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Leipzig main railway station
(Hauptbahnhof) is Europe's largest rail terminal. Opened
in 1915 to accommodate the two regional rail services of Saxony and Prussia, it
originally had no less than 26 platforms. With 24 still in use today, the
station has also become a highly successful shopping
centre.
The
'Promenaden' centre has no less than 140 shops, and 1 in every
4 of the 150,000 people who pass through the station every day go their to
shop.
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| Grand entrance hall |
Location
Like most main
railway stations in Germany, Leipzig's is located in the middle of town,
right on the edge of the pedestrian zone and about a 20 minute walk to the
football ground (see City centre to
stadium).
Local transport
The main element of the public
transport system in the centre of Leipzig is a tram
(Strassenbahn) network, made up of a mixture
of fairly old and some more modern trams. Enter 'Leipzig,
Hbf' and 'Leipzig, Sportforum' as departure and
destination points in the operator's online timetable for times from the station to the
stadium.
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| Leipzig main station |
Mainline Services
As Europe's largest rail
terminal, you'd expect Leipzig station to offer you good connections to the
other World Cup venues, and you wouldn't be wrong. There are direct
connections to 8 of the other 11 cities hosting World Cup games - and the
other 3 can be reached with just one change. See German
rail planner and the details below:
Leipzig to / from other World Cup cities by rail:
- Berlin Ostbahnhof, c.
1hrs 35 mins
- Dortmund, c. 4 hrs 55 mins
- Frankfurt, c. 3
hrs 25 mins
- Gelsenkirchen, c. 5 hrs 15 mins
- Hamburg, c. 3
hrs 30 mins
- Hanover, c. 2 hr
45 mins
- Munich, c. 5
hrs
- Nuremberg, 3 hrs
15 mins
- Cologne, c. 4 hrs 55 mins (via Frankfurt)
- Kaiserslautern, c. 5 hrs 05 mins (via Frankfurt)
- Stuttgart, c. 5 hrs
30 mins (via Frankfurt)
Map
of station location
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| One of the more modern trams |
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