Last update for this page: 02 July 2007.
National railway system: Chemins de fer Luxembourgeois CFL.
Language: Luxembourgeois, French and German.
Currency: Euro
UIC code: 82
Timetable: Indicateur Officiel, printed in French and issued twice per year. 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.
Gauge: Standard.
Electrification: Sterpenich/Kleinbettingen to Luxembourg (used by SNCB) is 3 kV dc; the rest is at 25 kV 50 Hz. All CFL routes are electrified.
Rule of the road: Right (except for the Kleinbettingen - Luxembourg section which is used by SNCB and has left hand running).
Other Railways: None.
Tourist Lines:
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L'Association des Musee et Tourisme Ferroviaires (AMTF), Rodange (standard gauge, 8km length). |
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Minièresbunn Doihl asbl: 700mm gauge, electrified at 500V dc; this railway is a preserved mining line, the full length of which is from Fond de Gras (Luxembourg) to Saulnes (France). Trains operate in the afternoon on most Sundays and holidays from May to September but services are limited to Luxembourg - with no service to Saulnes - for the 2007 season; this may become permanent. |
Special Notes: Locomotives of four countries (Belgium, France, Luxembourg, and Germany) regularly work into Luxembourg City station. Indeed some local services are powered by DB locomotives. CFL provides the only passenger service to Athus (Belgium) and to Audun-le-Tiche (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.
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 updated on 12 February 1999. Subsequent amendments: minor update 12 September 1999; "timetable maps" added (11 January 2000); general update (18 February 2001); languages updated (9 December 2001); Currency updated (2 January 2002); "Tourist Lines" amended (19 August 2002); general update (25 October 2005); "Tourist Lines" amended (2 July 2007).
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