With the construction and commissioning of the new Leipzig Hauptbahnhof on 1 October 1912, the Magdeburger Bahnhof was closed and later demolished.

Each sets of masts also carried two 15 kV supply lines from the Wahren substation to the switching station at Leipzig Hbf.

At the same time, Leipzig-Wahren station was converted from a classic marshalling yard to a yard for handling combined transport and it received new main line tracks connecting lines 6403 from Halle and 6382 to Leipzig with platforms in Wahren and Lützschena.

The route runs in a straight line to the southeast as far as Leipzig-Gohlis and passes through the Leipzig suburbs of Lützschena, Stahmeln, Wahren, Möckern and Gohlis.

On the route, it passes under federal highway 6 near Lützschena and over the Leipzig freight ring between Wahren and Möckern.

The platform on the Leipzig-Wahren–Leipzig Hbf railway was only built during the restoration of the second track during the upgrade for the S-Bahn in 2004.