Deutsche Bahn's subsidiary Deutsche Umschlaggesellschaft Schiene-Straße (German rail-road intermodal company) opened a container terminal on the premises of the Wahren freight yard after a three-year period of construction on 2 July 2001.
This is directly adjacent to a freight distribution centre.
Able to handle up to 500 TEUs, it replaced the existing yards in Leipzig-Stötteritz and Halle (Saale).
This was extended at the end of 2005 for unit trains and now includes a crane with four 700 m-long tracks.
100,000 TEU can be transshipped each year.

Since the terminal is operating at its capacity limit, a second module with four tracks, two cranes and a transfer building will be erected during a further stage of development.
This will double the turnover capacity to 200,000 TEU.
Due to construction defects, the opening, which had been planned in the spring of 2017, has been delayed.

Since September 2011, the Trans-Eurasia-Express container train has run daily from the yard to Shenyang in China.
Deutsche Bahn's subsidiary Deutsche Umschlaggesellschaft Schiene-Straße (German rail-road intermodal company) opened a container terminal on the premises of the Wahren freight yard after a three-year period of construction on 2 July 2001. This is directly adjacent to a freight distribution centre. Able to handle up to 500 TEUs, it replaced the existing yards in Leipzig-Stötteritz and Halle (Saale). This was extended at the end of 2005 for unit trains and now includes a crane with four 700 m-long tracks. 100,000 TEU can be transshipped each year.
Since the terminal is operating at its capacity limit, a second module with four tracks, two cranes and a transfer building will be erected during a further stage of development. This will double the turnover capacity to 200,000 TEU. Due to construction defects, the opening, which had been planned in the spring of 2017, has been delayed.
Since September 2011, the Trans-Eurasia-Express container train has run daily from the yard to Shenyang in China.
Leipzig-Wahren station