Luxembourg - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services

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Introduction

This list is based on the timetable year 11 December 2016 to 9 December 2017, unless otherwise stated. Standard abbreviations are explained in General Information.

Obscure services

Luxembourg — Oetrange via Luxembourg Triage (yard), Luxembourg Sud, Berchem Est and Syren

[30] (18A2) LU17/1

This route, which starts by running south from Luxembourg station on the east side of the freight yard, provides an alternative route between Luxembourg station and the Trier line. It is used only by trains which do not stop at Cents Hamm or Sandweiler Contern and are given 2 – 4 minutes longer. Only the following trains use this route in the current timetable.

SSuX RE5105 05:18 Luxembourg - Trier Hbf (Also runs 23 June & 15 August)
SSuX RB4482 Wasserbillig - 08:07 Oetrange - Luxembourg
RE5132 Wittlich Hbf - 00:11 Munsbach - Luxembourg


This line can also be used between Luxembourg and Berchem (north junction, PK 11.371) by trains to/from the Bettembourg direction. This is most likely at peak hours, when capacity is limited.

Luxembourg avoiding line: Bertrange-Strassen (Luxembourg Hollerich, km 1.4) — Luxembourg Sud (km 14.0) via Luxembourg Triage (yard)

(18A2) LU17/2

This line, which avoids Luxembourg City to the south, links the line from Belgium via Arlon with the line to France via Thionville. The compilers are not aware of any booked passenger services over this route at present, although plans exist for future services to serve a new station at Cessange.

Bettembourg avoiding line: Hettange-Grande [France] (Bettembourg south junction) - Noertzange (Bettembourg west junction)

[60, 70, 80] (18A1) LU16/3

This line, which avoids Bettembourg to the south, links the line from France via Thionville with the line to Rodange via Esch sur Alzette. Services on this route were designed to serve the new station at Belval-Université. This service ended on 2 April 2016 because SNCF wished to use the stock to lengthen some Nancy - Luxembourg trains during peak hours.

Aubange SNCB (Y Aubange) — Rodange CFL

(17B1) LU16/4

See Belgium - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services. .

Ettelbruck — Bissen

(18A2) LU17/5

This 9 km non-electrified freight-only line is a remnant of the former PH line to Steinfort and Pétange. In most years one or two special trains traverse this line, often in January. They have run only as far as the station at Bissen, approximately 7.8 km from Ettelbruck.

Wasserbillig — Mertert Port

(18A2) LU17/6

This non-electrified freight-only line is a remnant of the former Diekirch - Echternach - Wasserbillig - Mertert - Grevenmacher line. Between Wasserbillig and Mertert it follows a separate alignment independent of the Luxembourg - Wasserbillig - Trier line. In most years one or two special trains traverse this line.

Tétange — Langengrund

(18A1 not shown) LU17/7

This non-electrified freight-only branch off the Noertzange - Rumelange branch usually sees one or two special trains a year.

Other Sparse services

60b Noertzange to Rumelange has only a limited commuter service SSuX.

Deletions since last edition

None

See also