Conductor connection terminal, comprising - a housing with a conductor receiving space accessible via a conductor insertion opening for receiving an electrical conductor, wherein the conductor can be inserted into the conductor receiving space in a conductor insertion direction; - a current bar arranged in the conductor receiving space for making contact with an electrical conductor inserted into the conductor receiving space via the conductor insertion opening; - a clamping spring arranged in the housing and having a contact leg and a clamping leg connected thereto via a flexible joint, wherein the clamping spring can be actuated between a release position, in which an electrical conductor can be inserted into and/or guided out of the conductor receiving space, and a clamping position, in which the clamping leg subjects an electrical conductor inserted into the conductor receiving space to the action of a force in the direction of the current bar; and - an actuating element with a handling portion and a pressure portion which can be brought into contact with the clamping leg, wherein the actuating element is displaceable parallel to the conductor insertion direction between a clamping position and a release position, and wherein, by transferring the actuating element from its clamping position to its release position, the clamping leg is subjected to the action of a force by means of the pressure portion and the clamping spring is transferred from its clamping position to its release position, wherein the actuating element comprises a receiving pocket for receiving the clamping spring, - wherein the actuating element comprises at least one slide rail which bears against a sliding edge of the current bar, wherein, when the actuating element is displaced between its clamping position and its release position, the slide rail slides along the sliding edge, - wherein the receiving pocket of the actuating element is formed by two side walls, a rear wall arranged between the two side walls, and a top wall of the actuating element; wherein the conductor connection terminal is characterized by the following features: - the current bar is U-shaped and comprises a rear wall and two side walls connected to the rear wall, wherein end edges of the side walls are configured as sliding edges, wherein two slide rails of the actuating element bear against the sliding edges. - a housing with a conductor receiving space accessible via a conductor insertion opening for receiving an electrical conductor, wherein the conductor can be inserted into the conductor receiving space in a conductor insertion direction; - a current bar arranged in the conductor receiving space for making contact with an electrical conductor inserted into the conductor receiving space via the conductor insertion opening; - a clamping spring arranged in the housing and having a contact leg and a clamping leg connected thereto via a flexible joint, wherein the clamping spring can be actuated between a release position, in which an electrical conductor can be inserted into and/or guided out of the conductor receiving space, and a clamping position, in which the clamping leg subjects an electrical conductor inserted into the conductor receiving space to the action of a force in the direction of the current bar; and - an actuating element with a handling portion and a pressure portion which can be brought into contact with the clamping leg, wherein the actuating element is displaceable parallel to the conductor insertion direction between a clamping position and a release position, and wherein, by transferring the actuating element from its clamping position to its release position, the clamping leg is subjected to the action of a force by means of the pressure portion and the clamping spring is transferred from its clamping position to its release position, wherein the actuating element comprises a receiving pocket for receiving the clamping spring, - wherein the actuating element comprises at least one slide rail which bears against a sliding edge of the current bar, wherein, when the actuating element is displaced between its clamping position and its release position, the slide rail slides along the sliding edge, - wherein the receiving pocket of the actuating element is formed by two side walls, a rear wall arranged between the two side walls, and a top wall of the actuating element; wherein the conductor connection terminal is characterized by the following features: - the current bar is U-shaped and comprises a rear wall and two side walls connected to the rear wall, wherein end edges of the side walls are configured as sliding edges, wherein two slide rails of the actuating element bear against the sliding edges.