Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois
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| Type | Government-owned corporation (92% Luxembourg, 6% Belgium, 2% France) |
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| Industry | Rail transport |
| Founded | 14 May 1946 |
| Headquarters | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |
| Area served | Luxembourg, parts of Belgium, France, Germany |
| Key people | Jeannot Waringo, President Alex Kremer, Director-General |
| Products | Rail transport, Cargo transport |
| Revenue |  €559.68 million (2007)[1] |
| Operating income |  €11.49 million (2007)[1] |
| Net income | €7.73 million (2007)[1] |
| Employees | 3,090 (2007)[2] |
| Website | CFL |
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| CFL Class 3000 electric locomotive 3003 with a Luxembourg-Liège (Belgium) train just north of Vielsalm on 24 June 2006. | |||
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| National railway | Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois | ||
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| System length | |||
| Total | 617 km (383 mi) | ||
| Double track | 140 km (87 mi) | ||
| Electrified | 574 km (357 mi) | ||
| Gauge | |||
| Main | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| High-speed | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Electrification | |||
| 25kV 50 Hz AC | 528 km (328 mi) | ||
| 3kV DC | 48 km (30 mi) | ||
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Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois (Luxembourg Railways, abbreviated CFL) is the national railway company of Luxembourg. In 2005, the company carried approximately 14.1 million passengers and 11.7 million tonnes of goods.[3] It employs 3,090 people, making CFL the country's seventh-largest corporate employer.[2]
The Luxembourgeois rail system comprises 275 kilometres of track, of which 140 km is double track and 135 km single track. There are 617 route-kilometres of track, 574 km of which is electrified. The majority of the electrified track (526 km) is operated at 25 kV, 50 Hz, though some 48 km is run at 3 kV DC.
Luxembourg borders Belgium, France and Germany. Correspondingly, there are cross-border services into these countries. Some are wholly run by CFL, whereas others are run by SNCF, NMBS/SNCB and DB. CFL passenger trains cover the majority of the network.
CFL operate the majority of their passenger trains using EMUs and electric locomotives with push-pull stock. Two DMUs are also in service in CFL livery. They also have a fleet of diesel locomotives for operating freight and general shunting.
Luxembourg is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC). The UIC Country Code for Luxembourg is 82.
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[edit] CFL Railway Network
[edit] Passenger Services
CFL advertise their passenger services as 6 lines[4]:
- Line 10 Luxembourg - Troisvierges-frontière - Liège (Belgium), Kautenbach - Wiltz and Ettelbrück - Diekirch
- Line 30 Luxembourg – Wasserbillig-frontière - Trier (Germany)
- Line 50 Luxembourg - Kleinbettingen-frontière - Brussels (Belgium)
- Line 60 Luxembourg - Thionville (France)/Volmerange-les-Mines (France)/Rumelange/Audun-le-Tiche (France) and Pétange - Esch-sur-Alzette
- Line 70 Luxembourg - Pétange - Athus (Belgium)/Longuyon (France)
- Line 80 Arlon (Belgium) - Rodange - Virton (Belgium)
Internally they use a different system with more sub divisions[5]:
- Ligne 1 Luxembourg - Troisvierges-frontière
- Ligne 1a Ettelbruck - Diekirch
- Ligne 1b Kautenbach - Wiltz
- Ligne 2a Kleinbettingen - Steinfort
- Ligne 2b Ettelbruck - Bissen
- Ligne 3 Luxembourg – Wasserbillig-frontière via Sandweiler-Contern
- Ligne 4 Luxembourg - Berchem - Oetrange
- Ligne 5 Luxembourg - Kleinbettingen-frontière
- Ligne 6 Luxembourg - Bettembourg-frontière
- Ligne 6a Bettembourg - Esch/Alzette
- Ligne 6b Bettembourg - Dudelange-Usines (Volmerange)
- Ligne 6c Noertzange - Rumelange
- Ligne 6d Tétange - Langengrund
- Ligne 6e Esch-sur-Alzette - Audun-le-Tiche
- Ligne 6f Esch-sur-Alzette - Pétange
- Ligne 6g Pétange - Rodange-frontière (Aubange)
- Ligne 6h Pétange - Rodange-frontière (Mont St. Martin)
- Ligne 6j Pétange - Rodange-frontière (Athus)
- Ligne 6k Brucherberg - Scheuerbusch
- Ligne 7 Luxembourg - Pétange
[edit] Rail links to adjacent countries
- Same gauge:
[edit] See also
- History of rail transport in Luxembourg
- CFL locomotives & Rolling Stock
- Trams in Luxembourg
- Transport in Luxembourg
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b c (French) "Rapport annuel 2007" (PDF). Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois. 2008. http://www.cfl.lu/NR/rdonlyres/3CB82B37-FE58-42D1-BCFD-C46D91B663B1/0/cfl_rapport_2007.pdf. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ^ a b (French) "Les principaux employeurs luxembourgeois au 1.1.2007" (PDF). Statec. 2007-05-24. Archived from the original on 2007-06-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20070611054643/http://www.statistiques.public.lu/fr/communiques/entreprises/entreprises/2007/05/20070524/20070524.pdf. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
- ^ (French) "Rapport annuel 2005" (PDF). Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois. 2006. http://www.cfl.lu/NR/rdonlyres/986ACBCD-8998-456F-A405-2A1781A6F83A/0/cfl_rapport_2005.pdf. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
- ^ (French) "Les gares". Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois. 2007. http://www.cfl.lu/CFLInternet/Espaces/01EspaceVoyageurs/02InfosGare/. Retrieved 2007-09-27.
- ^ (French) "RESEAU FERRE LUXEMBOURGEOIS, DOCUMENT DE REFERENCE 2008" (pdf). Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois. 2007. http://www.railinfra.lu/drr/drr_v2008_1_0_complet.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-27.
[edit] External links
- (French) CFL official website
- (French) 2006 Annual Report
- Collection of Google Earth locations of CFL stations (Requires Google Earth software) from the Google Earth Community forum.
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