Leipzig is a little over an hour from Berlin, the whole classic centre is walkable from the station, and it holds the other half of the story Berlin tells about 1989. Here is the fast train against the Deutschlandticket route, what honestly fits in one day, and the one tram ride worth taking.

Zoologischer Garten and Ostbahnhof have no long-distance stop until 12 December 2026, and at Hauptbahnhof you now need the lower level rather than the glass hall upstairs. Here is which Berlin station your train actually leaves from, how Super Sparpreis, Sparpreis and Flexpreis really differ, and the Deutschlandticket shortcut that quietly stopped working in December 2025.