Luxembourg railway station

Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Commuter, national and international rail services
	CFL
Platforms	9
Train operators	CFL; SNCF; SNCB; DB;
History
Opened	4 October 1859
Services

Luxembourg railway station (

state-owned

railway company.

Belgian

train can be seen.

80,000 passengers use this station every day.

It is the hub of Luxembourg's domestic railway network, serving as a point of call on all of Luxembourg's railway lines. It also functions as the country's international railway hub, with services to all the surrounding countries: Belgium, France, and Germany. Since June 2007, the LGV Est connects the station to the French TGV network.

The station is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of the city centre (Ville Haute), to the south of the River Pétrusse. The station gives its name to Gare, one of the Quarters of Luxembourg City.

History

The original railway station was built entirely from

Treaty of London

, the fortifications were demolished, leading to the expansion of the city around the station.

The old wooden station was replaced by the modern building between 1907 and 1913,^[1] at the height of an economic boom, fuelled by iron from the Red Lands. The new station was designed by a trio of German architects (Rüdell, Jüsgen, and Scheuffel) in the Moselle Baroque Revival style that dominates Luxembourg's major public buildings.^[1] The station lies at the end of the Avenue de la Liberté, one of the city's major thoroughfares, and its imposing clock tower can be seen from a considerable distance.^[1]

Modernisation work

In 2006, the Ministry of Transport began a six-year renovation project on Luxembourg station that totaled €95 million. The improvements included new ticketing and sales facilities inside the main hall, expanding platforms, new lifts, a new passenger subway, upgraded

overhead electrical wiring, installation of two platform escalators, a new entrance porch, a redesigned forecourt, a glass passenger hall, and a four-storey car park.^[2]

Train services

As of December 2017 the station is served by the following services:

High speed services (TGV) Luxembourg - Thionville - Metz - Paris
Intercity services Luxembourg - Ettelbruck - Troisvierges - Gouvy - Liège
Intercity services Luxembourg - Wasserbillig - Trier - Koblenz - Köln - Düsseldorf
Intercity services Luxembourg - Arlon (- Namur - Brussels)
Regional services Luxembourg - Ettelbruck - Diekirch
Regional services Luxembourg - Wasserbillig - Trier - Koblenz
Regional services (TER Lorraine) Luxembourg - Bettembourg - Thionville - Metz - Nancy
Regional services Luxembourg - Bettembourg - Esch - Petange - Rodange
Regional services Luxembourg - Rodange - Athus
Regional services Luxembourg - Rodange - Longwy
Regional services Luxembourg - Kleinbettingen - Arlon

Luxembourg station has some voltage-switchable tracks for Line 50 to Arlon, which is electrified with the Belgian voltage of 3 kV DC. These are due to disappear in 2018

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Architectural tour of the railway station district" (PDF). Luxembourg City Tourism Office. Retrieved 2006-11-19.
^ "Une nouvelle gare pour fêter son centenaire" [New Station to Celebrate its Centennial]. L'essentiel (in French). Luxembourg. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

External links

[Architectural_tour_of_the_railway_station_district-1] "Architectural tour of the railway station district" (PDF). Luxembourg City Tourism Office. Retrieved 2006-11-19.

[2] "Une nouvelle gare pour fêter son centenaire" [New Station to Celebrate its Centennial]. L'essentiel (in French). Luxembourg. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

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