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This weekend will be rather rail-heavy, but there’ll also be plenty of entertainment on offer. We’ll be celebrating trams and trains, a club’s anniversary, the opening of a major transport link in the north of the city – and the waterworks will be demonstrating live how an everyday staple becomes as clear as we know it.
Reopening of Lindenthaler Straße with quiet tracks
It was closed for weeks whilst new tram tracks were laid: Lindenthaler Straße between Coppiplatz and Georg-Schumann-Straße. Following the tram, cars can now also use this major thoroughfare again from today. The track-laying work began in early July and was part of a complex regeneration project in the Gohlis district.
and the southern section of Lindenthaler Straße are already open again, and trams are running there once more. According to timetable information, bus route 90 will also resume its regular service at the start of Saturday.
Many hands make light work. Workers are clearing away the construction barriers. Photo: Benjamin Weinkauf
Leipzig’s public transport authority
has used a special construction method for the renewal works, which are now complete: In the case of the frame track with the Sound Damping System (SDS),
the rails are mounted on elastic supports and enclosed at the sides by sound-damping chamber-filled elements. This reduces
vibrations and noise
generated when vehicles pass over the rails, which would otherwise be transmitted to the adjacent road structure.
Sheathed tie rods
connect and stabilise the two rails, whilst the under-pour and rail-base sheathing elastically decouple the rail from the concrete structure. This not only makes it significantly quieter for local residents, but also reduces wear and tear on the road surface.
This is how the ‘whisper tracks’ are constructed on Lindenthaler Straße. Graphic: Leipziger Gruppe
Theatre anniversary in Grünau
It was founded 30 years ago: the Theatrium in Leipzig-Grünau. In 1996, the association “großstadtKINDER e. V.” moved into the converted neighbourhood pub “Atrium” in western Grünau; since 2010, the children’s and youth theatre centre has been located on Alte Salzstraße in eastern Grünau. There, children and young people develop the majority of the plays together as part of theatre projects.
From today, this success story will be celebrated in style! The festivities kick off at 3 pm, with a guest performance by the Grand Beauty Salon, amongst others, and games on offer until 7 pm on the association’s lawn. The highlight of the first day is the premiere of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at 8 pm. In this production, the Lotus Collective explores the sense and madness of theatre.
On Saturday, the programme begins at 2 pm with a live talk featuring guests from the past 30 years. From 3 pm to 6 pm, the open-air stage will become an open stage, before “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is performed again at 8 pm. From 10 pm to 2 am, the ‘A Midsummer Night’s Rave’ will take place, featuring Jenny Sharp (touring DJ for the Antilopen-Gang) and a DJ from the FLINTA* workshops at the Heizhaus. Entry to the rave is free.
Crystal clear: discover how our drinking water is produced
It flows from the tap as a matter of course. Fresh, clean and healthy. Leipzig’s drinking water. But how clear is it to us why it is so clear? Visitors can gain a rare insight into how Leipzig’s wastewater treatment system works on Saturday, 19 September 2026. The Rosental Wastewater Treatment Plant (Am Sportforum 20) will be open from 2 pm to 6 pm for an open day. Admission is free.
Leipzig Waterworks operates a total of 21 sewage treatment works within its catchment area and describes the one in Rosental as ‘the largest sewage treatment works in the city and region of Leipzig’. Around 110,000 cubic metres of wastewater are currently treated there every day; the plant is responsible for treating the wastewater of around 720,000 people. Its history dates back to 1894: in November of that year, the treatment works became operational as one of the first in Germany.
The site is currently undergoing extensive modernisation. Among other things, the mechanical treatment process is being completely overhauled and the biological treatment process expanded. According to the waterworks, this expansion represents the largest single investment in their history. One notable feature concerns sludge treatment: the digestion process produces biogas, which is purified, temporarily stored and subsequently used in combined heat and power plants to generate electricity and heat. The two gas storage tanks each have a usable volume of 5,000 cubic metres.
A variety of options this weekend
Anyone interested in more than just the ‘whisper tracks’ in Gohlis will find two venues this weekend dedicated to railway and local transport history. To mark ‘Rail Day’, the GleisGlück initiative invites visitors to Leipzig Central Station on Saturday 19 September from 9 am to 6 pm and on Sunday 20 September from 9 am to 5 pm.
On platforms 16 to 20 and on track 24, visitors can see modern and historic rolling stock, including a new Mireo for the Central German S-Bahn network, a Coradia Continental BEMU and the diesel locomotive 232 903 ‘Ludmilla’. The historic electric locomotives E04 01, E44 046 and E94 056 will also be open to visitors.
The packed programme is complemented by information on railway careers, guided tours and driver’s cab rides. Admission is free, though there may be a charge for individual activities. A driver’s cab ride costs 2 euros and must be paid for in cash on the day.
Also on Sunday, the Tram Museum at Apelstraße 1 will be open from 10 am to 5 pm for the last regular visiting day of the 2026 season. The special exhibition ‘100 Years of Low-Floor Trams in Leipzig’ commemorates, amongst other things, the Leipzig Type 23 from 1926, which the museum describes as Germany’s first two-axle low-floor tram.
Workshop tours at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm will demonstrate how all these interesting trams are maintained and repaired. Historic tram rides will also be offered from the museum. Admission costs 4 euros, concessions 2 euros and 10 euros for families; children under six years of age are admitted free of charge. A historic sightseeing tour costs 7 euros, concessions 3.50 euros. A day pass including admission and rides, subject to availability, costs 25 euros.
The museum can be reached by tram lines 9 and 14 via the ‘Apelstraße, Historischer Strbf.’ stop.
Licence notice: The photo of the Grünauer Theatrium is by Andreas Wolf/Wikimedia and is licensed for use via THIS LINK. It has been cropped for use on this page but has not been altered in any other way.
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