Railways in
Luxembourg
The first public railway in Luxembourg opened in 1859 between Luxembourg
City and Thionville, France, a distance of about 30km, of which about 16km
is in Luxembourg. The line was built to standard (1435mm) gauge by the
Compagnie Guillaume-Luxembourg, but operated under concession by the
French Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est, with whose system the new
line connected at Thionville.
Subsequent rail development in the country was predominantly standard
gauge, athough there were a few narrow gauge minor and industrial lines.
- CFL Luxembourg Railways
(Site in French)
- Fret SNCF
freight operator
- Minièresbunn tourist railway between
Fond-de-Gras, Lasauvage and Saulnes, about 4 km, 700mm gauge. Operated
in several sections: Fond-de-Gras (interchange possible with Train 1900)
to Doihl; Doihl to Lasauvage Quarry, through a 1.4km mining tunnel;
Lasauvage Quarry to Lasuavage Church; and Lasauvage Quarry to Saulnes,
Frnce. Trains are electrically hauled through the tunnel, steam or
diesel hauled elsewhere (Site in French and German)
- Museum of Slate
Quarrying near Haut-Martelange has a 600mm gauge passenger carrying
railway using former industrial equipment (Site in French)
- National Mining Museum
near Rumelange. Visitors to the mine are taken underground by battery
electric hauled mining train
- Train 1900
tourist railway between Pétange and Bois-de-Rodange. 7.3 km, standard
gauge. Steam hauled or diesel railcars. Trains call at Fond-de-Gras,
where interchange is possible with Minièresbunn
- Luxembourg City
proposed trams (When last checked site showed only pictures
from an exhibition relating to the project held in 2009. Other pictures
can be found on the website of the consultants Lifschutz Davison Sandilands)
