkemnitz - Muldenstein - Bitterfeld	120
	Dessau Hbf - Dessau South - Brand - Raguhn - Jeßnitz (Anh) - Wolfen (Kr Bitterfeld) - Greppin - Bitterfeld	120
	Bitterfeld - Petersroda - Delitzsch lower station	30 (Mon-Fri) 60 (Sat + Sun)
	Delitzsch lower Bf - Zschortau - Rackwitz (b Leipzig) - Leipzig Messe - Le Essener Straße - Le Nord - Leipzig Hbf (deep) - Leipzig Market - Le Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz - Le Bayerischer Bahnhof - Leipzig MDR - Le Völkerschlachtdenkmal - Leipzig- Stötteritz	30th
S 3	Halle-Trotha - Hl Wohnstadt Nord - Hl Zoo - Hl Dessau Bridge - Hl Steintorbrücke - Halle (Saale) Hbf	60
	Halle (Saale) Hbf - Halle Messe - Dieskau - Gröbers - Großkugel - Schkeuditz West - Schkeuditz - Le-Lützschena - Le-Wahren - Le Slevogtstraße - Le Olbrichtstraße - Leipzig-Gohlis - Leipzig Hbf (deep) - Leipzig Markt - Le Wilhelm- Leuschner-Platz - Le Bayerischer Bahnhof - Leipzig MDR - Le Völkerschlachtdenkmal - Leipzig-Stötteritz - Le Anger-Crottendorf - Le-Engelsdorf - Borsdorf - Gerichshain - Machern (Sachs) - Altenbach - Bennewitz - Wurzen	30th
	Wurzen - Kühren - Dahlen (Sachs) - Oschatz	Single trips
S 4	Hoyerswerda - Schwarzkollm - Lauta (Niederlausitz) - Hosena - Ruhland - Lauchhammer - Plessa - Elsterwerda-Biehla - Bad Liebenwerda - Falkenberg (Elster) - Rehfeld (b Falkenberg / Elster) - Beilrode - Torgau	120
	Torgau - Mockrehna - Doberschütz - Eilenburg Ost - Eilenburg - Jesewitz (b Leipzig) - Pönitz (b Leipzig) - Taucha (b Leipzig)	30/30/60
	Taucha (b Leipzig) - Le-Heiterblick - Le-Thekla - Le Mockauer Straße - Le Nord - Leipzig Hbf (deep) - Leipzig Market - Le Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz - Le Bayerischer Bahnhof - Leipzig MDR - Leipzig-Connewitz - Markkleeberg Nord - Markkleeberg - Markkleeberg-Großstädteln - Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz	30th
S 5	Halle (Saale) Hbf - Leipzig / Halle Airport - Leipzig Messe - Leipzig Hbf (deep) - Leipzig Markt - Le Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz - Le Bayerischer Bahnhof - Leipzig MDR - Leipzig-Connewitz - Markkleeberg Nord - Markkleeberg - Böhlen (near Leipzig ) - Böhlen Werke - Neukieritzsch - Deutzen - Regis-Breitingen - Treben-Lehma - Altenburg Demand stop at the Böhlen Werke stop.	60
	Altenburg - Lehndorf (Kr Altenburg) - Gößnitz - Ponitz - Crimmitschau - Schweinsburg-Culten - Werdau North - Werdau - Steinpleis - Lichtentanne (Sachs) - Zwickau (Sachs) Hbf	120
S 5X	Halle (Saale) Hbf - Leipzig / Halle Airport - Leipzig Messe - Leipzig Hbf (deep) - Leipzig Markt - Le Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz - Le Bayerischer Bahnhof - Leipzig MDR - Le-Connewitz - Markkleeberg Nord - Markkleeberg - Böhlen (near Leipzig ) - Altenburg - Gößnitz - Crimmitschau - Werdau - Zwickau (Sachs) Hbf	60
S 6	Leipzig Messe - Leipzig Essener Strasse - Leipzig North - Leipzig Central Station (deep) - Leipzig Market - Le Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz - Le Bayerischer Bahnhof - Leipzig MDR - Leipzig-Connewitz - Markkleeberg North - Markkleeberg - Markkleeberg-Großstädteln - Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz - Großdeuben - Böhlen (near Leipzig) - Böhlen works - Neukieritzsch - Lobstädt - Borna (near Leipzig) demand stop at the Böhlen works stop.	30th
	Borna (near Leipzig) - Petergrube - Neukirchen-Wyhra - Frohburg - Geithain Required stop at the Petergrube and Neukirchen-Wyhra stops.	60
S 7	Halle (Saale) Hbf - Hl Rosengarten - Hl-Silberhöhe - Hl-Südstadt - Hl Zscherbener Straße - Hl-Neustadt - Halle-Nietleben	30th
S 8	Jüterbog - Niedergörsdorf - Blönsdorf - Zahna - Bülzig - Zörnigall - Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf	Single trips
	Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf - Pratau - Bergwitz - Radis - Graefenhainichen - Burgkemnitz - Muldenstein - Bitterfeld	120
	Dessau Hbf - Dessau South - Brand - Raguhn - Jeßnitz (Anh) - Wolfen (Kr Bitterfeld) - Greppin - Bitterfeld	120
	Bitterfeld - Roitzsch (Kr Bitterfeld) - Brehna - Landsberg (b Halle / Saale) - Hohenthurm - Halle (Saale) main station	30 (Mon-Fri) 60 (Sat + Sun)
S 9	Halle (Saale) Hbf - Peißen - Reußen - Landsberg (b Halle / Saale) South - Klitschmar - Kyhna - Delitzsch upper station - Hohenroda - Krensitz - Kämmereiforst - Eilenburg	120 60 (peak hours)

Since the start of operations, the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland has been able to record increasing numbers of passengers every year and today has more than 60,000 users every working day. The most popular line in 2015 was the combined line S5 / S5X with over 15,200 passengers daily, followed by the S1 (13,900), S3 (13,700), S4 (11,500) and the S2 (4000). These figures relate to the operational status before the network reform in December 2015 and are therefore not representative of the current network. The S7 line was used by around 4,000 travelers in 2014.

In 2014, 2015 and 2016, increases in passenger numbers were observed on all lines. On the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland, 57,765 passengers per day were counted in the S-Bahn network in 2014. With 60,421 passengers per day (Monday to Friday, 2015), the level on which the traffic forecast for the City Tunnel is based has been reached. The number of S-Bahn passengers between Leipzig and Halle rose from 18,000 (2014) to 21,500 (2015).

Line S 1

The S1 line connects the Miltitzer Allee in the Grünau district and the Stötteritz district in the east of Leipzig every half hour.

A 15-minute cycle is planned for the S1 in the Leipzig city area. However, since the Central German S-Bahn went into operation in December 2013, it has not yet been possible to travel to Miltitzer Allee. The reason for this is the planned construction work between Leipzig Central Station and Leipzig-Leutzsch through the construction of three new bridges in the Leipzig floodplain forest. Until December 2017, long-distance traffic to southern Germany also ran together with the RE to Erfurt / Jena and the S1 between Leipzig Hbf and Leutzsch. After the completion of the construction work in 2021, the plan is to let the S1 run every 15 minutes along the entire route.

According to a report from May 2015, however, as an alternative to strengthening the Grünau line, the ZVNL is also examining a new line together with the S1 to Leipzig-Leutzsch and then via the Leipzig-Großkorbetha railway to Markranstädt as the end point. This would make it possible to continue the S-Bahn every hour to Naumburg Hbf (at the expense of the originally planned better connection to the Grünau housing estate).

Line S 2

The S2 line connects Leipzig-Stötteritz and Dessau Hbf or Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf. There is a daily 30-minute basic cycle to Delitzsch. Between Delitzsch and Bitterfeld there is also a 30-minute cycle from Monday to Friday, and every hour at the weekend. Between Bitterfeld and Dessau Hbf or Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf, the S2 overlaps with the S8 at approximately hourly intervals, with correspondence stopping in Bitterfeld as before the introduction of the Central German S-Bahn. From Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf, some trains that end there serve the RB51 as pass-through to Annaburg or Falkenberg (Elster). Individual trains run in the morning and in the afternoon from Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf to Jüterbog.

The regional express trains on the RE13 line between Leipzig Hbf and Dessau Hbf, which stop at Leipzig Messe, Delitzsch, Bitterfeld and Wolfen only, have a denser effect on the route to Magdeburg Hbf.

Line S 3

The S3 connects the Trotha district of Halle with Wurzen. Between Halle Hbf and Wurzen there is a 30-minute cycle all day long, while the branch to Oschatz is only served in the outskirts of the day.

The planned connection of the S3 from Halle Hbf to Halle-Nietleben can, however, only take place after the necessary infrastructural requirements have been created in Halle Hbf, in particular by installing the necessary switch connections. This means that the previous S7 will initially continue to be operated in its own half-hourly cycle. The S7 was not included in the tender service "Central German S-Bahnnetz I", but like the other lines is operated by DB Regio Südost and is part of the S-Bahn network.

Since the S3 only runs hourly between Halle Hbf and the terminus Halle-Trotha, it is supplemented by the trains of the RB line 47 (Halle Hbf – Bernburg Hbf).

Line S 4

The S4 connects Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz with the regional centers of Leipzig and Hoyerswerda. The trains between Leipzig Hbf and Falkenberg (Elster) are linked with the RE10 Leipzig Hbf – Cottbus Hbf. Between Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz and Taucha (near Leipzig) there is a half-hourly cycle, until Torgau there is then a 30/30/60 minute cycle. This is due to the timetable situation shortly before the RE10 (Leipzig Hbf – Cottbus Hbf). From Torgau the S-Bahn trains run every 120 minutes to Hoyerswerda all day and, unlike the RE10, also stop in the Falkenberg district of Rehfeld.

Lines S 5 S 5X

The S5 runs together with the S5X between Halle Hbf and Zwickau Hbf. The S5 serves all stations along the route with the exception of Markkleeberg-Großstädteln, Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz, Großdeuben and Böhlen Werke, while the S5X serves the former RE5 lines and RE8 and has an express character. All stops up to Markkleeberg are served jointly with the S5, from Markkleeberg the trains of the S5X only serve the stations Böhlen, Altenburg, Gößnitz, Crimmitschau and Werdau.

The S5 ran hourly until 2018 during rush hour (Mon-Fri) as well as on the weekends during the Leipzig Book Fair and on Advent Saturdays between Halle Hbf and Leipzig / Halle Airport, outside of these times the trains already returned at the airport. Since the timetable change on December 9, 2018, the S5 trains have also been running all day to and from Halle Hbf. The S5 runs every hour to Altenburg, and an S-Bahn train runs every other hour between Altenburg and Zwickau Hbf. The S5X, on the other hand, runs hourly all day between Halle Hbf and Zwickau Hbf. Both lines overlap from Halle Hbf to Böhlen at half-hourly intervals.

Line S 6

The S6 line runs between the Leipziger Messe and Geithain. The trains run to Borna every half an hour, from Borna trains run every hour. In Geithain the trains have a direct connection to the RE6 from Leipzig Hbf to Chemnitz Hbf.

Line S 7

The S7 line connects Halle's main train station with Halle-Nietleben every half hour.

Line S 8

The S8 line connects Halle Hbf and Dessau Hbf or Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf. Trains run between Halle Hbf and Bitterfeld from Monday to Friday about every half an hour, on weekends there are hourly intervals. From Bitterfeld the trains run every two hours from Monday to Friday to Dessau Hbf or Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf, whereby the S8 overlaps with the S2 at approximately hourly intervals. As with the S2, individual trains of the S8 also run in the morning and in the afternoon from Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf to Jüterbog and end there.

Line S 9

The S9 line connects Halle Hbf with Delitzsch and Eilenburg. There is a two-hour service between Halle Hbf and Eilenburg, which is compressed into an hourly service from Monday to Friday during rush hour.

Future extensions

The complete electrification of the Leipzig – Hof railway line (as part of the Saxony-Franconia Magistrale ) south of Reichenbach in Vogtland , which was completed at the end of 2013, opened up the possibility of connecting S-Bahn trains to Hof (Saale) in Upper Franconia . According to information from October 2013, however, this could not have been implemented until December 2015 at the earliest. Therefore, a fast feeder line Hof – Plauen – Werdau was set up, which creates a platform-like, fast connection to the S5X line in Werdau. At the beginning of April 2015, the Vogtland transport association announced that this feeder line would be canceled when the timetable changes in June 2015. Direct train connections between Hof and Leipzig are also not an issue in the next three to four years for financial reasons and a lack of vehicles. For the most part, the travel time will be extended to almost three hours, although the continuous electrical connection would allow times of less than two hours. However, since the timetable change in December 2015 , the Erfurt railway has been offering a two-hour service from Leipzig Hbf with a travel time of two and a half hours to Hof.

On the Leipzig – Gera railway line , according to the ZVNL, the lack of electrification and the age of the line are the main obstacles to constant S-Bahn traffic in the south-west of Leipzig and beyond.

In mid-2017, the mayors of the cities of Naumburg , Weißenfels and Zeitz as well as the district administrator of the Burgenland district asked for the region to be connected to the S-Bahn network in an open letter. Nahverkehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH (NASA) has a basically positive view of the expansion of the S-Bahn connection. The expansion of the Leipzig network to the west and to Naumburg is also currently an issue in the Zweckverband für die Nahverkehrsraum Leipzig (ZVNL). The focus of the ZVNL is on a possible connection from Markranstädt to the network of the S-Bahn in Central Germany. If all partners involved come to an agreement, another connection from Naumburg to Leipzig would be added every hour with the S-Bahn. Together with the RE trains Leipzig – Erfurt and Leipzig – Saalfeld operated by Abellio, passengers could choose from half-hourly offers. The extension would be synonymous with maintaining the 30-minute cycle on line S1.

prehistory

The Halle network

Halle-Dölau ↔ Halle-Trotha
Legend Halle-Dölau Hall Heidebahnhof Halle-Nietleben Halle-Neustadt S-Bahn tunnel Halle-Neustadt tunnel station Hall Zscherbener Strasse Halle-Südstadt Halle-Silberhöhe (formerly Halle Brühlstrasse) Halle rose garden Halle (Saale) Central Station Hall stone gate bridge Halle Dessau Bridge Hall zoo Halle residential city north Halle-Trotha

The only route of the S-Bahn Halle connected the northern Trotha district in the form of a U via the Halle (Saale) Hbf station with the residential suburb of Halle-Neustadt on the western bank of the Saale to the final stop Halle-Dölau . The route currently only exists as far as Halle-Nietleben .

In order to connect the forecast 100,000 inhabitants of Halle-Neustadt to the local transport network instead of by tram by bus and S-Bahn, as in other district cities , an S-Bahn was set up in Halle. Originally, a route and the construction of a classic train station at the western end of Halle-Neustadt were planned. This plan was later changed in favor of a central route: East of Angersdorf , a branch was now planned from the former Halle – Arenshausen line to the north. Since a ground-level course would have practically meant a division of Halle-Neustadt, the railway line was to be run by tunnel below the city center, a tunnel station was now planned as a central stopping point.

South portal of the Halle-Neustadt S-Bahn tunnel

In April 1967, operations began between the already completed halt (Hp) Zscherbener Strasse and the main train station - at that time without an intermediate stop. The route was initially driven by class VT 2.09 railcars . On September 27, 1969, the tunnel station was inaugurated and electrical operation officially started. At the same time, the Halle – Arenshausen line was electrified as far as Angersdorf station in order to relieve the Halle node of locomotive changes. Because an additional S-Bahn line could not be laid in the area of ​​the Saale crossing, the section up to the junction to the southern part of Halle was given two single-track blocks; the S-Bahn trains ran - with a few exceptions - in both directions on the northern track. The southern part of the S-Bahn was completed by 1970, only the Hp Rosengarten was set up later. For the single-track line between Hp Südstadt and Silberhöhe, the possibility of a later double-track expansion was considered, but never realized.

To the north of the tunnel station, the S-Bahn line was connected to the existing facilities on the Halle Klaustor – Hettstedt line ; their operation in the Halle-Neustadt area was stopped at the end of September 1968. The route that led from Halle-Neustadt via the Halle-Nietleben train station and the Heidebahnhof to the Halle-Dölau terminus was first renovated and electrified. Its opening took place on October 26, 1971.

Opening move on September 27, 1969

To the north of the main station, which had received an additional platform 1a outside the hall for the S-Bahn on a track previously used for locomotive traffic, the line from Halberstadt to Halle-Trotha was expanded and the new stops at Wohnstadt Nord, Zoo and Dessau Bridge. An existing locomotive track to the Halle P depot was also used for the section from the Hauptbahnhof to the Dessau Bridge over the Steintor Bridge. The planum on the Halle – Halberstadt line, which was designed for two-track operation, but has only been used by one track since the end of the war, was given a second track for the S-Bahn on the axis of the former Halberstadt-Halle line between Dessau Bridge and Halle-Trotha. Since electrification was initially dispensed with, the northern part to Trotha was operated with diesel locomotives . From 1971 to 1972 the DR expanded this section of the route again. In addition to the new construction of 2.4 kilometers of track, the S-Bahn track to Halle-Trotha was subsequently electrified. From October 1, 1972, the continuous electrical operation of the Halle S-Bahn could be started. There is a possibility of crossing the single-track S-Bahn line between Halle (S) Hbf and Halle-Trotha in Steintorbrücke. Behind the Halle-Trotha S-Bahn platform there was a double-track sweeping system, which was not regularly used, and a track connection with the line to Halberstadt.

For the many commuters from Halle-Neustadt to the chemical plants around Merseburg, passenger trains were set up on the connection Merseburg - Buna-Werke - Halle-Nietleben soon after the opening of the S-Bahn in rush hour . The last remaining trains on this route were canceled in December 2007.

In addition to the Steintorbrücke, the Südstadt development area also received its own breakpoint on May 30, 1979. Two stops were then set up for the Halle-Silberhöhe residential area : The Hp Halle Brühlstraße was opened on July 1, 1979 on the newly built S-Bahn tracks that ran parallel to the previous line. On September 30, 1979, the Hp Halle-Silberhöhe was opened on the track branching off to Halle Süd (today Halle-Ammendorf ) at the same level. This made it possible to run some commuter trains from Halle-Neustadt to Merseburg via Halle-Silberhöhe and Schkopau instead of Buna in order to connect the southern part of the city directly to the chemical companies. The last trains using this route ran in the early 2000s. The trains from Halle in the direction of Sangerhausen and Nordhausen never served this stop. At the beginning of the 1990s, the Hp. Brühlstraße was also renamed Halle-Silberhöhe.

Plans to extend the route from Dölau to Salzmünde and to create a regional bus station or a ring over the Teutschenthal – Salzmünde railway line were not implemented . At the end of the 1980s, a reconstruction as far as Hettstedt was even considered in order to employ the workers of the dwindling copper mining in the Mansfelder Land in the chemical triangle.

In the mid-1980s there were further plans to reduce the frequency to ten minutes in order to improve the connection between Halle-Neustadt and the south of the city to the main station and thus better cope with the high passenger numbers at the time. However, this project would have required a double-track expansion in the area of ​​the Silberhöhe stop. Traces of it are still visible today, for example the prepared but never used subgrade including ground ballast on the side facing away from the track. Furthermore, mast foundations for the catenary masts can be seen in this area. Another advance payment is the width of the underpass under Paul-Suhr-Straße, between the Silberhöhe and Südstadt stops, which offers enough space for a second track. This entire project was not implemented, however, because in the course of German reunification at the beginning of the 1990s, the population of the city of Halle fell drastically, at the same time private transport increased and local public transport has had to contend with declining passenger numbers since then. At the same time as the first price increases, the Halle Transport and Tariff Association (VTG) introduced a common tariff for trams and public buses as early as 1991 . Since December 9, 2007, the route has only been operated every half hour, on the one hand to cope with the falling load and on the other hand to adapt to the 15-minute intervals of the tram and the half-hourly intervals of the S10 line and the associated transfer connections.

On August 1, 2002, traffic in the section from Nietleben via the Heidebahnhof to Halle-Dölau was stopped. After HAVAG failed to comply with a state request to discontinue parallel bus services, the route was canceled on September 30, 2002, prematurely on August 1, 2002 and formally closed on December 31, 2003. This was justified by the state of the superstructure and the lower number of passengers. A reactivation of the route section on the part of Deutsche Bahn AG is not planned. Since 2008, the catenary system of the overhead contact line with the associated brackets has been removed in the area between Nietleben and the Heidebahnhof.

With the expansion of the Halle – Halberstadt line for a speed of 160 km / h and tilting technology operation, an electronic signal box was created in Sandersleben (Anh). The sweeping system and the track connection in Halle-Trotha were omitted, the S-Bahn line ended bluntly.

The Leipzig network

The Leipzig route network led from the northern exit of the main train station  - a terminal station  - to both sides around the city and united in the south in Markkleeberg . This characteristic heart was driven by a ring-shaped line in both directions, with the route to Gaschwitz in the south . To reach Leipzig Central Station from the east to the west side, the trains ran through the traffic tunnel I . Lines followed later in Wurzen to the east and the Grünau development area in the west.

On February 29, 1968, the Leipzig District Assembly decided to set up an S-Bahn network. As early as the Spring Fair ran between Central Station and the newly created breakpoint (Hp) exhibition center at the Technical Fair is a "train-like rapid transit", the S-Bahn was then taken on the whole heart on 12 July 1969 to the To be able to cope with the traffic volume of the 5th Gymnastics and Sports Festival . The two directions of travel were initially distinguished by the designations S1 and S2. The trains ran for free for the first two days, which resulted in overcrowding of the trains. The fare was then unusually high, a single trip cost 50 pfennigs, a short trip up to five stops cost 30 pfennigs. Switching to the means of transport of the Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (LVB) or motor transport required a new ticket, but combined monthly tickets were issued. In comparison, a trip in the urban area of ​​Berlin (with transfer authorization), which could be significantly longer, cost 20 pfennigs and a single trip with the LVB using trading cards cost 16.7 pfennigs. From the beginning and until the division of line A, later S1, into a west and an east section, the trains in Leipzig Hbf ran with a few exceptions to the east on platform track 6 and to the west on track 7.

On the eastern half, which used the " second connecting line " to Leipzig-Connewitz and then the long-distance tracks of the Leipzig-Hof railway line , the new stops Anger-Crottendorf , Messegelände and Marienbrunn were set up , and on the western half Coppiplatz, Industriegelände West and Lindenau . All were equipped with outside platforms, as there was usually only space for these in the cuts and on the embankments of the lines. Since the redesign of the Leipzig railway system at the beginning of the 20th century, there was a four-track expansion between Leipzig-Stötteritz and Gaschwitz in continuation of the Leipzig freight ring. The S-Bahn operated on the original long-distance tracks to the east. Because the distance between the tracks and the original suburban tracks was too small, it was not possible to create platforms for the exhibition grounds and Marienbrunn on the Stötteritz – Connewitz track. A single-track block with a change of permit was therefore set up on the Connewitz – Stötteritz line . The S-Bahn trains ran in this section in the direction of Connewitz as scheduled on the left track. The switch connections and additional signals set up for this made it possible to have train journeys end and begin at the exhibition center platform. The 36.4 km long route around the city was covered in 61 minutes and served every 20 minutes with the exception of the morning hours. As part of the electrification in the direction of Zwickau and Reichenbach (Vogtl) ob Bf , the security systems were partially modernized. The Stötteritz and Connewitz stations received light signals with centralized signaling by the dispatcher, Gaschwitz station a GS II DR track diagram . The single-track section between Plagwitz and Gaschwitz was problematic . Because of the loading of the Gaschwitz station, especially by freight trains and existing route exclusions, around half of the trains had to end on the west side at Markkleeberg West station. This station was given a new platform that was a little more conveniently located and accessed from Koburger Strasse. Because the transfer conditions were still unsatisfactory in every respect, another Markkleeberg Mitte stop was set up on Rathausstrasse in the immediate vicinity of the Markkleeberg stop. An additional stump track made it possible to let all trains run at least as far as this new stopping point, and the simultaneous construction of a platform on the second station track in Markkleeberg West made it possible for passenger trains to cross. With the opening of the Markkleeberg Mitte stop, changing for journeys between the east and west side was also made possible by tariff. In return, the platforms in Markkleeberg and Markkleeberg Mitte were the first to receive the punching machines that would later be used throughout the network. Travelers had to fold and punch the roller tickets lengthways when changing trains. Short-haul tickets were also valid on this connection. One year after the opening, the new Sellerhausen stop was set up between Leipzig Hbf and Anger-Crottendorf, and a platform was set up on Schwartzestrasse at Plagwitz station.

The express service between Leipzig Hbf and the exhibition grounds was maintained during the trade fairs in addition to the regular S-Bahn trains. It was included in the S-Bahn tariff, but price level 2 tickets were required.

In 1971 around 13 million passengers were carried on the Leipzig S-Bahn. 45 trains with 8 cars each were available for this.

S1 train at Leipzig Miltitzer Allee terminus

S-Bahn lines in Leipzig until 2002

On May 26, 1974, a line B was added to Wurzen , with the stops at Sellerhausen (lower platforms) and the East Industrial Park at Engelsdorf station. The planned crossings to the upper platforms in Sellerhausen were never built, a notable crossing between the two routes did not develop due to the unnecessarily long route and the uncoordinated timetables. What was new on the route to Wurzen was the inclusion of all passenger trains in the direction of Dresden, Riesa, Großbothen and Trebsen in the S-Bahn tariff (to Borsdorf or Wurzen), which was for price levels 3 (1  M ), 4 (1 M) and 5 (2 M) was expanded. However, due to the heavy use of the route, a regular schedule was not possible. Because of the decreasing traffic demand and the lower capacity behind Borsdorf because of the long block sections, some trains ended in Borsdorf, especially during rush hour. For this purpose, a possibility to sweep had to be set up in platform 5 of this station and an additional exit signal had to be set up. The previous line was also given the line designation A , the direction designations S1 and S2 were dropped a little later. With the construction of the new development area Grünau , a new line was gradually put into operation from September 25, 1977 until 1983 , which was initially used by line C in shuttle traffic (hence the nickname "concrete pendulum") to Plagwitz , where the change to the ring line A could. The first section to the new stop (Hp) Hermann-Matern- Allee was opened on September 25, 1977. In 1980, shortly before the opening of the next construction phase on Wilhelm-Pieck-Allee, this Hp was renamed Grünauer Allee on December 18, 1980. The Ho Chi Minh Strasse stop and the Miltitzer Allee train station were built by 1983 . This station was the only one to have an island platform and a sweeping system . The continuation of the route to Markranstädt was thus structurally prepared, but was never carried out.

C / S2 "Waldbahn" Plagwitz – Gaschwitz
Legend A / S1 from the main station Plagwitz A / S1 to Miltitzer Allee Schwartzestrasse Kleinzschocher Markkleeberg West Markkleeberg middle A / S1 from the main station Markkleeberg- Großstädteln Gaschwitz

From 1984 the line Grünau – Plagwitz – Hauptbahnhof – Gaschwitz was continuously used by line A and Grünau – Plagwitz – Markkleeberg to single line C, which was called "Waldbahn" due to its route on the Plagwitz-Gaschwitz connecting line through the Leipzig floodplain forest. Together with Line A, a ten-minute service was offered between Plagwitz and Miltitzer Allee. In Plagwitz a connection to the tram trains of line 2 was established. This transfer connection, which was the shortest connection to the city center both in comparison with the S-Bahn trains on line A and with the use of trams only, was not a success because of the lack of tariffing.

With the fall of the Wall, many new names came up, such as the Wilhelm-Pieck- the Stuttgarter Allee and the Ho-Chi-Minh- the Karlsruher Straße, which also led to the renaming of the stops of the same name. The lines were also provided with numbers instead of letters in accordance with Western standards, the S-Bahn line A became the S1, the B to Wurzen became the S3 (here a clock timetable was introduced, albeit only at hourly intervals) and the C the S2. After the latter, by shortening the Plagwitz – Gaschwitz section, every hour outside of rush hour traffic, an unfortunate connection in Plagwitz (the train to Gaschwitz left Plagwitz a minute before the one from Leipzig Hbf, usually you could still see the departing train) and a higher one As the fare was used less and less in comparison to the journey via Leipzig Hbf, it was discontinued when the timetable changed in December 2002 and replaced by bus route 65. In 2004, the S1 was split up due to the construction work for the city tunnel, the western part kept the name S1 , the eastern part got the name S2. When the trade fair moved to the New Exhibition Grounds in the north of the city, the Messegelände stop was renamed the Völkerschlachtdenkmal , and later the Stuttgarter Allee stop, operated by the neighboring shopping center, became Allee-Center . Altenburg with the closure of the station - to construction offset for the City Tunnel to create the RB130 Leipzig Bayer Bf Leipzig Bayer Bf connected in June 2001 from Neukieritzsch by S-Bahn and therefore also the regional trains bound from Altenburg to the central station. The extension of the cycle times to 30 minutes, which was initially only announced as a temporary measure during the tunnel construction work, made the S-Bahn noticeably less attractive compared to the LVB's means of transport. On April 30, 2011, the remaining section of the S1 line was suspended due to financial cuts until the City Tunnel was opened, and on November 24, 2012, the MRB2 line too. This closed the upper part of the Sellerhausen S-Bahn station and the Leipzig Ost stop. After the S / MRB11 line was also discontinued on December 15, 2013 as part of the conversion to the Central German S-Bahn, the east of Leipzig completely lost its S-Bahn connection.

The Leipzig-Halle S-Bahn

Halle (Saale) Hbf - Leipzig Hbf
Legend Halle (Saale) central station Exhibition hall Dieskau Grosser Large sphere Schkeuditz West Schkeuditz Leipzig-Lützschena Leipzig-Wahren Leipzig Slevogtstrasse Leipzig Olbrichtstrasse Leipzig-Gohlis Leipzig Central Station

Lettering on a carriage on the Hall e – Le ipzig S-Bahn line

A train on the S10 line at Hp Olbrichtstraße

Although there has been a dense suburban traffic between Leipzig and Halle for decades, from 1928 the railcars of the later ET 41 series operated here  , a special tariff was never introduced on this route.

On March 19, 2002, construction work began on the new S-Bahn line between the two cities in Halle. The commissioning of the 234 million euro project was planned for December 2004. The construction costs were mainly raised by the federal government (135 million euros) and the states of Saxony-Anhalt (39 million euros) and Saxony (34 million euros). The commissioning took place according to plan on December 12, 2004.

In Leipzig, this route leads from the main train station directly over the original route Wahren – Leipzig Hbf of the Magdeburg-Leipzig Railway Company to Leipzig-Wahren, which has only been used by freight trains for decades . The previous regional train line RB56 with the detour via Wiederitzsch was replaced by the new S-Bahn line. This did not change the travel time of 36 minutes, although five stops were added. Since December 5th, the trains of the RB56 have been on the reactivated route in trial operation with passengers. The additional regional express trains on the RE5 line, which here took on the role of an “express S-Bahn”, have been running at a separate hourly cycle via the Leipzig / Halle airport train station since June 30, 2003 . A special tariff no longer had to be introduced because of the Central German Transport Association, which was established on August 1, 2001 .

An extension of the Grünau route to Markranstädt was considered. Due to the costs and the associated closure of the Miltitz and Rückmarsdorf stations , this is currently only traded as an option for later and is still kept free in the local transport plan.

Line network from 1969 to 2009

S-Bahn train Wurzen – Leipzig Hbf in Sellerhausen , before the expansion work began in 1995

During the GDR era, the Leipzig lines were designated A, B and C. Later this was changed to S1, S2 and S3. Line S2 ("Waldbahn") was discontinued in 2002. The S1 line was divided into the S1 and S2 lines in 2004 in order not to have to cross the tracks in the direction of Bitterfeld, Halle (Saale) and Eilenburg in the Leipzig Hbf station unnecessarily often during the construction of the city ​​tunnel .

• S1, formerly A: Leipzig Miltitzer Allee - Leipzig-Plagwitz - Leipzig Hbf - Markkleeberg- Gaschwitz - Borna
• S2, formerly C ("Waldbahn"): Leipzig-Plagwitz - Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz
• S3, S11, formerly B: to Wurzen

With the timetable change in December 2004, the S10 Halle - Leipzig line was introduced.

Line network from 2009 to 2013

Line network 2009

With the timetable change in 2009, the network of the S-Bahn Leipzig-Halle was reduced, as the operation of the lines east of the Leipzig Hbf station - this affected the S2 (Leipzig Hbf - Borna (- Geithain)) and the S11 (Leipzig Hbf - Wurzen (- Oschatz)) of the Central German Regiobahn (MRB) was transferred as MRB2 or MRB11 and therefore no longer carried the designation S-Bahn . The timetable structure and frequency did not change on the affected routes. The MRB only used diesel multiple units on the electrified routes. Only on weekend nights did the DB operate individual trips on line 11 itself as the S11.

Due to a lack of funds, the S1 was shut down on April 30, 2011 and only reopened when the City Tunnel opened. As a replacement, two bus routes and additional tram services operated by LVB.

The S-Bahn Leipzig-Halle thus comprised lines S1, S7 and S10 from 2009 to 2011, and from 2011 to December 14, 2013 only the two lines S7 and S10. The trains ran every half hour during the day.

At the end of operations on November 24, 2012, the Leipzig Hbf – Leipzig-Connewitz line was closed and immediately shut down between the Leipzig Dresdener Gbf and Leipzig-Stötteritz stations. The last remnants of the former line A were a thing of the past. The trains were diverted via the Westring, but this operation did not achieve S-Bahn quality with only a few stops (in Leipzig-Gohlis, Möckern and Plagwitz and Markkleeberg Mitte).

Line network from 2013 to 2015

Line network December 2013 to December 2015

On December 15, 2013, the Leipzig City Tunnel was opened between the main train station and Bayerischer Bahnhof . Together with this, the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland started operations with new vehicles. The previous S10 ran from then on as the S3 from Halle (Saale) Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig- Stötteritz , the RE5 merged with the S5 and S5X lines.

line	Train run	Cycle (min.)
S 1	Leipzig Miltitzer Allee - Le Karlsruher Str. - Le Allee Center - Le Grünauer Allee - Le-Plagwitz - Le-Lindenau - Le-Leutzsch - Le-Möckern - Le Coppiplatz - Le-Gohlis - Leipzig Hbf (deep) - Le Markt - Le Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz - Le Bayerischer Bahnhof - Le MDR - Le Völkerschlachtdenkmal - Le-Stötteritz - Le-Anger-Crottendorf - Engelsdorf - Borsdorf - Gerichshain - Machern (Saxony) - Altenbach - Bennewitz - Wurzen	30th
	Wurzen - Kühren - Dahlen (Sachs) - Oschatz - Riesa	Single trips
S 1 supplementary line	Leipzig Messe - Le Nord - Leipzig Hbf (deep) - Le Markt - Le Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz - Le Bayerischer Bahnhof - Le MDR - Le Völkerschlachtdenkmal - Le-Stötteritz	30th
S 2	Bitterfeld - Petersroda - Delitzsch lower station	60 (Mon-Fri)
	Delitzsch lower train station - Zschortau - Rackwitz (b Leipzig) - Le-Messe - Le Nord - Leipzig Hbf (deep) - Le Markt - Le Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz - Le Bayerischer Bahnhof - Le MDR - Leipzig-Connewitz	60
	Leipzig-Connewitz - Markkleeberg North - Markkleeberg - Markkleeberg-Großstädteln - Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz	60 (Mon-Fri)
S 3	Halle (Saale) Hbf - Halle Messe - Dieskau - Gröbers - Großkugel - Schkeuditz West - Schkeuditz - Le-Lützschena - Le-Wahren - Le Slevogtstraße - Le Olbrichtstraße - Le-Gohlis - Leipzig Hbf (deep) - Le Markt - Le Wilhelm- Leuschner-Platz - Le Bayerischer Bahnhof - Le MDR - Le Völkerschlachtdenkmal - Leipzig-Stötteritz	30th
S 4	Hoyerswerda - Schwarzkollm - Lauta (Niederlausitz) - Hosena - Ruhland - Lauchhammer - Plessa - Elsterwerda-Biehla - Bad Liebenwerda - Falkenberg (Elster) - Rehfeld (b Falkenberg / Elster) - Beilrode - (Torgau - Mockrehna - Doberschütz - Eilenburg Ost - Eilenburg )	120
	(Torgau - Mockrehna - Doberschütz - Eilenburg Ost -) Eilenburg - Jesewitz (b Leipzig) - Pönitz (b Leipzig) - Taucha (b Leipzig) - Le-Heiterblick - Leipzig-Thekla	30/60/30 (Torgau – Eilenburg only HVZ)
	Leipzig-Thekla - Le Nord - Leipzig Hbf (deep) - Le Markt - Le Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz - Le Bayerischer Bahnhof - Le MDR - Le-Connewitz - Markkleeberg Nord - Markkleeberg - Markkleeberg-Großstädteln - Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz - Großdeuben - Böhlen (b Leipzig) - Böhlen Werke - Neukieritzsch - Lobstädt - Borna (b Leipzig)	30th
	Borna (near Leipzig) - Petergrube - Neukirchen-Wyhra - Frohburg - Geithain	60
S 5	Halle (Saale) Hbf - Leipzig / Halle Airport	Single trips
	Leipzig / Halle Airport - Le Messe - Leipzig Hbf (deep) - Le Markt - Le Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz - Le Bayerischer Bahnhof - Le MDR - Le-Connewitz - Markkleeberg Nord - Markkleeberg - Böhlen (near Leipzig) - Böhlen Werke - Neukieritzsch - Deutzen - Regis-Breitingen - Treben-Lehma - Altenburg	60
	Altenburg - Lehndorf (Kr Altenburg) - Gößnitz - Ponitz - Crimmitschau - Schweinsburg-Culten - Werdau North - Werdau - Steinpleis - Lichtentanne (Sachs) - Zwickau (Sachs) Hbf	120
S 5X	Halle (Saale) Hbf - Leipzig / Halle Airport - Le Messe - Leipzig Hbf (deep) - Le Markt - Le Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz - Le Bayerischer Bahnhof - Leipzig MDR - Le-Connewitz - Markkleeberg Nord - Markkleeberg - Böhlen (near Leipzig ) - Altenburg - Gößnitz - Crimmitschau - Werdau - Zwickau (Sachs) Hbf	60
S 7	Halle-Trotha - Halle Wohnstadt Nord - Halle Zoo - Halle Dessauer Brücke - Halle Steintorbrücke - Halle (Saale) Hbf - Halle-Rosengarten - Halle-Silberhöhe - Halle-Südstadt - Halle Zscherbener Str. - Halle-Neustadt - Halle-Nietleben	30th

Infrastructure expansion

City tunnel Leipzig

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S-Bahn multiple unit at the Leipzig Markt station (October 2013)

Multiple unit 1442 203 on the northwest ramp of the city tunnel.

The most important construction project for the new Central German S-Bahn network was the City Tunnel in Leipzig. This cost around 960 million euros and is the main route of the S-Bahn lines S1 to S6 bundled through Leipzig city center. The tunnel crosses under the city center over a length of 3.9 kilometers at a depth of up to 25 meters. The four tunnel stations , Central Station Deep , Markt , Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz and Bayrischer Bahnhof, as well as the Leipzig MDR / Semmelweisstrasse station in the southern trough area of ​​the tunnel were built.

To the north of the Hauptbahnhof station, there is an underground overpass that separates the lines towards Leipzig-Gohlis and Leipzig Nord / Berliner Brücke. The tunnel thus includes a west and a north ramp. Between the western ramp and the Leipzig-Gohlis station, the lines in the direction of Schkeuditz and Leipzig-Leutzsch separate again at the newly constructed MTh flyover structure (Magdeburg-Thuringian train station). A flyover structure was erected at Richard-Lehmann-Straße for leveling south of the tunnel. The direction track in the direction of Stötteritz crosses under the tracks from and to Connewitz through an approximately 70 meter long tunnel.

Network-complementary measures

Reconstruction of the Leipzig-Plagwitz train station, the old platforms in the background (August 2011)

Assembly of the central platform in Leutzsch with prefabricated parts (2010)

In order to be able to fully utilize the advantages of the tunnel, the implementation of additional network measures (NEM) is necessary.

In the area of ​​the northern connection on the route towards Bitterfeld , the Leipzig North S-Bahn station was rebuilt on Theresienstraße north of the Berlin bridge . Commissioning took place in December 2013. After the opening of the City Tunnel, the Leipzig Essener Straße station was built to the north as part of the rebuilding of the railway overpass of the same name and put into operation on December 9, 2018. It has been served by lines S2 and S6 since then.

The double-track expansion of the line in the direction of Eilenburg to the Wilhelm-Busch-Straße railway overpass and the construction of the new Mockauer Straße station is in the planning stage . A complete renovation is planned for the Taucha station so that it can also be used as the end point for S-Bahn trains coming from Leipzig. (For details see below under "Planning".)

The south-east integration , which was implemented by the NEM Gaschwitz-Engelsdorf , was relatively complex . On the route towards Engelsdorf , the previous S-Bahn stop Leipzig Völkerschlachtdenkmal on the previous direction track Connewitz-Leipzig Hbf was abandoned and directly under Prager Strasse with a 140-meter-long island platform between the tracks on the Engelsdorf-Connewitz route, including staircases and an elevator built. An additional access to the old exhibition center was already taken into account. The Leipzig-Stötteritz train station was also completely rebuilt with new bridges over Papiermühlstrasse and a three-track platform. This station received a single-track sweeping system on which trains can change direction or be parked. The LVB intend to rebuild their tram stop directly under the S-Bahn station in the sense of better transfer options. The Leipzig Anger-Crottendorf S-Bahn stop was rebuilt on the current freight ring on Zweinaundorfer Straße. A later construction of the Leipzig-Paunsdorf station in the area of ​​today's freight station is planned. On the line towards Gaschwitz , the Leipzig-Connewitz station received an additional main track with an outside platform for trains heading south. The platform between the former long-distance tracks and the pedestrian tunnel were removed, the pedestrian bridge from Karl-Jungbluth-Straße was replaced by a new building that connects it with both new platforms. The direct connection to the tram stop on Klemmstraße was only prepared. The Markkleeberg Nord station has been completely rebuilt, the Markkleeberg , Markkleeberg-Großstädteln and Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz stations have been redesigned in line with the times.

In the area of ​​the connection west , expansion and renovation measures took place on the Leipzig-Leutzsch-Leipzig-Plagwitz line . Bridges, signal boxes, tracks and overhead lines were renewed and noise barriers were erected. The platforms at Leipzig-Leutzsch train station and the Leipzig Industriegelände West stop have been abandoned and replaced by new platforms directly under Georg-Schwarz-Straße . Later on, the Leipzig-Lindenau stop and the tourist facilities at Leipzig-Plagwitz train station were completely renewed. In this context, the platforms in Plagwitz were moved north directly to Karl-Heine-Strasse, where they were given new entrances. In the period between April and September 2013 , the tracks, overhead lines and stops on the Leipzig-Plagwitz-Leipzig Miltitzer Allee railway line , the S-Bahn line leading through the Leipzig district of Grünau to the Leipzig Miltitzer Allee terminus , were renewed. Expansion work also took place on the Leipzig-Leutzsch - Bad Dürrenberg route . There will be no S-Bahn line on this branch in the coming years, but the express trains operated by Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland from Leipzig via Weißenfels and Naumburg in the direction of Erfurt and Jena .

The Borna – Geithain section was also electrified in the summer of 2010 as a supplement to the grid . This construction measure was a basic requirement for the use of the route by the S-Bahn trains that had previously ended in Borna.

Further construction work

The construction of the new S-Bahn line Halle (Saale) Hbf – Leipzig Hbf via Schkeuditz was completed in 2004 , in the course of which the new stops Leipzig-Gohlis (next to the previous one on the Leipzig – Großkorbetha line), Olbrichtstraße and Slevogtstraße were built.

From October 2008 to summer 2009, the Halle-Neustadt tunnel station was renovated . The total cost was around 3.5 million euros. The platforms and stairways have been modernized, and elevators have been built on the main traffic line. The construction work at the breakpoint of today's S7 and the later S3 was completed in summer 2009.

All platforms are gradually being expanded to a platform height of 55 centimeters.

The maintenance of the Talent 2 trains of the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland takes place in the DB Regio workshop in Halle (Saale) on Volkmannstrasse. For this purpose, a multi-purpose hall with a roof work stand and a paint shop were created.

Planned modifications and expansions

The following expansions of the infrastructure in the network of S-Bahn Central Germany are planned or have already been implemented for the future:

• Replacement construction of Leipzig-Thekla station: In connection with the construction of the railway overpasses at Mockauer, Beuth- and Theklaer Straße, a new island platform with direct access from Theklaer Straße was built to replace the existing platforms in an unfavorable location. Completion took place in December 2019.
• New construction of the Leipzig Mockauer Straße stop : In the course of the extensive work in Thekla, this new stop was created for better connections to buses and trams at the Mockau, Post transfer stop.
• Replacement construction of Taucha station: the previous systems, with the exception of the reception building, have been removed. Platforms that can be reached level, a train-length freight train track and a dirt track for turning S-Bahn trains were newly built. Work began in summer 2016 and was largely completed in November 2019.
• Replacement construction of the Leipzig-Anger-Crottendorf stop: the two outer platforms of the stop, which opened in 2013 on the eastern freight ring , are to be replaced by a 140-meter-long island platform in connection with the construction of the Zweinaundorfer Straße railway overpass. Both stairs and an elevator will be built to Zweinaundorfer Straße, and at the southern end there will be an entrance towards Lene-Voigt-Park . After building preparations began in May 2018, the main construction work started in March 2019. Commissioning is scheduled for the turn of the year 2021/2022.
• Expansion of the Leipzig-Paunsdorf stop: In order to better connect the Paunsdorf area to the S-Bahn of the City Tunnel from the direction of Wurzen , a new stop is to be built on the grounds of the Engelsdorf marshalling yard on the Leipzig-Wahren – Leipzig-Engelsdorf route (Güterring) . Due to structural peculiarities (embankment location and lack of space), this can only take place after the end of operational operations in Engelsdorf, which is planned after the completion of the Halle (Saale) Nord marshalling yard . The construction has been postponed indefinitely.
• New construction of the Radefeld / GVZ stop: This stop is planned for the S5 / S5X line to develop the industrial area with its several thousand employees. The ZVNL expects 2000 travelers a day. The Free State of Saxony has announced its support for the project. There is not yet a schedule for implementation.

Further construction measures are being discussed, but are not foreseeable. This applies, for example, to the construction of a new connection line north of Kulkwitzer See from the previous Grünau terminus of the S1 line, Miltitzer Allee, to Markranstädt station on the Leipzig – Großkorbetha line , which means that the S-Bahn line continues or a connection to Großkorbetha on the Halle – Bebra line is granted to Weißenfels or Merseburg .

vehicles

past

In the first few years, push- pull trains made up of LOWA -E5 cars in the city colors - blue with yellow ribbon windows, black solebar and gray decorative stripes - were used on Line A in Leipzig . Tickets were available from payment boxes in the central entry areas - a special feature of the DR. On line B to Wurzen, the passenger trains to Riesa and Dresden as well as to Großbothen (and on to Glauchau or Döbeln) and Trebsen (Mulde) were in the S-Bahn Tariff included. Therefore one could find all vehicles used in the local traffic of the DR. The real, additionally used S-Bahn trains between Leipzig and Wurzen or Borsdorf initially operated with five-part double - decker articulated trains of the 1970 design.

In Halle, Belgian M1 cars that had been converted for push-pull service were initially used, which were originally built in the 1930s and remained in the Soviet occupation zone after the Second World War . From 1970 these were also replaced by five-part double-decker articulated trains. These were designed according to the Halle city colors and were given a wine-red finish.

In both Halle and Leipzig, the fleet of cars was replaced from 1977–1979 by newly acquired double-decker single cars in initially dark green, later beige / brown paintwork.

The trains were hauled by class  211 and 242 electric locomotives , which were replaced by the 243 series by the early 1990s  . In 1992 these series were renamed 109, 142 and 143.

To replace the locomotive-hauled push-pull trains, two prototypes of a new electric multiple unit ( class 280 ) were built in 1973 and 1974 and intensively tested on the line to Wurzen and on the Magdeburg S-Bahn from 1974 . Since the Lokomotivbau Elektrotechnische Werke Hans Beimler Hennigsdorf was at full capacity at this time, these were not produced in series. The prototypes were finally shut down after a drive engine failure in 1986. The block-braked double-decker single cars of the first years of construction were replaced from 1986 by newly delivered ones with disc brakes. This relieved the load on the wheel disks and also significantly reduced noise.

Class 771/772 railcars drove on the S2 (Plagwitz – Gaschwitz) in the last few years of operation . The modernized double-decker cars from the 1970s were used on the S7 line, some with control cars manufactured from 1992 onwards . In 2004, new double-deck cars were procured for the S10 S-Bahn line, which were usually only used on this line. The double-decker cars from 2004 ran on the S 10 until December 14, 2013, after which they were used on the RE3 line (Dresden – Hof) until June 2016. From the 1990s onwards, modernized double-decker cars with control heads manufactured from 1992 onwards were also used on the Leipzig S-Bahn lines, after the prototype car for the first modernization stage had been tested on the S3 line in 1992.

present

For the commissioning of the new S-Bahn network in December 2013, S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland GmbH ordered a total of 51 electric multiple units of the 442 series ( Bombardier Talent 2 ). Of these, 36 multiple units are three-car and 15 four-car. The new vehicles reach a top speed of 160 km / h and - in contrast to the "traffic red" of Deutsche Bahn - have been painted in silver and green. The investment volume for the new trains was over 200 million euros. The trains are air-conditioned and have 150 to 400 seats, the passenger compartment is equipped with monitors for passenger information and video surveillance.

From the spring of 2013, the multiple units that had already been delivered were initially used for staff training; on August 18, 2013, a preliminary operation began with passengers on the RE5 line between Leipzig and Halle (Saale) via Leipzig / Halle Airport. On September 29th, these trains were deployed on the S10 S-Bahn line between Halle (Saale) and Leipzig via Schkeuditz.

Talent 2 multiple units were only used in central Germany until 2013 on the RE50 Leipzig – Dresden and RE10 Leipzig – Cottbus lines. Since December 2015, such vehicles have also been running on the Saale-Thuringia-Südharz network, which was awarded to Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland. This concerns, among other things, the relations from Leipzig and Halle via Naumburg to Erfurt and Jena.

Since December 2013, only electric multiple units of the 442 series (Bombardier Talent 2) have been running on the S-Bahn lines S1 to S5 and S5X . Line S7 was served from December 2013 to April 2018 with at least three train units, each consisting of a class 143 locomotive and two modernized double-decker cars. In some cases, "sandwich" units with a locomotive at both ends were also used on this line. Occasionally, three-part class 1442 multiple units also ran on the S7.

Leipzig Hbf, multiple unit and locomotive-hauled push-pull train

Hp Markt, double-decker push-pull trains on line S2

At the end of 2014, 10 out of 51 multiple units were not available due to accident damage, warranty defects and missing deliveries.

DB Regio Südost ordered 29 more electric multiple units of the 442 series for the Mitteldeutsche S-Bahn II network . These have been in use since August 2016 and differ from those of the first delivery in that they have red doors and a different interior design. 19 units are three-part and 10 five-part. They run on lines S2, S8 and S9 as well as on some regional routes in Saxony-Anhalt. The vehicles were originally planned to be deployed in December 2015, but not all of them were delivered on time. From 13 December 2015 until autumn 2016, up to six with locomotives of the 182 or 143 series of double-decker coaches ran on the S2 line . Due to fire protection regulations in the tunnel, trains hauled by class 143 locomotives had to sweep in the above-ground part of the Leipzig Hbf station. The affected trains were canceled on the remaining route through the tunnel.

From April to November 2018, three three-part Talent-2 units from DB Regio NRW that were taken over operated on the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland. Previously, these ran as the Rhein-Sieg-Express between Aachen Hbf and Siegen Hbf. They were used on the S7 and replaced the last double-decker trains hauled by the 143 series. Since November 2018, double-deck coaches from Frankfurt (M) and DR coaches from Cottbus with class 143 locomotives have been used again. Some of these also run on the S9. From December 15, 2019, only double-decker trains are to run on the S9 again.

The railcars for network II were retrofitted with WLAN and an on-board information system by November 2018, those for network I by March 2019.

• Talent 2 multiple units of the S-Bahn Central Germany Network I
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  Three-part multiple unit at the turning stop in Thekla

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  Exterior view

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  Coupling of two multiple units

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  Inside view with seats

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  Interior view with doors

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  Four-part Talent 2 of the S-Bahn Central Germany in Connewitz

• Talent-2 multiple units of the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland Netz II
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  first use - station Leipzig Connewitz

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  first use - station Hauptbahnhof

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  first use - station Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz

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  Interior of the bicycle compartment

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  Interior seats

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  Interior door and ticket machine

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  Interior group seats

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  Detail single seats

Customer care

Five mobility centers ("S-Punkt") in Altenburg, Borna, Delitzsch, Eilenburg and Leipzig Markt offer both tickets and travel needs in person-operated sales and take customer concerns and complaints. Each train is manned by a customer service representative, and tickets can also be purchased here.

Persistent problems in operation and criticism

The S-Bahn in Central Germany has been suffering from considerable problems in day-to-day operations for years. The vehicle fleet that has been procured was too tight, so that vehicles are regularly missing due to scheduled maintenance, technical malfunctions, damage and vandalism and the ordered operation cannot be performed. Increasing population and passenger numbers were insufficiently considered in the planning and exacerbate the problem. In addition, in mid-2018, vehicle failures due to defective traction motors increased, so that more and more single instead of double trains operated that could not cope with the passenger demand.

In August 2018, the number of bicycles on the trains had to be restricted due to the ongoing capacity problems. The ADFC and the Pro Bahn passenger association massively criticized this measure, as it means that the bicycle parking spaces at the starting station are often already fully occupied and no further bicycles can be taken along on the way. The authorities NASA and ZVNL are accused of having calculated too little increase in passenger numbers (and thus too few trains) in the tender, which they have had to admit in the meantime. The reaction of the transport authorities to the problems that have persisted for years is also criticized as inadequate.

See also

• Local transport in Leipzig

literature

• Wolfram Sturm: Leipzig Railway Center. History from the beginning to the present . Pro Leipzig, Leipzig 2003, ISBN 3-9807201-9-5 .

Web links

Commons : S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• S-Bahn Central Germany
• Network integration of the North City Tunnel with a track plan
• Network integration of the South City Tunnel with a track plan
• Network integration of City-Tunnel West with track plan
• The Leipzig S-Bahn - An Overview 1969–1993
• The S-Bahn lines in Halle and Leipzig 1967–2012

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Andreas Tappert: Central German S-Bahn network should grow in Leipziger Volkszeitung , December 13, 2018 (accessed on December 14, 2018)
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Central German S-Bahn starts operating as planned. (No longer available online.) Deutsche Bahn AG, December 15, 2013, archived from the original on February 12, 2015 ; accessed on February 11, 2015 . 
3. ↑ DB Mobility Logistics AG (Ed.): One-year anniversary of the S-Bahn Central Germany and City-Tunnel Leipzig ( Memento from December 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Press release from December 11, 2014.
4. ^ Franziska Höhnl: The Halle-Leipzig commuter route causes displeasure . In: Dresdner Latest News . December 30, 2015, p. 4 .
5. ^ Deutsche Bahn AG, Passenger Transport Division, Marketing eCommerce: Figures - Data - Facts. Retrieved December 15, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Call for tenders for the Central German S-Bahn network . In: newstix .
7. ^ Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union: D-Leipzig: Passenger Transport by Rail 2008 / S 157-212269 , August 14, 2008
8. ^ Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union: D-Leipzig: Public Rail Transport / Public Rail Transport 2010 / S 3-001741 , January 6, 2010
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10. ^ Publications from the commercial register: S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland GmbH. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 15, 2013 ; Retrieved December 15, 2013 . 
11. ↑ ZVNL press release of September 23, 2010. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 23, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
12. ↑ Nasa launches Europe-wide tender in the Mitteldeutsche S-Bahn II network. (No longer available online.) May 15, 2012, archived from the original on October 4, 2013 ; Retrieved March 10, 2013 . 
13. ↑ Central German S-Bahn Network Part II: The award decision has been made. (No longer available online.) Nahverkehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH, March 8, 2013, archived from the original on October 31, 2013 ; Retrieved March 12, 2013 . 
14. ↑ Network MDSB II: DB Regio should now come into play. (No longer available online.) Nahverkehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH, October 1, 2013, archived from the original on October 4, 2013 ; Retrieved October 2, 2013 . 
15. ↑ In future, continuous S-Bahn from Halle-Trotha to Leipzig. Halle Spektrum, August 13, 2015, accessed on November 25, 2015 . 
16. ↑ Changes to the Central German S-Bahn for the timetable change. In: hallespektrum.de. December 3, 2015, accessed August 7, 2018 . 
17. ↑ ^{a b} Andreas Tappert: Planning has begun - Leipzig's S-Bahn should run to Naumburg. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung. May 9, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017 . 
18. ↑ From December 2017: More trains in the triangle Halle, Leipzig and Bitterfeld. Nahverkehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH, February 7, 2017, accessed on August 7, 2018 . 
19. ^ André Neumann: Disadvantages for an industrial location? S 5 no longer stops in Böhlen Werke. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung. November 12, 2017. Retrieved November 16, 2017 . 
20. ↑ Changes to the 2017/18 timetable change - overview. Zweckverband für die Nahverkehrsraum Leipzig (ZVNL), December 2017, accessed on August 7, 2018 . 
21. ↑ ^{a b} New stops for Leipzig's S-Bahn network in: Leipziger Volkszeitung , No. 292, December 15, 2016, page 13
22. ↑ Andreas Tappert, Martin Pelzl: "Leipzig's City Tunnel has turned out great". In: Leipziger Volkszeitung. December 17, 2016, accessed December 21, 2016 . 
23. ↑ Andreas Tappert: The city ​​tunnel project worth billions is a success story . In: Leipziger Volkszeitung . December 15, 2016, ISSN  0232-3222 , p. 1 .
24. ^ Michael Falgowski: Passenger numbers: S-Bahn Halle-Leipzig on the road to success. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. December 24, 2016, accessed December 31, 2016 . 
25. ^ Local transport journal Vogtland - information from the local public transport association Vogtland (40th edition). (PDF; 969 kB) "Shuttle service" on VLE 16 between Hof and Werdau. Public transport association Vogtland, Göltzschtalstraße 16, 08209 Auerbach, October 2, 2013, p. 7 , archived from the original on January 11, 2014 ; accessed on November 29, 2015 . 
26. ↑ Fewer Vogtlandbahn trains to Hof. Frankenpost Verlag GmbH, April 11, 2015, accessed on April 11, 2015 . 
27. ↑ Timetable EB Leipzig - Gera - Hof. (PDF) Erfurter Bahn GmbH, December 8, 2015, accessed on August 8, 2015 . 
28. ^ Reply from the Leipzig Local Transport Association. December 8, 2014, accessed September 1, 2015 . 
29. ^ Franziska Fiedler and Harald Boltze: Local traffic: signals for S-Bahn connection positive. In: Naumburger Tageblatt / MZ. Retrieved June 13, 2017 . 
30. ↑ Reduction in regionalization funds leads to a reduction in the range of local rail passenger transport services. Press release no .: 041/07. Ministry for State Development and Transport Magdeburg, April 17, 2007, archived from the original on March 14, 2008 ; Retrieved May 15, 2007 . 
31. ^ The S-Bahn in Halle / Saale - an overview 1969–1993. Retrieved May 22, 2007 . 
32. ↑ EK Topics 39: The Deutsche Reichsbahn 25 years ago - 1979 . EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2004, p. 19
33. ↑ 13 million passengers with the Leipzig S-Bahn . In: Berliner Zeitung , Volume 28, Issue 4, January 4, 1972, p. 2
34. ↑ EK Topics 40: The Deutsche Reichsbahn 25 years ago - 1980 . EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2005, p. 22
35. ↑ Martin Böttcher / Carsten Schulze: New train timetable: hardly any improvements , 2nd paragraph. ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Leipziger Nahverkehr, Archive June 2000. Status: Friday, August 18, 2006 11:17:28 AM, accessed on May 9, 2007 
36. ^ Announcement of start of construction for S-Bahn Halle - Leipzig . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International , issue 5/2002, ISSN  1421-2811 , p. 211.
37. ↑ Cuts in funding for local public transport. Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund GmbH (MDV), April 28, 2011, archived from the original on December 17, 2013 ; Retrieved November 29, 2015 (press release). 
38. ↑ ^{a b} Andreas Tappert: Three S-Bahn stations stay on the route. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung. January 15, 2014, accessed December 26, 2015 . 
39. ↑ Frank Eritt: S-Bahn station Leipzig Essenerstraße. In: citytunnelleipzig.info. Retrieved December 28, 2015 . 
40. ^ Gilbert Weise: Focus: Central German S-Bahn network, interview with Oliver Mietzsch, Managing Director of ZVNL. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: New Paths. Verkehrsclub Deutschland, Landesverband Elbe-Saale e. V., December 17, 2015, p. 5 , archived from the original on December 28, 2015 ; accessed on December 28, 2015 . 
41. ↑ Prepare for the silver pieces . In: DB World . No. 5 , 2013, p. 18 .
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43. ↑ Frank Eritt: Homepage of Frank Eritt. December 16, 2019, accessed August 15, 2020 . 
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45. ↑ Cornelia Lachmann: S-Bahn to Markranstädt - Miltitzer mayor Walther is annoyed. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung. November 6, 2014, accessed February 10, 2017 . 
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48. ^ Jan-Dirk Franke: After Nuremberg only with a change . In: Free Press (Chemnitzer Zeitung) . December 12, 2014, ZDB -ID 1085204-9 , p. 6 ( online ).
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51. ↑ S-Bahn Central Germany: Persistent Problems . In: Bahn-Report . No. 5 , 2018, p. 38 .
52. ^ S-Bahn Central Germany: Fight for Every Place ... In: Bahn-Report . No. 6 , 2018, p. 63 .