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to the Soviet Union in 1946. The re-electrification of the line was not commissioned until 15 May 1959. The route remained single-track, but the overhead masts were designed for double-track operations. Each sets of masts also carried two 15 kV supply lines from the Wahren substation to the switching
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Leipzig-Wahren freight yard developed as part of the reconstruction of the Leipzig rail yards at the beginning of the twentieth century, in which all facilities, especially the marshalling yards, which were not needed near the centre, were moved to the suburbs. It was commissioned on 9 April
29:
795:(Leipzig–Halle S-Bahn line) project. In addition to the establishment of the new Leipzig Slevogtstraße, Leipzig Olbrichtstraße and Leipzig-Gohlis station, the line between Wahren and Wiederitzscher Straße was restored to two tracks. At the same time,
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The line was put back into operation on 5 December 2004 and was initially used by the regional trains of the RB 56 service, running as a trial operation with passengers. From 12 December 2004, it was operated with the new sets of the
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to and from Wahren and
Leutzsch at the "MTh" (Magdeburg-Thuringian) flying junction, which allows connections towards the City Tunnel and the train shed of the Leipzig Hbf, and runs down the western tunnel ramp into the
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The
Magdeburg–Leipzig line was rebuilt, starting in 1906, as part of the comprehensive reconstruction of the Leipzig railway network, on a new route parallel to the
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near Lützschena and over the
Leipzig freight ring between Wahren and Möckern. In the vicinity of Breitenfelder Straße in the district of Gohlis, it crosses the
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The route runs in a straight line to the southeast as far as
Leipzig-Gohlis and passes through the Leipzig suburbs of Lützschena, Stahmeln, Wahren, Möckern and
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and it received new main line tracks connecting lines 6403 from Halle and 6382 to
Leipzig with platforms in Wahren and Lützschena.
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and is part of the original route of the
Magdeburg–Leipzig railway. Today it is used exclusively by services of the
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The current
Leipzig-Wahren–Leipzig Hbf line was opened on 18 August 1840 as part of the
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Leipzig-Wahren–Leipzig Olbrichtstraße and MTh flying junction–Leipzig Hbf (underground)
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on 1 October 1912, the Magdeburger Bahnhof was closed and later demolished.
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After 2000, the line was extensively modernised as part of the
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Double track section between Olbrichtstraße and Slevogtstraße
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has served the stations on the line since December 2013.
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1044:Leipzig Hauptbahnhof. Geschichte und Geschichten
1149:1840 establishments in the German Confederation
964:(in German). Elektrische Bahnen. Archived from
727:). The terminus of the line in Leipzig was the
998:(in German). Bern. p. 496. Archived from
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725:Magdeburg-Leipziger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft
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1042:Herold Hofmeister; Harald Adler (1994).
989:"17.1. Anhang A: Elektrifizierungsdaten"
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939:. Schweers + Wall. 2009. p. 131.
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156:120 km/h (75 mph) (maximum)
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872:Leipzig-Wahren station from the east
1092:(in German). Vol. 17. Weimar.
693:Leipzig-Wahren–Leipzig Hbf railway
22:Leipzig-Wahren–Leipzig Hbf railway
14:
721:Magdeburg-Leipzig Railway Company
699:. It runs from Leipzig-Wahren to
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130:220 m (720 ft)
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754:Prussian state railways
436:Leipzig Olbrichtstraße
349:to Leipzig freight ring
16:Railway line in Germany
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736:Leipzig freight ring
701:Leipzig Hauptbahnhof
467:Großkorbetha–Leipzig
382:Leipzig freight ring
1005:on 27 January 2017.
892:Leipzig-Gohlis halt
858:Leipzig City Tunnel
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