The Leipzig Central Station is, at 83,460 m², Europe´s largest station when measured by floor area and arguably one of Germany´s finest railway terminals. It has 24 platforms housed in six iron trainsheds; a multi-level concourse with towering stone arches; and a 293 meter-long facade. It sees an average of 150,000 passengers per day, with a total of over 54 million people using the Hauptbahnhof each year.
The station was opened in 1915 as a joint terminal for the Saxon State Railways and the Prussian State Railways. Because of this, the building is uniquely designed with two identical domed entrance halls facing the street, one for each company. After the various railway systems of Germany were combined into the Deutsche Reichsbahn, the two halls lost this purpose.
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