title: Leipzig MDR station
text: # Leipzig MDR station
  
  Leipzig MDR is a railway station in the city of Leipzig, Germany. It was built as part of the Leipzig City Tunnel project and opened on 15 December 2013, enabling passengers to travel directly by rail from Leipzig Hauptbahnhof through the city centre to destinations south of the city.
  
  The station is in the cutting running from the southern ramp of the City Tunnel. Its planning name was Semmelweisstraße. It consists of two 140 metre-long side platforms that are located directly south of Semmelweisstraße, which crosses the railway tracks here; this street was recently built to connect Kurt-Eisner-Straße with Zwickauer Straße. Access to the platforms is by stairs and ramps.
  
  MDR stands for Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, a public broadcaster located near the station.
  
  ## Train services
  
  Leipzig MDR station is served by seven of the ten S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland lines. Planners hope that the high frequency service and fast journey times will increase passenger capacity on the city's public transport and thus relieve road traffic in the city.
  
  The following services currently call at the station:
  
  | Preceding station | S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland | Following station |
  | - | - | - |
  | Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhoftowards Leipzig Miltitzer Allee | S 1 | Leipzig-Völkerschlachtdenkmaltowards Leipzig-Stötteritz |
  | Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhoftowards Dessau Hbf or Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf | S 2 | Leipzig-Völkerschlachtdenkmaltowards Leipzig-Stötteritz |
  | Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhoftowards Halle-Nietleben | S 3 | Leipzig-Connewitztowards Wurzen or Oschatz |
  | Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhoftowards Hoyerswerda | S 4 | Leipzig-Völkerschlachtdenkmaltowards Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz |
  | Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhoftowards Halle (Saale) Hbf | S 5 | Leipzig-Connewitztowards Zwickau Hbf |
  | Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhoftowards Halle (Saale) Hbf | S 5x | Leipzig-Connewitztowards Zwickau Hbf |
  | Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhoftowards Leipzig Messe | S 6 | Leipzig-Connewitztowards Geithain |
  