• Full Steam Ahead into the Past

    Not far from Pétange lies a hidden valley that was closely tied to the iron ore industry and underground mining until the mid-1950s: the Fond-de-Gras Valley…

  • Summer on the move: CFL’s 1,100 daily bus challenge

    This summer, the CFL are not only reshaping railway infrastructure to prepare for the future of mobility. Luxembourg’s railway company is also coordinating a large-scale substitution bus service to ensure uninterrupted travel for passengers. Because service — with a capital “S” — never stops.

  • 2.7 km track, 13 switches, 1 new platform… A productive summer for the CFL in Howald

    The transformation of the Howald railway stop continues this summer. The renewal and modernisation of the site’s infrastructure will position it as one of the key hubs for mobility in Luxembourg.

  • Welcome to the new P+R facilities in Troisvierges and Colmar-Berg

    388 car spaces are available in a P+R building at Troisvierges station. At the Colmar-Berg stop, the open-air car park has now been expanded to 237 spaces.

  • Key questions about the CFL works

    To continue to guarantee the impeccable condition of rail infrastructure and meet growing mobility needs, four lines are affected by works until 14 September 2025. Here’s an overview of the work in a few questions.

  • 9 reasons to love Coradia over the last 9 months… and beyond

    Since September 29 2024, 12 CFL Coradia railcars have gradually joined the CFL rolling stock in three-car configuration (series 2400).  If you haven’t yet had the chance to enjoy this experience, here are at least nine reasons why you should enjoy a journey on board the Coradia.

As part of the European Mobility Week, which takes place every year from 16th to 22nd September, the CFL, the City of Luxembourg, Luxtram, Adapth, Info-Handicap, Blanneverenegung and Verkéiersverbond organized the event “Multimodality for All” on 19th September. In this context, a “train-funicular-tram-bus” route was organized with travelers with reduced mobility and visually impaired people…

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Maintenance and modernization works of line 10 were undertaken for 3 weeks now. The works concerned the section Ettelbruck – Diekirch, but also Dommeldange, Lorentzweiler and, last but not least, Mersch. But as you know, a picture is worth a thousand words, so please have a look at this overview of the various constructions sites…

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The closure of a section or even a railway line can occur for plenty of unexpected reasons. First it makes us think of an equipment breakdown or any other external reason. Most of the time, nevertheless, a railway closure is planned. Such as for works, for example, a closure implies a flawless organization, especially in…

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Switches and crossings are among the basic building blocks of the railway infrastructure. The turnouts are controlled by the dispatchers in the signal boxes, which, thanks to these elements, can use the existing tracks as flexibly and efficiently as possible. With the help of switches, the train transitions from one to track to another can…

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The rail plays two important roles: direct support of rolling loads and steering of the rolling stock. The rail must also fulfill three conditions: resistance, ride comfort and noise level reduction. In order to ensure the latter , the rails are regularly examined from every angle.

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What is the rolling highway? The rolling highway is an innovative way of handling freight, in this case particularly truck trailers, efficiently and easily from the road to the rail network. Thanks to the innovative rotatable LOHR wagons, the trailers do not have to be vertically charged using gantry cranes, but can be driven directly…

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Over 1.000 passenger and freight trains run over the rails of the national railway network every day. In order to assure that the wheels of the locomotives and wagons can keep on spinning, the rails have to be regularly serviced or replaced. Beside the rails, numerous other elements contribute to the fact that the rolling…

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