Dommeldingen station
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 Dommeldingen train station in Luxembourg City from the track side
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| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 3 |
| Website URL | CFL.lu train station Dommeldingen |
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| City / municipality | Luxembourg |
| Canton | Luxembourg |
| Country | Luxembourg |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 38 '2 " N , 6 ° 8' 12" E |
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CFL line 1 ( north route ) |
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The Dommledingen railway station ( Luxembourgish Gare Dummeldeng , French Gare Dommeldange ) was an important railway station for the iron processing industry in Luxembourg . It is located on the so-called northern route (lux .: northern route ), which runs lengthways through almost all of Luxembourg (approx. 77 km long). To the north is the next train station, Walferdingen , to the south, the Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg train station or the main train station in Luxembourg City .
history
The station in Dommeldingen owes its existence primarily to the transport of iron ore on the northern route, which was important here in the past. The steelworks in Dommeldingen obtained a significant proportion of the ore via the railroad and the finished steel products were transported by rail through the train station in Dommeldingen. The station building is functional and relatively simple.
1870 accident
In a railway accident on May 21, 1870 at around 8:30 p.m. in the Dommeldingen train station, thirteen people were killed and a large number injured when the brakes of a train carrying around 400 tons of iron ore failed and it hit the Station hit a passenger train. Most of the victims were miners who wanted to return home over the weekend.
location
The western side of the station (rail side) is delimited by Rue Nenning , which is connected to the station via an extension of the underpass to platforms 1 and 2. To the east and directly past part of the station is the Rue de la station , just a few meters east of the station is the Hubertuskirche (French: Église Saint-Hubert ). To the south, a few meters in front of the train station, there is a restricted level crossing that occasionally interrupts the Route d'Echternach (CR233).
business
The northern line and the station are operated by the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois (CFL; German National Society of Luxembourg Railways ). The train station in Dommeldingen has a free Park & Rail car park and a special car park for people with reduced mobility.
Web links
- Dommeldingen train station , website: rail.lu.
Individual evidence
- ^ Railway accident in Dommeldange , Die illustrated Zeitung , No. 328, May 22-29, 1870.