The Wikipedia page has a reasonably concise overview of the project. From a passenger perspective, a reduction of about an hour from the scheduled journey time

The Wikipedia page has a reasonably concise overview of the project. From a passenger perspective, a reduction of about an hour from the scheduled journey time for the long distance connections is pretty good. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erfurt%E2%80%93Leipzig/Halle_high-speed_railway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erfurt%E2%80%93Leipzig/Halle_h... https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnellfahrstrecke_Eltersdorf–Leipzig https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnellfahrstrecke_Eltersdor...