Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois
State-owned railway company of Luxembourg
Type | Government-owned corporation |
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Industry | Rail transport |
Founded | 14 May 1946 |
Headquarters | Luxembourg City , Luxembourg |
Area served
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Luxembourg, parts of Belgium, France, Germany |
Key people
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Jeannot Waringo, President
Alex Kremer, Director-General |
Products | Rail transport, Cargo transport |
Revenue | €684.19 million (2013) [1] |
€4.4 million (2013) | |
−€1.1 million (2013) | |
Owner | 94% Luxembourg state, 4% Belgian state, 2% French state |
Number of employees
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3,070 (2017) |
Website | CFL |
Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois | ||
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CFL Dosto
regional train in Luxembourg.
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Operation | ||
National railway | Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois | |
Statistics | ||
Ridership | 25 million (2019) (2019) [2] | |
Passenger km | 463 million (2019) | |
Freight | 804.8 tonnes kilometres (2013) | |
System length | ||
Total | 617 km (383 mi) | |
Double track | 140 km (87 mi) | |
Electrified | 574 km (357 mi) | |
Track gauge | ||
Main | 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) | |
High-speed | 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) | |
Electrification | ||
25 kV 50 Hz AC | 576 km (358 mi) | |
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The Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois ( Luxembourg National Railway Company , abbreviated CFL ) is the national railway company of Luxembourg . In 2013, it carried approximately 25 million passengers and 804 million tonnes of goods. The company employs 3,090 people, making CFL the country's seventh-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.
Luxembourg is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC). The UIC Country Code for Luxembourg is 82.
History
CFL is the result of a nationalisation of private railway companies in 1946.
CFL operations and services
Passenger train routes
CFL advertises its passenger network as made up of seven lines: [5]
- Line 10 Luxembourg – Troisvierges-Frontière – Liège (Belgium), Kautenbach – Wiltz and Ettelbrück – Diekirch
- Line 30 Luxembourg – Wasserbillig-Frontière – Trier (Germany)
- Line 50 Luxembourg – Kleinbettingen-Frontière – Brussels (Belgium)
- Line 60 Luxembourg – Esch-sur-Alzette – Rodange, Bettembourg – Volmerange-les-Mines (France), Noetzange – Rumelange and Esch-sur-Alzette – Audun-le-Tiche (France)
- Line 70 Luxembourg – Rodange – Athus (Belgium), Rodange – Longwy (France)
- Line 90 Luxembourg – Thionville (France) – Metz (France) – Nancy (France)
Internally it uses a different system with more sub divisions: [6]
- Ligne 1 Luxembourg – Troisvierges-Frontière, 1a Ettelbruck – Diekirch, 1b Kautenbach – Wiltz
- Ligne 2a Kleinbettingen – Steinfort, 2b Ettelbruck – Bissen
- Ligne 3 Luxembourg – Wasserbillig-Frontière via Sandweiler-Contern
- Ligne 4 Luxembourg – Berchem – Oetrange, 4a Luxembourg - Alzingen
- Ligne 5 Luxembourg – Kleinbettingen-Frontière
- Ligne 6 Luxembourg – Bettembourg-Frontière, 6a Bettembourg – Esch/Alzette, 6b Bettembourg – Dudelange-Usines (Volmerange), 6c Noertzange – Rumelange, 6d Tétange – Langengrund, 6e Esch-sur-Alzette – Audun-le-Tiche, 6f Esch-sur-Alzette – Pétange, 6g Pétange – Rodange-Frontière (Aubange), 6h Pétange – Rodange-Frontière (Mont St. Martin), 6j Pétange – Rodange-Frontière (Athus), 6k Brucherberg – Scheuerbusch
- Ligne 7 Luxembourg – Pétange
Rail links to adjacent countries
All neighbouring railways use the same gauge but differing electrification types, listed below:
Ridership
Passenger ridership carried on CFL-trains for each fiscal year (x 1000). [7]
- 1938: 9,505
- 1950: 10,607
- 1960: 10,643
- 1970: 12,531
- 1980: 14,053
- 1990: 12,692
- 2000: 12,985
- 2006: 14,793
- 2007: 16,442
- 2008: 17,676
- 2009: 17,039
- 2010: 17,996
- 2011: 18,200
- 2012: 19,834
- 2013: 20,714
- 2014: 21,503
- 2015: 22,496
- 2016: 22,459
- 2017: 22,930
- 2018: 23,331
- 2019: 25,016
Passenger kilometers on CFL-trains for each fiscal year (x 1,000,000). [7]
- 1938: 215
- 1950: 227
- 1960: 230
- 1970: 256
- 1980: 302
- 1990: 261
- 2000: 332
- 2006: 298
- 2007: 233
- 2008: 345
- 2009: 333
- 2010: 347
- 2011: 349
- 2012: 373
- 2013: 385
- 2014: 409
- 2015: 418
- 2016: 417
- 2017: 438
- 2018: 443
- 2019: 463
Rolling stock
CFL owns a relatively modern fleet of passenger trains, with a majority of double-decker trains . Nearly all routes are operated with electric trains.
Projects
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]
See also
References
- ↑ "Rapport annuel 2013" . Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois. 2014 . Retrieved 13 January 2015 .
- ↑ "Railway passenger transport statistics" (PDF) . Europa EU. 8 December 2019 . Retrieved 9 January 2021 .
- ↑ "Les principaux employeurs luxembourgeois au 1.1.2007" (PDF) (in French). Statec . 24 May 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2007 . Retrieved 21 July 2007 .
- ↑ "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 .
- 1 2 "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 .
External links
- (in French) CFL official website
- (in French) 2006 Annual Report
- Collection of Google Earth locations of CFL stations (Requires Google Earth software ) from the Google Earth Community forum.
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