Eisenbahnmuseum Bayerischer Bahnhof zu Leipzig

About the museum

In 1989, railway workers, above all locomotive drivers from the Engelsdorf locomotive depot, founded an interest group under the umbrella of the Kulturbund that wanted to save old steam locomotives from the scrapyard. Their original goal was a railway museum on the grounds of the Bayerischer Bahnhof, whose name the association has borne since 1990. With the end of the GDR, however, plans for a state-supported museum there fell through.

In 1992 the association acquired its first steam locomotive, the 52 5448, which has stood on museum track 24 in Leipzig Hauptbahnhof since 1997. In June 1995 the association moved into locomotive shed I of the recently abandoned Leipzig-Plagwitz depot in the Kleinzschocher district. Workshops, the office and the permanent exhibition on railway history have been located there ever since.

The core of the collection is rolling stock: the operational steam locomotive 52 8154, regarded as the last serviceable standard-gauge steam locomotive in the Leipzig area, further class 52 locomotives, small diesel locomotives and passenger coaches of the GDR era, including a Städteexpress coach and a Mitropa dining car. With the museum train the association regularly runs special excursions through Saxony, Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt; the Leipziger Eisenbahntage take place twice a year.

Highlights

• Operational steam locomotive 52 8154 (technical cultural monument)
• Historic locomotive shed of the Leipzig-Plagwitz depot
• DR passenger coaches, including Städteexpress and Mitropa dining cars
• Special steam excursions and the Leipziger Eisenbahntage
• Steam seminars leading to the honorary locomotive driver title

Permanent exhibition

• Fahrzeugsammlung im Lokschuppen Plagwitz – Steam and small diesel locomotives as well as passenger coaches of the Deutsche Reichsbahn, complemented by railway technology from water cranes to station clocks.

Founded

1989

Operated by

Verein Eisenbahnmuseum Bayerischer Bahnhof zu Leipzig e. V.

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Visiting the museum is free of charge, except during museum festivals. Special excursions are booked separately via the online shop; ticket orders by telephone Mon–Thu 5–7 pm, Fri 4–6 pm.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

The museum expressly welcomes families with children too; vehicles can be viewed up close.

Getting there & parking

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Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Private parties

Family celebrations in the historic dining car are possible.