Afternoon all!

 

As I got my work finished up ahead of time today, I decided to unwind a bit by way of shooting an additional round of photos from the new Central German suburban system – concentrating on capturing impressions from the trunk line tunnel.

 

 

 

I first had a look around Stötteritz Station. There, this sign warning metal thieves of artificial DNA tags having been applied as theft prevention first caught my special attention...

 

 

 

 

...while this is a view across the eastern platform end, along the line to Engelsdorf, Wurzen and Riesa which is worked by the S1 line.

 

 

 

 

In between the through tracks, a stub track was set up for the S1 short turns and the S3 which terminate and reverse here.

 

 

 

 

Close view of the powered outer bogie at the Cab 1 end of 1442 131.

 

 

 

 

Here, 1442 105 was arriving on the S 37627 short turn working from the Trade Fair Centre.

 

 

 

 

Passenger information displays like this one are installed in several locations aboard the suburban 1442s. As you can tell, the train took a slight delay in being given the route.

 

 

 

 

I then emerged at Bayerischer Bahnhof – the location taking its name from the pre-nationalisation Bavarian Railway Station just south of Leipzig's city centre. This station had been built with separate wings for the Bavarian and Saxon State Railways respectively.

 

 

 

 

The old station's portico has been preserved, but needed to be moved in its entirety to accommodate the new tunnel's position. This had been one of the major construction projects related to the trunk line building programme.

 

 

 

Heading back down to the platform...

 

 

 

 

...to take a couple of additional snapshots like this one of 1442 102 on the S 37427 service to Borna on the S4 line.

 

 

 

 

The cityside tunnel entry...

 

 

 

 

...and 1442 210 on the S 37515 service on the S5X express line to Zwickau. The S5 line comprises regular services from Leipzig/Halle Airport calling at all stations, and accelerated express services designated S5X working from Halle Central Station to Zwickau, passing several stations north and south of Leipzig.

 

 

 

The southern tunnel mouth at Bayerischer Bahnhof.

 

 

 

 

Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz has a rather different ambience with a very high ceiling and backlit glass brick walls. Here, 1442 213 is heading south on the S 37329 working to Stötteritz on the S3 line.

 

 

 

 

A look along the station from the escalator.

 

 

 

 

Next, 1442 130 on a S1 line short turn service was bound for Stötteritz as the S 37628 working.

 

 

 

 

 

And this is the cityside tunnel entry at Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz.

 

 

 

 

 

The station at Leipzig's Market Square – "Markt" in German – is quite attractive, too, with the wall panelling resembling clapboard. 1442 112 here was – if memory serves – working a S5 service, though for unknown reasons, the outside destination displays were not working.

 

 

 

 

And here, the same train rushes off into the darkness of the trunk line tunnel.

 

 

 

 

And once again, a look from the top of the stairs across the platform.

 

 

 

 

The suburban level at Central Station is set so deep that an intermediate level needed to be built for the stairwell.

 

 

 

 

It certainly is a long way down from the upper platform level!

 

 

 

And that would be it for today – I hope you enjoyed this photo strip!