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// 19 July 2017
These two colossal steel structures, which are 22 m high and 75 m wide, are each capable of lifting a 41-tonne load.

With the recent commissioning of its rail/road intermodal platform at Bettembourg-Dudelange, the CFL Group has equipped itself with the infrastructures required to continue to confirm itself as a high-performance pan-European hub. With its new site, which has a surface area of 32 hectares, the CFL Group is thereby giving itself the resources to respond to…

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Non classé
// 17 July 2017

The weekend of 7 July 2017 was marked by the official opening of the new intermodal terminal in Bettembourg-Dudelange. On Friday, the official ceremony took place, in the presence of His Royal Highness, Grand Duke Henri, Mars di Bartolomeo, President of the Chambre des Députés, Etienne Schneider, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs,…

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Simply explained
// 11 July 2017
The piece of luggage is deposited by CFL staff or considerate customers at the lost and found office.

As an employee of the new office for lost and found items and for baggage storage, which has been available to CFL customers since October 2016, Fränz L. can certainly be called Master of the “Chamber of the Forgotten”. Since the service on the new premises in the vicinity of platform 3AB has been in…

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engineering works/projects
// 4 July 2017

In addition to a safe and comfortable train journey, one of the most important missions of the CFL is to convey in real time essential information, for example in respect of the punctuality of the trains. The latter especially requires maximum accuracy and speed, two attributes which, above all else, involve automated systems. Two such…

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engineering works/projects
// 28 June 2017

Since the timetable change which occured on 10 December 2017, journeys to Howald, Ban de Gasperich and Cloche d’Or have be eased for a lot of customers. After the commissioning of the first part of the intemodal change platform Howald, works will be continued in order to prepare its final implementation in 2021. Just like the Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg…

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Track Nr 10
// 13 June 2017
... then transported to the rocky cuttings to be secured.

Of the 600 km of railway lines on the Luxembourg network, many sections run alongside rocky cuttings, particularly in the north of the country. To reduce the risks related to the structure and the potential instability of these rocky masses to the strict minimum, stabilisation and strengthening measures are regularly performed along the sections concerned….

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Photo reportage
// 19 May 2017
A west wagon hangs from the two cranes in Hall 1. Both have a lifting capacity of 40 tonnes. © Schmitz Christian.

Thanks to the photos from the collection of André Weis, we can offer you a unique look into the past of the “Atelier Bonnevoie”. After more than 60 years in operation, the building will be demolished to make way for the expansion of Luxembourg Central Station. A fifth and sixth platform will then help the…

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engineering works/projects
// 17 May 2017
Impressive: The view of the halls of the "Atelier Bonnevoie": 233m long, 60m wide.

To create space for the expansion of the railway infrastructure at Luxembourg Central Station, the old CFL workshop, the “Atelier Bonnevoie”, will have to be demolished. A fifth and sixth platform will then help it to cope better with the high volume of rail traffic, including from the south, at the station, which is the…

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engineering works/projects
// 19 April 2017

Since the last video in October 2016, constructions on-site have evolved a lot. Works on the lower and upper station were continued, the rails that will carry the four cabins of the funicular have been put into final position and are ready for use. In addition, the escalators connecting the train platforms of the future…

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