[2] With the construction of six bridges and the expansion of the Stotteritz halt, this link was the most elaborate project built by the Royal Saxon State Railways at that time.

[4] A double-track extension of the line to Leipzig-Connewitz station was opened on 1 October 1912—although at the time the 3.87 km-long section was formally considered to be the third and fourth track of the (parallel) Leipzig Hbf–Leipzig-Connewitz railway.

[2] As part of a larger electrification project in the Leipzig–Böhlen area at the beginning of the 1960s, Deutsche Reichsbahn electrified the Engelsdorf–Leipzig-Connewitz line at 15 kV AC and electrical operations were inaugurated on 2 October 1961.

[5] As part of the provision of additional network enhancements for the Leipzig City Tunnel project, numerous individual measures were implemented in 2012/2013 around the Leipzig-Engelsdorf–Tabakmühle junction section to modernise the infrastructure and to improve passenger comfort.

DB Netz AG intends to implement a number of measures from April 2018 to February 2021 as part of a complex project for the comprehensive modernisation of the line between the stations of Leipzig-Engelsdorf and Leipzig-Stötteritz.

The original continuation of the line to Leipzig-Connewitz station was dismantled during the so-called additional network enhancements for the Leipzig City Tunnel project and the Tabakmühle junction no longer exists.

During the division of Germany, a daily pair of transit trains (Transitzug) between Munich and West Berlin ran between Connewitz and Anger junction.