Overview
- Eleven escalators and five elevators will be replaced across Leipzig Markt, Bayerischer Bahnhof and Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz.
- Work began 5 January at Leipzig Markt, with the final escalator due by May, followed by elevator replacement from May into autumn.
- At Bayerischer Bahnhof, both escalators are scheduled for replacement from 19 January to May, then elevators will be renewed in stages with barrier-free access maintained via the alternate lift.
- The most complex phase at Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz starts in April, removing a stone podium to install 55-meter escalators described as Europe’s longest and reducing eight existing escalators to four; the entrance elevator there is slated for April to July.
- The program costs about €12.5 million, is jointly funded by the federal government and Deutsche Bahn, and targets completion by the end of 2026.