Hello again!

 

As we're having splendid weather today, I elected to pack my camera once again and make another step towards recovery by way of another photo round. Today, I decided to have a look at the construction site on Karl-Liebknecht-Straße south of Leipzig's centre. This street is one of the more important traffic lanes in the south of the city, and is currently undergoing extensive renovation works including the road top, tram tracks, as well as the sewage and public water supply grid. Therefore, tram services in this area currently must make do with some temporary measures.

 

 

Before that, I but made a detour to Westplatz, where this Großzug powered by Tatra cars 2187 and 2037 crossed the intersection on the 1E line...

 

 

 

...and their cousins 2135 and 2106 turned right onto Friedrich-Ebert-Straße on the 8 line.

 

 

 

Next, Tatra T4D-M car 2116 headed this 3E line service on its way to Sommerfeld.

 

 

Further along Friedrich-Ebert-Straße, 2177 was heading this 8 line service to Paunsdorf-Nord.

 

 

 

I then decided to walk the rest of the way to Karl-Liebknecht-Straße to catch some of the glorious sunshine we're currently getting. On the way, I took this photo of the Federal Administrative Court ("Bundesverwaltungsgericht") off Harkortstraße. This is one of the five Supreme Courts of Germany and headquartered in the former Reichsgericht building of 1895.

 

 

 

 

A provisional tram stop was set up on Peterssteinweg near the Münzgasse junction. As you can see, the left track (looking south along the street) has been disconnected for the duration of the construction period, and points been set in place to allow for single-track, bidirectional operation. Peterssteinweg merges into Karl-Liebknecht-Straße – or "Karli", as it is commonly called locally – further down the street, roughly beyond the most distant houses you can see in this image.

 

 

 

Here, a 11E line service to Dölitz was approaching the Münzgasse stop. It needed to wait here for the next "up" service to clear the single-tracked section on Peterssteinweg...

 

 

 

...which you can see here in the shape of NGT8 car 1123 "Markgraf Otto von Meißen" on the 10 line.

 

 

 

A few minutes after that, Flexity car 1221 "Brno" was rolling downhill on Peterssteinweg on the 11 line to Schkeuditz – and as a pronunciation aid for Anglophones: "shKOY-ditz." In railway terms, this would essentially be wrong line operation.

 

 

 

On "Karli" proper, I next captured 1150 "Carl Gustav Carus" heading uptown on the 10 line to Wahren – again on the wrong track.

 

 

 

 

A proper double crossover has been set up near the Hohe Straße intersection.

 

 

 

The white van might well have spoiled the photo, but I felt like it's still far enough in the background! Here, 2152 and company are crossing over to the left track on a 11E line service.

 

 

 

Continuing along "Karli", I next snapped 1107 "Hieronymus Lotter" on the single-tracked stretch.

 

 

 

 

This crossover is located near the Körnerstraße intersection.

 

 

 

1148 "Christian Fürchtegott Gellert" was running south on the 10 line and through the single-tracked stretch across the Niederkirchnerstraße junction...

 

 

 

 

...after which 1217 "Travnik" on the 11 line took the route and entered the single track.

 

 

 

Next to Connewitz Station, Bornaische Straße is spanning the railway on a bridge where, once again, single track operation is in place due to construction work. Here, 1225 "Herzliya" with its attractive red promotional livery is rolling across the bridge.

 

 

 

An overview of the Connewitz Station grounds. As you can see, almost all traces of the dilapidated old station have been eliminated...

 

 

 

...except for this row of garages and the old station building and goods shed.

 

 

 

 

Looking north...

 

 

 

 

...and south from the passenger access bridge. The two leftmost through tracks do not seem to be in use at the time, as I could spot a work crew further down the line and since the signals for these tracks were all unlit and crossed out.

 

 

 

As the representatives for the Silver Railway today, I should like to present 1442 207 on the S 29511 service to Gaschwitz on the S 2 line...

 

 

 

 

...1442 113 on the S 37423 service to Borna on the S 4 line...

 

 

 

...and a double unit headed by 1442 206 and a three-segment 1442.1 set on the S 37513 service to Zwickau on the S 5X express line.

 

 

 

 

I finished my round at Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz where I captured 2132 and company on the 11E line with the former MDR office tower in the background.