Luxembourg - General Information
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
Downloadable Timetable
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
Bus Information
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)
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.
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.
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.
Metro
None
Trams
LuxTarm a new tram line now under construction is expected to open in part from the depot at Kirchberg [Luxexpo} to Pont Rouge by late 2017. Completion of this first line through to Gare Centrale by 2020. Other extensions to system e.g. encompassing the Airport are projected beyond 2021.
Recent and Future Changes
The line between Luxembourg and Oetrange via Sandweiler Contern was closed between 16 February and 12 December 2015 as part of the work to double the line between Luxembourg and Sandweiler Contern (see below).
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.
- A new parallel viaduct at Pulvermuhle (just north of Luxembourg) now with completion in 2018-9.
- Double tracking of the line from Hamm to Sandweiler
- 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 approved in January 2014. Preliminary work started in January 2015 and the line should be completed in 2020. The second phase, lasting until 2024, has not yet been approved.
- New line built from Belval Universite (formerly Belval-Usines) to Belval Mairie commissioned in 2010.
- Double tracking of the line from Hollerich to Petange completed in December 2012.
- The new line from Hamm (west curve) and Sandweiler (east curve) to Findel Airport and Kirchberg Expo with target completion end of 2016.
Other plans (see brochure) include:
- Double tracking of the line from Rodange to Longwy
- A new tunnel to be built between Belval to Oberkorn
- Modernisation of the Luxembourg to Kleinbettingen line
- A new direct line to be built from Cessange to Esch
- Modernisation of the Dommeldange to Ettelbruck line
- 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.
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).
