Enthusiast's Guide to Travelling the Railways of Europe

LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg)

General Information

Last update for this page: 02 July 2010.

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:

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 .

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.

Last complete update 1 August 2009. Subsequent amendments: "Tourist Lines" amended (12 May 2010); "Timetables" amended (2 July 2010).

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