🇩🇪 Leipzig Hbf

Major

#4 Most Connected Train Stations #5 Train Stations with the Most Platforms #6 Oldest Active Train Stations in the World #2 Largest Train Stations by Area

Quick Facts

Country	🇩🇪
Type	Major
Coordinates	51.346546, 12.383333
Timezone	Europe/Berlin
Connections	778
UIC Code	8023179

About Leipzig Hbf

Leipzig Hbf is one of Europe's most remarkable railway stations, a vast terminus completed in 1915 whose monumental Beaux-Arts façade extends 300 metres along the Willy-Brandt-Platz and whose underground City Tunnel, opened in 2013, transformed it from a terminus into a through station linking the northern and southern railway networks. It serves as the primary hub for ICE services on the Berlin–Munich and Hannover–Dresden corridors, as well as regional trains throughout Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt and the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland network connecting Leipzig with Halle and Magdeburg. With its extraordinary size, lavish interiors, and impressive two-level commercial concourse below the original platforms, Leipzig Hbf is considered one of the greatest railway buildings in the world.

Frequently Asked Questions

Leipzig Hauptbahnhof opens directly onto the inner ring road, with the pedestrianised Grimmaische Strasse leading to Augustusplatz and the city centre just a five-minute walk away. Tram and S-Bahn services also depart from stops immediately outside the station.

Deutsche Bahn ICE and IC trains connect Leipzig to Berlin in about one hour and 10 minutes, to Frankfurt in around three hours, and to Munich in under three and a half hours. Regional services cover Halle, Dresden, Erfurt, and many Saxony destinations.

Leipzig Hbf houses one of Europe's largest station shopping centres across three retail levels, with over 140 shops, restaurants, a supermarket, and a cinema. The DB Reisezentrum and S-Bahn ticketing counters are on the ground floor adjacent to the main hall.

Luggage lockers are available within the station building and are accessible during shopping centre opening hours and beyond. The station's size and extensive facilities make it one of the more comfortable places to wait for a connection in Germany.

Leipzig is famous for its music heritage — Bach worked here for 27 years, and the Thomaskirche where he is buried is a short walk from the Hbf. The city also has a thriving alternative arts scene centred on the Plagwitz and Connewitz districts, easily reached by tram from the station.

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