Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois
State-owned railway company of Luxembourg
The Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois (Luxembourg National Railway Company, abbreviated CFL) is the national railway company of Luxembourg. In 2023, it carried approximately 28.7 million passengers. As of 2023, the company employs around 5,000 people, making CFL the country's largest corporate employer.[3]
The Luxembourg rail system comprises 275 route-kilometres (170 miles), of which 140 kilometres (87 mi) is double track and 135 kilometres (84 mi) single track. Of the total track length of 617 kilometres (383 mi), 576 kilometres (358 mi) are electrified at 25 kV, 50 Hz.[4]
Luxembourg borders Belgium, France and Germany. Correspondingly, there are cross-border services into these countries. Some are wholly run by CFL, whereas others are run by SNCF, NMBS/SNCB and DB. CFL passenger trains cover most of the network.
CFL operates most of its passenger trains using EMUs and electric locomotives with push-pull stock. The company also has a fleet of diesel locomotives for hauling freight trains and for general shunting purposes.
In 2019, doubling of track between Luxembourg railway station and Sandweiler-Contern at a cost of €462 million was completed, following an original planned 2013 opening.[8] A new, more direct, line between Luxembourg and Bettembourg is due to open in 2024.[9]
^ a b c d e"Rapport annuel 2022 du Groupe CFL" (in French). CFL. 12 June 2023.
^ a b"Les CFL ont transporté 28,7 millions de voyageurs en 2023" (PDF). CFL. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
^"Les principaux employeurs au Luxembourg d'après l'éffectif au 1er janvier 2023". Statec (in French). 20 July 2023.
^"Luxembourg Railway Network Statement 2023" (PDF). acf.gouvernement.lu. 22 November 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
^"CFL | Réseau & Gares". www.cfl.lu. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
^"RESEAU FERRE LUXEMBOURGEOIS, DOCUMENT DE REFERENCE 2008" (PDF) (in French). Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois. 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2007.
^ a b"Trafic voyageurs (rail et route) 1938 - 2019 (version révisée)". statistiques.public.lu. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
^"€462m rail link hopes to ease Luxembourg traffic flow". Luxembourg Times. 12 June 2019.
^"Luxembourg to invest €4bn in railway infrastructure". Luxembourg Times. 18 July 2018.
Further reading
Haydock, David (2017). Benelux Railways: Locomotives and Multiple Units. European Handbook No. 1 (7th ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing. ISBN 9781909431393.
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