List of railway lines in Luxembourg

This is a list of the railway lines in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg .

Operated routes (excluding museum railways)

Route system of the CfL

With the exception of a few factory and museum railways, the existing, consistently standard-gauge rail network in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is owned by the state-owned Réseau Ferré National Luxembourgeois , a subsidiary of the Luxembourg state railway CfL . The individual routes are marked with route numbers. Unless expressly mentioned, passenger traffic also takes place on the routes. For the line numbers used here, see below.

• 1: Luxembourg – Ulflingen border with continuation to Spa , (Belgium)
• 1a: Ettelbrück – Diekirch . Remnants of the Ettelbrück – Grevenmacher railway line
• 1b: Kautenbach – Wiltz . Remnants of the Kautenbach – Bastogne railway line
• 2a: Kleinbettingen – Steinfort . Remnants of the Pétingen – Ettelbruck railway line , freight traffic only.
• 2b: Ettelbrück bite . Remnants of the Pétingen – Ettelbruck railway line, freight traffic only.
• 3: Luxembourg – Wasserbillig border with continuation to Trier . Part of the route is also the siding from the Moselle port in Mertert to the train station in Wasserbillig , which was formerly part of the Ettelbrück – Grevenmacher railway line.
• 4: Luxembourg – Ötringen. Includes the freight bypass route from Berchem to Ötringen and the adjoining third track on the route from Berchem to Luxembourg . Freight traffic only.
• 5: Luxembourg – Kleinbettingen border with continuation via Arlon to Namur (Belgium)
• 6: Luxembourg – Bettembourg border with continuation to Metz in France.
• 6a: Bettembourg – Esch / Alzette
• 6b: Bettembourg – Dudelange – Volmerange , cross-border to Volmerange-les-Mines in France .
• 6c: Nörtzingen – Rümelingen
• 6d: Tetingen-Langengrund . Branch line from route 6c to the Langengrund brickworks . Freight traffic only.
• 6e: Esch / Alzette – Audun-le-Tiche, cross-border to Audun-le-Tiche , France
• 6f: Esch / Alzette – Petingen
• 6g: Pétange – Belgian border near Rodingen with continuation via Aubange to Virton
• 6h: Pétange – French border near Rodingen with continuation via Mont-Saint-Martin to Longwy
• 6year: Pétange – Belgian border near Rodingen with continuation via Athus to Arlon
• 6k: Brucherberg – Scheuerbusch; Connecting curve between route 6c in / from the direction of Rümelingen to route 6a in / from the direction of Esch / Alzette. Freight traffic only.
• 7: Luxembourg – Pétange

Line system of the routes operated in passenger traffic

On the lines operated by the CfL for passenger transport, this offer is carried out in regular service , the individual lines have route numbers . The trunk lines have a single number, side and branch lines can also be marked with a lower case letter.

• Line 10: Luxemburg – Ettelbruck – Ulflingen – Gouvy (Belgium) with branch lines to Diekirch and Wiltz
• Line 30: Luxembourg – Wasserbillig – Trier
• Line 50: Luxemburg – Kleinbettingen – Arlon (Belgium)
• Line 60: Luxemburg – Bettembourg – Esch / Alzette – Petingen – Rodingen
• Line 60a: Luxemburg – Bettembourg – Dudelange – Volmerange (France)
• Line 60b: Luxemburg – Bettembourg – Nörtzingen – Rümelingen
• Line 60c: Luxemburg – Bettembourg – Esch / Alzette – Audun-le-Tiche (France)
• Line 70: Luxembourg – Pétange – Rodingen – Longwy (France)
• Line 70a: Luxemburg – Pétange – Rodingen – Athus – Arlon (Belgium)
• Line 70b: Luxemburg – Pétange – Rodingen – Virton – Libramont (Belgium)
• Line 80: Thionville (France) –Bettembourg – Belval University – Longwy (France)
• Line 90: Luxemburg – Bettemburg Metz – Nancy (France)

Factory and connecting railways

• Niederkerschen / Sassenheim – Sassenheim (WSA)

Disused routes

Standard gauge

• Ulflingen – Belgian border near Wilwerdingen with continuation to St. Vith; South end of the Vennbahn .
• Section from Diekirch to Wasserbillig of the Ettelbrück – Grevenmacher railway line
• Küntzig – Belgian border with continuation to Autel
• Pétingen-Ettelbrück (Attert route) with the exception of the short sections from Kleinbettingen to Steinfort and from Ettelbrück to Bissen.
• Pétange – Bois Châtier , today partly a museum railway.
• Section from Wiltz to the Belgian border near Schimpach (with the continuation to Belgium also closed) of the Kautenbach – Bastogne railway line

Narrow gauge

route	Length in km	opening	Shutdown	comment
Aspelt – Bettemburg	10.2	1899		Traffic ceased in 1954 and then dismantled, shutdown later
Cruchten – Larochette	12.1	1882		Traffic stopped in 1948 and then dismantled, shutdown later
Diekirch – Vianden	14.2	1889		Traffic stopped in 1948 and then dismantled, shutdown later
Grundhof – Befort		Grundhof quarries: 1904 Hairpin 3 – Befort: 1911		Traffic stopped in 1948 and then dismantled, shutdown later
Junglinster – Larochette	4.5	Larochette quarries Ernzen: 1929		only partially opened, traffic stopped in 1948 and then dismantled, shutdown only later
Luxembourg – Echternach	45.9	1904	1957	Traffic ceased in 1954
Luxembourg – Remich	27.2	1882		Traffic ceased in 1955 and then dismantled, shutdown later
Nordingen – Martelingen	29.5	1890	1953

See also

• Luxembourg tram

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Reference lists of the route network on the website of the Department of Transport at the Luxembourg Ministry for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure (English, French)
2. ↑ History of the company on the website of the cement manufacturer Cimalux. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
3. ↑ List of the master lines ( Memento of the original from November 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the CfL 
4. ↑ List of the individual route timetables (French) ( Memento of the original from November 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the CfL 

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