Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg station
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Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg railway station in Luxembourg City
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Design | Through station |
Platform tracks | 2 |
opening | 2017 |
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City / municipality | Luxembourg |
Canton | Luxembourg |
Country | Luxembourg |
Coordinates | 49 ° 37 '8 " N , 6 ° 7' 59" E |
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The Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg Station ( Luxembourgish Gare Pafendall-Kierchbierg , French Gare de Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg ) is a 2017 novel Gone operating station in the city of Luxembourg . It is located in the Pfaffenthal district , below the Kirchberg district on a plateau , with which the train station is connected by a funicular from Pfaffenthal to Kirchberg . The train station is on the so-called Nordroute (lux .: Nordstreck ), which runs through almost all of Luxembourg (approx. 77 km long). To the north is the next train station in Dommeldingen , to the south it is the main train station of Luxembourg City .
history
The Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg station was planned in connection with the new construction of the Luxembourg city railway . In this context, the Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg funicular was built, which connects the train station in the valley with the tram stop on the Kirchberg plateau that went into operation in the same year .
location
The station is located on the railway line in Pfaffenthal, a deep cut between the Kirchberg plateau and the old town of Luxembourg, below the Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge , the Red Bridge or Rout Bréck .
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 ) with InterCity (IC), Regional Express (RE) and Regionalbahn (RB) trains.
- Line 10: Luxembourg - Ettelbruck - Diekirch - Troisvierges - Gouvy (- Liers - Liège-Guillemins (Liège) with IC trains);
- Line 10-60: Rodange - Luxembourg - Troisvierges;
- Line 70-10: Longwy - Luxembourg - Mersch .
Currently (end of 2019) the station is served by four trains every hour. An increase to up to six trains is planned after the expansion of Luxembourg Central Station.
Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg station in the Luxembourg City rail network
Web links
- Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg station , website: rail.lu, link to the station.
Individual evidence
- ^ Map of the railway network . Retrieved February 5, 2019.
- ↑ Tram, funiculaire: derniers mois de preparation au Kirchberg (fr) . In: Wort.lu , August 25, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
- ↑ La nouvelle gare ouvrira le 10 December 2017 (fr) . In: L'essentiel , April 19, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2019.