Leipzig Hauptbahnhof

Location
	Leipzig Location within Saxony Leipzig Location within Germany Leipzig Location within Europe

Leipzig Hauptbahnhof
Leipzig Hauptbahnhof
Terminal station
	View from City-Hochhaus
General information
Location	Willy-Brandt-Platz 5, Leipzig, Saxony; Germany
Coordinates	51°20′43″N 12°22′56″E / 51.34528°N 12.38222°E
Owned by	DB InfraGO
Line(s)	Leipzig–Eilenburg (KBS 215); Leipzig–Bitterfeld-Dessau (KBS 251); Leipzig–Halle (KBS 340); Leipzig–Dresden (KBS 500); Leipzig–Halle (HSL) (KBS 504); Leipzig–Meißen (KBS 506); Leipzig–Chemnitz (KBS 525); Leipzig–Hof (KSB 530); Leipzig–Gera (KBS 550); Leipzig–Weißenfels (KBS 582); Leipzig City Tunnel;
Platforms	21 long distance platforms (19 + 2 City Tunnel)
Construction
Architect	William Lossow; Max Hans Kühne
Other information
Station code	3631
DS100 code	LL; LL T (City Tunnel);
Category	1
Fare zone	MDV: 110
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	4 December 1915
Electrified	1922-1946; 9 June 1958
Services
Location
Location
	Leipzig Location within Saxony Leipzig Location within Germany Leipzig Location within Europe

Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (Leipzig main station, IATA: XIT) is the central railway terminus in Leipzig, Germany, in the district Mitte. At 83,460 square metres (898,400 sq ft), it is Europe's largest railway station measured by floor area. It has 19 overground platforms housed in six iron train sheds, a multi-level concourse with towering stone arches, and a 298-metre-long (978 ft) facade at the northeastern section of the Inner City Ring Road.^[1]^[2] The two Leipzig City Tunnel platforms were inaugurated in December 2013.^[6]

The station is owned by DB InfraGO, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, and is classified as a Category 1 station, one of twenty in Germany. It also functions as a large shopping centre.^[7] Train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn, S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland, Erfurter Bahn and Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn. As of 2008, Leipzig Hauptbahnhof handled an average of 120,000 passengers per day.^[8]

In 2021, Leipzig Hauptbahnhof was ranked the best railway station in Europe.^[9]

^ ^a ^b "OpenRailwayMap" (Map). Map of Leipzig Hauptbahnhof. Cartography by OpenStreetMap. OpenRailwayMap. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
^ ^a ^b "Lageplan Hauptbahnhof Leipzig" (PDF) (orientation map) (in German). Deutsche Bahn AG. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
^ "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^ "Tarifzonenplan" (PDF). Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ Since 1946 catenaries and overhead line masts were dismantled as Soviet war reparations.
^ Pressestelle. "Startseite - sachsen.de". www.citytunnelleipzig.de. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
^ "PHL". www.promenaden-hauptbahnhof-leipzig.de. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
^ Shopping und Service – 140 Geschäfte laden zum Bummeln und Verweilen ein. Accessed 13 December 2008 Archived April 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ "European Railway Station Index 2021".

[ORMLeipzig-1] "OpenRailwayMap" (Map). Map of Leipzig Hauptbahnhof. Cartography by OpenStreetMap. OpenRailwayMap. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-19.

[BhfMap-2] "Lageplan Hauptbahnhof Leipzig" (PDF) (orientation map) (in German). Deutsche Bahn AG. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-10-19.

[categories-3] "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

[4] "Tarifzonenplan" (PDF). Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[5] Since 1946 catenaries and overhead line masts were dismantled as Soviet war reparations.

[6] Pressestelle. "Startseite - sachsen.de". www.citytunnelleipzig.de. Retrieved 22 April 2018.

[7] "PHL". www.promenaden-hauptbahnhof-leipzig.de. Retrieved 22 April 2018.

[db-8] Shopping und Service – 140 Geschäfte laden zum Bummeln und Verweilen ein. Accessed 13 December 2008 Archived April 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[9] "European Railway Station Index 2021".

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