Luxembourg railway station
Railway station in Luxembourg
Luxembourg
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The station's
facade
at
Place de la Gare
is in the traditional Moselle
Baroque Revival
style.
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Location |
11 place de la Gare, L-1616
Gare Luxembourg |
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Coordinates | 49°35′43″N 6°09′33″E / 49.5952°N 6.1592°E / 49.5952; 6.1592 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Luxembourg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | CFL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 4 October 1859 ( 1859-10-04 ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luxembourg railway station ( Luxembourgish : Gare Lëtzebuerg , French : Gare de Luxembourg , German : Bahnhof Luxemburg ) is the main railway station serving Luxembourg City , in southern Luxembourg . It is operated by Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois , the state-owned railway company.
80,000 passengers use this station every day.
It is the hub of Luxembourg's domestic railway network, serving as a point of call on all of Luxembourg's railway lines. It also functions as the country's international railway hub, with services to all the surrounding countries: Belgium , France , and Germany . Since June 2007, the LGV Est connects the station to the French TGV network.
The station is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of the city centre ( Ville Haute ), to the south of the River Pétrusse . The station gives its name to Gare , one of the Quarters of Luxembourg City .
History
The original railway station was built entirely from timber , and was opened in 1859. The position of the new station on the south bank of the Pétrusse, away from the original built-up area of the city, was on account of Luxembourg's role as a German Confederation fortress. The first connection to the city proper came in 1861, with the construction of the Passerelle viaduct . [1] After the 1867 Treaty of London , the fortifications were demolished, leading to the expansion of the city around the station.
The old wooden station was replaced by the modern building between 1907 and 1913, [1] at the height of an economic boom, fuelled by iron from the Red Lands . The new station was designed by a trio of German architects (Rüdell, Jüsgen, and Scheuffel) in the Moselle Baroque Revival style that dominates Luxembourg's major public buildings. [1] The station lies at the end of the Avenue de la Liberté , one of the city's major thoroughfares , and its imposing clock tower can be seen from a considerable distance. [1]
Modernisation work
In 2006, the Ministry of Transport began a six-year renovation project on Luxembourg station that totaled €95 million. The improvements included new ticketing and sales facilities inside the main hall, expanding platforms, new lifts, a new passenger subway, upgraded overhead electrical wiring , installation of two platform escalators, a new entrance porch, a redesigned forecourt, a glass passenger hall, and a four-storey car park. [2]
Train services
As of December 2017 the station is served by the following services:
- High speed services ( TGV ) Luxembourg - Thionville - Metz - Paris
- Intercity services Luxembourg - Ettelbruck - Troisvierges - Gouvy - Liège
- Intercity services Luxembourg - Wasserbillig - Trier - Koblenz - Köln - Düsseldorf
- Intercity services Luxembourg - Arlon (- Namur - Brussels)
- Regional services Luxembourg - Ettelbruck - Diekirch
- Regional services Luxembourg - Wasserbillig - Trier - Koblenz
- Regional services (TER Lorraine) Luxembourg - Bettembourg - Thionville - Metz - Nancy
- Regional services Luxembourg - Bettembourg - Esch - Petange - Rodange
- Regional services Luxembourg - Rodange - Athus
- Regional services Luxembourg - Rodange - Longwy
- Regional services Luxembourg - Kleinbettingen - Arlon
Luxembourg station has some voltage-switchable tracks for Line 50 to Arlon , which is electrified with the Belgian voltage of 3 kV DC. These are due to disappear in 2018
See also
Footnotes
- 1 2 3 4 "Architectural tour of the railway station district" (PDF) . Luxembourg City Tourism Office . Retrieved 2006-11-19 .
- ↑ "Une nouvelle gare pour fêter son centenaire" [ New Station to Celebrate its Centennial ] . L'essentiel (in French). Luxembourg. 21 September 2012 . Retrieved 2 January 2018 .
External links
- CFL Gare de Luxembourg official webpage
- Luxembourg Central Station at Structurae
- Rail.lu page on Luxembourg station
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