Passenger train routes CFL advertises its passenger network as made up of seven lines: •
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 – Esch-sur-Alzette – Rodange, Bettembourg – Volmerange-les-Mines (France), Noetzange – Rumelange and Esch-sur-Alzette – Audun-le-Tiche (France) •
Line 70 Luxembourg – Rodange – Athus (Belgium), Rodange – Longwy (France) •
Line 90 Luxembourg – Thionville (France) – Metz (France) – Nancy (France) Internally it uses a different system with more sub divisions: • Ligne 1 Luxembourg – Troisvierges-Frontière, 1a Ettelbruck – Diekirch, 1b Kautenbach – Wiltz • Ligne 2a Kleinbettingen – Steinfort, 2b Ettelbruck – Bissen • Ligne 3 Luxembourg – Wasserbillig-Frontière via Sandweiler-Contern • Ligne 4 Luxembourg – Berchem – Oetrange, 4a Luxembourg - Alzingen • Ligne 5 Luxembourg – Kleinbettingen-Frontière • Ligne 6 Luxembourg – Bettembourg-Frontière, 6a Bettembourg – Esch/Alzette, 6b Bettembourg – Dudelange-Usines (Volmerange), 6c Noertzange – Rumelange, 6d Tétange – Langengrund, 6e Esch-sur-Alzette – Audun-le-Tiche, 6f Esch-sur-Alzette – Pétange, 6g Pétange – Rodange-Frontière (Aubange), 6h Pétange – Rodange-Frontière (Mont St. Martin), 6j Pétange – Rodange-Frontière (Athus), 6k Brucherberg – Scheuerbusch • Ligne 7 Luxembourg – Pétange
Rail links to adjacent countries All neighbouring countries have railways, but only France uses the same
electrification of
25 kV AC: •
Belgium – change to
3 kV DC •
France – same voltage and current •
Germany – change to
15 kV AC Ridership Passenger ridership carried on CFL-trains for each
fiscal year (x 1000). • 1938: 9,505 • 1950: 10,607 • 1960: 10,643 • 1970: 12,531 • 1980: 14,053 • 1990: 12,692 • 2000: 12,985 • 2006: 14,793 • 2007: 16,442 • 2008: 17,676 • 2009: 17,039 • 2010: 17,996 • 2011: 18,200 • 2012: 19,834 • 2013: 20,714 • 2014: 21,503 • 2015: 22,496 • 2016: 22,459 • 2017: 22,930 • 2018: 23,331 • 2019: 25,016 • 2020: 14,500 • 2021: 16,600 • 2022: 22,000 • 2023: 28,700 • 2024: 31,300 • 2025: 31,400
Passenger kilometers on CFL-trains for each
fiscal year (x 1,000,000). • 1938: 215 • 1950: 227 • 1960: 230 • 1970: 256 • 1980: 302 • 1990: 261 • 2000: 332 • 2006: 298 • 2007: 233 • 2008: 345 • 2009: 333 • 2010: 347 • 2011: 349 • 2012: 373 • 2013: 385 • 2014: 409 • 2015: 418 • 2016: 417 • 2017: 438 • 2018: 443 • 2019: 463 • 2020: 269 • 2021: 304 • 2022: 389
Rolling stock . CFL owns a relatively modern fleet of passenger trains, with a majority of
double-decker trains. Nearly all routes are operated with electric trains. •
CFL locomotives and rolling stock ==Projects==