Train Transfers To and From Leipzig Halle Airport

Passengers can board trains at Leipzig Airport that will take them to various towns in Germany, including Frankfurt, Magdeburg, Hanover, Erfurt, Cologne, Dresden, Altenburg, Zwickau, and many others.

At the Leipzig Airport, there are a few different train options available.

The Leipzig Airport Train Station can be found just beneath the passenger terminal at the airport. (Airport of Leipzig/Hall).

S-Bahn

S-Bahn routes S5 and S5X get to Leipzig. In addition to being the most cost-effective choice, it offers a more significant number of frequencies than IC. There is a departure to Leipzig every half an hour.

IC Intercity Train

The Leipzig Airport is served by the IC intercity train routes 65 (Emden-Bremen-Hanover-Magdeburg-Halle-Leipzig) and 55 (Dresden-Leipzig-Magdeburg-Hanover-Bielefeld-Cologne), and these trains depart for Halle every 120 minutes.

Traveling to Leipzig (Leipzig Central Station) takes 14 minutes, while the trip to Halle (Saale and Halle Central Station) takes 10 minutes. The S5 and S5X lines leave from Leipzig Airport every hour and a half.

Note that IC trains count with less frequent timetables because they only depart once every two hours.

Fares

• The one-way fare on the S-Bahn is € 4.60 for adults and € 2.90 for children, and it is valid for travel to both locations (Leipzig and Halle).
• IC: The cost of a ticket for a single direction is € 6.00 (adults).
• You can get your tickets at the vending machines within the Leipzig Airport Train Station.

Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (Leipzig main station)

The Leipzig Hauptbahnhof is the primary train station in the city of Leipzig, which is located in Germany.

In terms of floor space, it is the 83,460-square-meter (898,400-square-foot) facility that holds the title of the largest railway station in Europe.

It has a frontage of 298 meters (978 feet) and contains 19 ground platforms housed in six iron train sheds.

Additionally, it has a multi-level concourse that features towering stone arches.

• Leipzig–Eilenburg (KBS 215)
• Leipzig–Bitterfeld-Dessau (KBS 251)
• Leipzig–Halle (KBS 340)
• Leipzig–Dresden (KBS 500)
• Leipzig–Halle (HSL) (KBS 504)
• Leipzig–Meißen (KBS 506)
• Leipzig–Chemnitz (KBS 525)
• Leipzig–Hof (KSB 530)
• Leipzig–Gera (KBS 550)
• Leipzig–Weißenfels (KBS 582)
• The City Tunnel of Leipzig

In December of 2013, the two platforms of the Leipzig City Tunnel were opened to the public. The station is one of twenty in Germany to be categorized as a Category 1 station.

It is run by DB Station & Service, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, and is managed according to those standards. Additionally, it is a sizable shopping mall in its own right.

Train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn, S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland, Erfurter Bahn and Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn.

As of 2008, the Leipzig Hauptbahnhof was responsible for the transportation of an average of 120,000 people daily.

The Leipzig Hauptbahnhof was deemed the most impressive train station in Europe in 2021.