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A new cross border service, routed via Trier West, is planned at the end of 2019 as part of a Luxembourg - Wasserbillig - Wittlich service on Line 30.
A new cross border service, routed via Trier West, is planned at the end of 2019 as part of a Luxembourg - Wasserbillig - Wittlich service on Line 30.


Luxtram - the first section opened on 10 December 2017 from the depot at Kirchberg [Luxexpo] to Pont Rouge. A further short extension to Place de l'Étoile is forecast to open in Spring/ Summer 2018. Completion of this first line through to Gare Centrale (main railway station) is forecast by 2020. Other extensions to the system (including the Airport) are projected by 2021. See [https://wikimonde.com/article/Tramway_de_Luxembourg Tramway de Luxembourg] in French.
Luxtram - the first section opened on 10 December 2017 from the depot at Kirchberg [Luxexpo] to Pont Rouge. A further short extension to Place de l'Étoile is forecast to open in Spring/ Summer 2018. Completion of this first line through to Gare Centrale (main railway station) is forecast by 2020. Other extensions to the system (including to Findel Airport) are projected by 2021. See [https://wikimonde.com/article/Tramway_de_Luxembourg Tramway de Luxembourg] in French.


From 4 April 2016 the service from Thionville to Longwy over the Bettembourg avoiding line was withdrawn.  
From 4 April 2016 the service from Thionville to Longwy over the Bettembourg avoiding line was withdrawn.  

Revision as of 14:51, 2 January 2018

Country Name

Luxembourg

National Railway System

National Railway Operator

Chemins de fer Luxembourgeois (CFL).

Language

Letzebuergesch, French and German

Currency

Euro

UIC code

numeric 82; alpha L

Timetable

Journey Planner

Liaisons - recherche

Downloadable Timetable

Passengers. Under "Download the timetables", select the option required:

  • National trains
  • International trains
  • SaarbrückenExpress bus
  • Bus gare Lorraine TGV
  • National bus

Printed Timetable

CFL no longer produces a printed timetable. However, timetable leaflets are available for each line and for bus services and international trains.

Engineering Information

Infos trafic

Bus Information

Horaires et réseaux - Bus

Maps

Printed Maps

  • European Railway Atlas: France, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg by M.G. Ball (1991) (ISBN 0-7110-2011-6)
  • European Railway Atlas by M.G. Ball (2008 onwards)
  • Eisenbahnatlas Frankreich, Band 1 Nord (ISBN 978-3-89494-143-7), published by Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH (website in French, German, English and Italian). Page 19 shows railways in southern half of Luxembourg at 1:300.000 scale. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8) by the same publisher, also at 1:300.000 scale, has a page with the Trier - Wasserbillig area. Both atlases have Single and double-track lines distinguished. Tourist lines are identified and named. Lines out of use and those entirely closed are also shown. Rivers, canals and forests are marked.

Web-based Maps

  • Sporenplan has a schematic track diagram. Click on "Sporenplannen" on the left hand side for a map showing the countries covered.
  • Thorsten Büker's Benelux Map. NB Not updated since late 2011.

Ticketing

The Tickets in Luxembourg web page gives details of all ticket types, including the useful Dagesbilljee (day ticket) and Saar-Lor-Lux international rover ticket.

Infrastructure

Infrastructure Authority

The Administration des Chemins de Fer (ACF) is the national authority for the railways.

Network Statement

Documents de référence du réseau > Network Statement DRR 2014 (english version)

Gauge

Standard

Electrification

Sterpenich/Kleinbettingen to Luxembourg (used by SNCB) is 3 kV dc; the rest is at 25 kV 50 Hz. All CFL passenger routes are electrified.

The Railway Administration (ACF) 2017 and 2018 Network Statements indicate for Line 5 - Luxembourg – Kleinbettingen-border: "catenary will be supplied with DC 3 kV until 14.7.2018. Catenary supplied with 2x 25 kv AC 50 Hz as from 16.9.2018".

Rule of the road

Right (except for the Sterpenich - Luxembourg section which is used by SNCB and has left hand running).

Distances

Detailed distances for each line are given in the Network Statement Appendix 3A: The Luxembourg Rail Network

Other Railways

None.

Tourist Lines

  • L'Association des Musee et Tourisme Ferroviaires (AMTF) (Train 1900) (standard gauge, 8km length): Pétange (close to CFL station) to Bois de Rodange with reversal at Fond de Gras. A connection with the CFL network at Pétange sees occasional through excursion trains.
  • Minièresbunn Doihl asbl (MBD) (700 mm gauge): a preserved mining line, from Fond de Gras via Doihl and through a 1400 m long tunnel to Lasauvage. Thence are two branches: to Saulnes [France] and to Lasauvage Eglise. Part (including the tunnel) is electrified at 500 V dc while other sections are worked by steam or diesel.
  • Musée National de Mines de Fer (700 mm gauge 4.2 km circuit): a preserved mining line at Rumelange.
  • Ardoisière Haut-Martelange (narrow gauge, less than 1 km length); a tourist line next to the slate museum at Martelange Haut. Trains normally run half hourly in the afternoon of the first Sunday of the month in summer [from May to October].

Metro

None

Trams

Luxtram - A new tram system is now under construction, More information at Luxtram website [in French or German only]: Luxtram

Recent and Future Changes

A new cross border service, routed via Trier West, is planned at the end of 2019 as part of a Luxembourg - Wasserbillig - Wittlich service on Line 30.

Luxtram - the first section opened on 10 December 2017 from the depot at Kirchberg [Luxexpo] to Pont Rouge. A further short extension to Place de l'Étoile is forecast to open in Spring/ Summer 2018. Completion of this first line through to Gare Centrale (main railway station) is forecast by 2020. Other extensions to the system (including to Findel Airport) are projected by 2021. See Tramway de Luxembourg in French.

From 4 April 2016 the service from Thionville to Longwy over the Bettembourg avoiding line was withdrawn.

From 17 February 2016 Rodange - Athus [BE] [ - Virton] was reduced to a skeleton service because the introduction of different signalling systems meant there was no suitable CFL rolling stock available; the service was withdrawn completely from 20 June 2016 but resumed from 11 December 2016.

Double tracking of the line from Hollerich to Petange completed in December 2012.

The extension of the line across the border from Dudelange to Volmerange-les-Mines in France opened to public traffic on 15 December 2003.

Work has progressed on the following projects:

  • Gare Centrale is undergoing a long-term rebuilding programme to increase capacity, started in 2006, including adding two extra platforms and four new tracks. One new track should be opened at the end of 2019 and the rest in late 2021 with project completion 2022,
  • A new parallel viaduct at Pulvermuhle (just north of Luxembourg), allowing Lines 10 and 30 to be split, now with completion in Spring 2019.
  • Once new parallel viaduct at Pulvermuhle built, double tracking of the line from Hamm to Sandweiler will follow.
  • A new line to be built from Howald to Bettembourg. The first phase, covering construction of the new line and temporary connections to the existing line at Howald and Bettembourg, was finally approved in February 2016. The line is planned to be completed in 2024.
  • Four new 'peripherique' stations to be constructed at Howald, Cessange, Kirchberg-Pfaffenthal (on the Luxembourg - Dommeldange line) and Dommeldange and linked by tramway. Kirchberg-Pfaffenthal is linked to the first section of the new tramway (opened 10 December 2017) just east of Pont Rouge by a twin funicular. Howald and Kirchberg-Pfaffenthal stations opened 10 December 2017.
  • Further stages of the new tramway have been approved; Southward to Howald and Cloche d'Or late 2021 and north-eastwards from Luxexpo to Findel Airport with opening projected for 2021.
  • Conversion of Ligne 5; Luxembourg – Kleinbettingen - Frontier from 3 kV DC to 25 kV 50 Hz ac with a 2 month changeover projected autumn 2018.

Other plans (see on-line brochure issued in 2007), with no target date, include:

  • Double tracking of the line from Rodange to Longwy
  • A new line from Belval Universite (formerly Belval-Usines) to Belval Mairie
  • A new tunnel between Belval to Oberkorn
  • A new line from Hamm (west curve) and Sandweiler (east curve) to Findel Airport and Kirchberg Expo
  • Modernisation of the Luxembourg to Kleinbettingen line
  • Modernisation of the Dommeldange to Ettelbruck line
  • Double tracking and a new platform to be built at Michelau

Special Notes

CFL provides the only passenger service to Audun-le-Tiche and Volmerange les Mines (France).

See also