Leipzig Hbf (Leipzig)

Leipzig is served by the following long-distance rail services; note that many destinations are served by multiple routes.

• to/from Erfurt - Frankfurt (Main) - Mannheim - Stuttgart - Ulm - Augsburg - München/Munich by ICE train every other hour
• to/from Erfurt - Bamberg - Nürnberg/Nuremberg - München/Munich by ICE train every other hour
• to/from Erfurt - Frankfurt (Main) - Frankfurt Flughafen - Mainz - Wiesbaden by ICE train every other hour
• to/from Halle(Saale) - Magdeburg - Hannover - Bielefeld - Dortmund - Wuppertal - Köln/Cologne - Bonn - Koblenz and on to Stuttgart by IC train every other hour
• to/from Halle(Saale) - Magdeburg - Hannover - Bremen - Oldenburg - Emden by IC train every other hour
• to/from Jena Paradies - Bamberg - Nürnberg/Nuremberg - Aalen - Stuttgart - Karlsruhe by IC train every other hour
• to/from Berlin by ICE train hourly:

1. trains continue on to/from Hamburg every other hour
2. one train per day continues to/from Angermünde - Stralsund - Ostseebad Binz

One or two IC or ICE trains per hour connect Leipzig with Dresden.

Not all station calls have been included in these summaries.

Leipzig Hbf is a terminal train station so connecting between long distance trains simply involves walking from one gleis/platform/track to another via the enormous main concourse - it's one of Europe's largest stations.

However despite it's size the station isn't particularly complicated as it comprises of five easily understood areas:

1. The train shed with its glass roof that spans the gleis / platforms
2. The main concourse which all of the gleis / platforms are linked to
3. The mall which is below the main concourse, it's stores are typically open 7 days per week, so it's an ideal spot for buying any travel essentials; it also houses most of the food/drink outlets at Leipzig Hbf are also housed within this mall.
4. At the far western end of the concourse, beside the access to gleis 6 / 7 is the entrance down to the part of the station used by local S-Bahn trains - which are the fastest option for accessing the city centre.
5. The halls which link the concourse to the street, Willy Brand Platz, which runs across the front of the station.
   There are two of these huge and beautiful halls, the Hallle Ost is opposite the access to and from gleis 16 to 23 and the Halle West, is opposite the access to and from gleis 6 to 8.

Though an odd aspect of Leipzig Hbf is that a primary function of these halls is that they once housed the ticket counters; However, the current ticket desk and advance travel office, the Reisezentrum, is out of sight on the lowest level in the station - the Untergeschoss.
So to access it travellers either, have to use the escalators in the middle of the Halle West, or descend into the lowest level of the mall at the western side of the station.

The First Class lounge is also a tad hidden as it on the opposite, far eastern, side of the main concourse, tucked into the corner opposite the access to gleis 23.

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A not particularly obvious aspect of Leipzig Hbf is that the station's facilities are on four levels:

• The top level, the Obergeschoss, is where the station concourse, the first class lounge, the toilets and the platforms / gleis are located; There are also some left luggage lockers on the far western side of the concourse, behind the access down to the S-Bahn trains
• The next level down, the Erdgeschoss, is at street level: On this level are the station halls, Ost and West, which both house left luggage lockers, the upper level of the mall and the access to / from the taxi ranks and tram stops.
• The Untergeschoss is the lowest level of the mall and it is also where the ticket office, the Reisezentrum, and the car rental desk are located
• At the lowest level are the platforms / gleis used by the local cross-city S-Bahn trains.

Multiple sets of escalators and lifts / elevators connect the levels, though the most obvious to find are those on the main concourse, which obviously connect it to the mall.
Though what isn't so apparent, is that these same escalators and lifts provide an easy step-free route between the trains and the street in front of the station.
The middle level of the mall, the Erdgeschoss, is adjacent to both of the halls, Ost and West, which provide the access to / from the taxi ranks and tram stops on the street, named Willy Brandt Platz.

The alternative option is to use the lifts /elevators which provide a direct link between the concourse and both halls.

There is a tram station immediately outside the front of the station, but S-Bahn trains provide the best access to the city centre.
The heart of the city is around a 10 min walk from Leipzig Hbf, but you can avoid the risk of losing your way if you take the S-Bahn train a one-stop hop to Leipzing Markt station.

If you want to connect to the S-Bahn trains to the city centre, then the entrance to these platforms is to the far right of the concourse - when exiting the gleis/platforms, that the long distance and Regio trains will have arrived at.

Leipzing Markt is a relatively new station located beneath the main square in the absolute heart of the city.

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