Buy Train Simulator Classic Train Simulator: Berlin - Leipzig Route Add-On PC key

Train Simulator Classic Train Simulator: Berlin - Leipzig Route Add-On adds a 195 km electrified, twin-track route from Berlin Central Station (low level) to Leipzig Main Station. You can drive express and stopping services along a railway with a long history, including a branch to Berlin Brandenburg Airport and an 18 km S-Bahn line. The route contains 46 detailed stations and stops.

The Berlin–Leipzig line

The route follows the Anhalt Railway, built by the Berlin-Anhalt Railway Company in 1840 and 1841. It ran from Berlin to Köthen via Wittenberg, connecting onward to the Magdeburg-Leipzig railway and services to Halle and Leipzig. More direct routes introduced in the late 1850s reduced journey times, and the Anhalt Railway became a major long-distance line. By the late 1930s, up to 33 trains a day ran between Berlin and Bitterfeld before branching to other destinations.

World War Two destroyed many of the line’s platforms and trackside structures, and only essential repairs were made. The construction of the Berlin Wall later prevented services from Halle and Leipzig reaching their former terminus; direct connections resumed after sections of the Berlin Outer Ring were completed. Following German reunification, services declined, and newer high-speed routes offered faster connections.

Modernisation plans raised the line’s permitted speed to 160 km/h, with provision for 200 km/h. Work included replacing level crossings with bridges and modernising stations. By 1995, the journey between Berlin and Leipzig took 100 minutes; further upgrades later made most of the route ready for 200 km/h running. These works also restored the old Anhalt route in Berlin and added a set of points outside Bitterfeld, with 59-metre blades weighing 120 tons each and rated for speeds up to 220 km/h.

ICE services then ran between the cities in about 1 hour and 10 minutes, with non-stop journeys as short as 57 minutes. More recently, rusting metal Y-shaped sleepers were replaced, temporarily lowering speed limits. The route’s current maximum speed is 160 km/h, with 200 km/h planned to return. Future work includes replacing signal boxes with larger signalling centres. The line terminates at Leipzig Hbf, the world’s largest railway station by floor area.

Route features

• A branch to Berlin Brandenburg Airport.
• An 18 km S-Bahn line, with rolling stock from TTB for AI use only.
• A depot at Wittenberg with shunting facilities, a diesel depot, coal bunker and water crane.
• Grossbeeren yard, with shunting connections and container loading.
• Ks signalling, PZB (500/1000/2000 Hz magnets) by virtual Railroads, and LZB.
• Mileposts every 200 m, superelevation, custom 3D vegetation and animated night effects.
• Leipzig trams with rolling stock for AI traffic.
• IC rolling stock and RE160 double-decker coaches with matrix displays.

Career scenarios

The add-on includes nine career scenarios:

• Autumn Leaves
• Night Flight
• S-Bahn to Bitterfeld
• S-Bahn to Leipzig
• From Elster to Elbe
• From Elbe to Elster
• Empty train to Leipzig
• RB to Schönefeld
• RB from Schoenefeld

The route is also compatible with Quick Drive.