The railway tunnel under the city center became a real dream project for the German city of Leipzig. The first plans for it were approved back in the 19th century, but it was built only in the 21st. In this video, I will tell you about this project’s history and show you how it looks like now.
00:00 – Intro
00:59 – The story begins
01:42 – First attempt in 1909
02:57 – DDR era
03:28 – Construction finally starts
06:33 – Let’s look at the results. Leipzig Hbf
08:35 – Marktplatz
09:35 – Wilhelm Leuschner Platz
10:03 – Bayerischer Bahnhof
10:49 – Conclusions
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17 Comments
A Video about MY City? I was there on the day it opend!
Always enjoy your videos, tapadh leibh 🙂
great video, the tunnel looks really neat especially the Markplatz station. Also loved the bloopers at the end😄
Great video!
Retiring this year, $82K biweekly, this video reminds me of my life in 2023, you have really inspired me in so many ways!!!!!💜
Beautifully done video. I would like to visit this city one day.
Great video! You forgot to mention the construction of "Leipzig MDR" station, which is an above ground station that was part of the same project
Nicely made! Damn, I wish I hadn't caught Covid. The videos turned out beautiful!
Fun fact: the nice stairway down into the Markt station has actually already been there before. Ever since 1929 there has already been a great hall under the market square used during trade fairs, when every inch of space in the city was needed and they created that cool stairway as an entrance to that hall in that exact location. I love that they decided to keep them.
Please more videos like this!
This one is great! 👍🏻
€1 billion for all of that?! It's a bargain, money well spent and amazing that so much was achieved with that amount spent.
As usual, incredible video! Love to see these ones on specific topics.
5:14 I sometimes wish we went back to that era of not-so-well-done 3d renders. You could put imagination into them, and didn't have the huge expectations that modern renders put on projects (even if you are aware of it, human psicology plays a big role subconciously).
I was in Leipzig past summer. I took the train trough this tunnel just because these stations are so amazing
Way nicer than the Warsaw city tunnel. I hope that's how it'll look after reconciliation
FYI currently a study is happening to check the viability if a second tunnel from east to west, which would be way longer.
Reminds me a lot of the Center City tunnel in Philadelphia, opened in 1984 to connect the two historical suburban rail termini. The Philadelphia tunnel has four tracks rather than two but the Leipzig tunnel is 700m longer.
A wonderful story, and video; thank you!
I've been to Leipzig a few times, but not since this was finished, so I must go back now. 😁