station lost considerable importance since all long-distance traffic was now handled at the main station. Leipzig MDR () The above-ground Leipzig MDR station, which opened on 15 December 2013, is outside the Leipzig City Tunnel, but still in the cutting leading to its southern ramp. It is part of the southern connection from the city tunnel to the existing network. Its planning name was Semmelweisstraße. Two 140 metre-long side platforms were built, which are located directly south of Semmelweisstraße, a street that was recently built to connect Kurt-Eisner-Strasse with Zwickauer Straße. Access to the platforms is by stairs and ramps. Leipzig-Connewitz () Leipzig-Connewitz station opened on 10 July 1889 as Connewitz loading point (Ladestelle). The connection from Connewitz to Leipzig was opened in 1891. The station was opened on 1 November 1893 as a halt (Haltestelle) and renamed Leipzig-Connewitz in 1897. The halt was reclassified as a station in 1905. The station is a railway junction in southern Leipzig. Between 1888 and 1925, the Leipzig-Connewitz–Plagwitz railway connected the industrial area of Plagwitz to the Saxon State Railways network. Between 1876 and 2012, the Leipzig Hbf–Leipzig-Connewitz railway (known as the Zweite Verbindungsbahn—"second connecting railway") ran from Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (called Leipzig-Dresdener Bahnhof until 1915). The section of the Engelsdorf–Leipzig-Connewitz railway (which was opened in 1906) between the former Tabakmühle junction and Leipzig-Connewitz was closed in 2012 and dismantled with the opening of the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland in 2013. Leipzig-Connewitz was the starting point of the Leipzig–Hof line during the reconstruction of the line to connect with the new City Tunnel. The remaining part of the Leipzig Hbf–Leipzig-Connewitz route from Stötteritz runs past the station. The S-Bahn trains run between Connewitz and Gaschwitz over the suburban tracks, line number 6377. There are platforms on the suburban tracks only, which were built on the location of the former long-distance tracks and opened in 2013. Markkleeberg-Nord () Markkleeberg-Nord halt was opened with the commissioning of the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland on 15 December 2013. It is served by lines S2, S3, S5 and S5X. It is located on the suburban tracks, line number 6377, and because of the space needed for the platform, the main line between Leipzig-Connewitz and Gaschwitz has been reduced to one track since 2013. Markkleeberg () Markkleeberg halt was opened on 1 July 1889 under the name of Oetzsch. It has had the following names: until 1905: Oetzsch until 1924: Ötzsch until 1934: Oetzsch