Luxembourg - General Information

National Railway System

Chemins de fer Luxembourgeois CFL

Official Website

www.cfl.lu

Language

Letzebuergesch, French and German

Currency

Euro

UIC code

numeric 82; alpha L

Timetable

Journey Planner

www.cfl.lu/CFLInternet/Espaces/01EspaceVoyageurs

Downloadable Timetable

www.cfl.lu/CFLInternet/Espaces/01EspaceVoyageurs/0_General/Horaires

Printed Timetable

Indicateur Officiel, printed in French and issued annually. It has an introduction in English, French and German. There is a separate timetable of bus services. The international timetable is published in separate sections, to reflect the differing timetables change dates of adjacent countries. A route diagram in the timetable shows all stations.

Engineering Information

www.cfl.lu/CFLInternet/Espaces/01EspaceVoyageurs/05InfosTrafic

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.

Rule of the road

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

Other Railways

None.

Tourist Lines

<a href="http://www.train1900.lu/index.php?lang=en">L'Association des Musee et Tourisme Ferroviaires (AMTF) [Train 1900]</a> (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.

<a href="http://minieresbunn.kohle-und-eisen.de/index.php?lang=fr">Minièresbunn Doihl asbl (MBD)</a> (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.

<a href="http://www.mnm.lu/accueil-en.html"> Musée National de Mines de Fer</a> (700 mm gauge 4.2 km circuit): a preserved mining line at Rumelange .

Metro

None

Trams

None

Special Notes

Locomotives of four countries (Belgium, France, Luxembourg, and Germany) regularly work into Luxembourg City station. CFL provides the only passenger service to Audun-le-Tiche and Volmerange les Mines (France).

Recent and Future Changes

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

Future plans (see brochure) include:

• Double tracking of the line from Rodange to Longwy
• A new tunnel to be built between Belval to Oberkorn
• A new line to be built from Belval Universite to Belval Mairie
• Modernisation of the Luxembourg to Kleinbettingen line
• Double tracking of the line from Hollerich to Petange (just east of Dippach to Petange already open) to be completed by 2012.
• A new direct line to be built from Cessange to Esch
• A new line to be built from Howald to Bettembourg
• A new parallel viaduct to be built at Pulvermuhle
• Modernisation of the Dommeldange to Ettelbruck line
• Double tracking of the line from Hamm to Sandweiler
• A new line to be built from Hamm (west curve) and Sandweiler (east curve) to Findel Airport and Kirchberg Expo
• Double tracking and a new platform to be built at Michelau
• 4 new 'peripherique' gares to be constructed at Howald, Cessange, Kirchberg and Dommeldange and linked by tramway.

Maps

There does not appear to be a published map of the Luxembourg railways, though the system is sometimes included on maps of the French, Belgian or German railways.