Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg station

Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg
Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg railway station in Luxembourg City
Data
Design	Through station
Platform tracks	2
opening	2017
location
City / municipality	Luxembourg
Canton	Luxembourg
Country	Luxembourg
Coordinates	49 ° 37 '8 "  N , 6 ° 7' 59"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 37 '8 "  N , 6 ° 7' 59"  E
Railway lines
Luxembourg - Spa (km 19,075)

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.

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  The platforms are connected with a closed pedestrian bridge (construction status).

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  Step-free access to the platform (state of construction).

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  A view of the train station from the Red Bridge, looking north.

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  Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg station in the Luxembourg City rail network

Web links

Commons : Kirchberg-Pfaffenthal train station  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg station , website: rail.lu, link to the station.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Map of the railway network . Retrieved February 5, 2019.
2. ↑ Tram, funiculaire: derniers mois de preparation au Kirchberg (fr) . In: Wort.lu , August 25, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2019. 
3. ↑ La nouvelle gare ouvrira le 10 December 2017 (fr) . In: L'essentiel , April 19, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2019.