Luxembourg’s CFL unveils plans for 2024
The CFL (Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois) revealed their infrastructure, maintenance, and upgrade program for 2024. “The new record number of passengers on our trains in…
CFL sets new passenger record with 28.7 million travellers in 2023
Luxembourg’s railway operator, CFL, achieved a new milestone in 2023, transporting a record-breaking 28.7 million passengers across the national rail network. This figure significantly surpasses the 2022 count…
Belgium and Luxembourg request EU funding for better cross-border rail
Belgium’s Minister of Mobility George Gilkinet and his Luxembourgish counterpart Yuriko Backes met in Brussels for the first official bilateral meeting this week to assess shared railway projects…
Belgium and Luxembourg to double cross-border rail traffic by 2040
Every day, 45,000 Belgians commute to Luxembourg, and the two countries want to double this number by 2040. On October 3, 2023, Luxembourg’s Minister of Mobility François Bausch…
Luxembourg Schieburg tunnel to reopen this summer after year-long closure
Since a rockfall last summer in the Schieburg tunnel in Luxembourg, CFL has been working to stabilise the tunnel and its surroundings. Traffic will resume on Saturday, 5…
CFL sets sights on integrated rail network digital twin
Luxembourg national rail company CFL has become the first company in the country to achieve ISO 19650 certification, paving the way for the firm to develop an integrated…
How can you identify different failures of rail infrastructure?
By collecting data with sensors, manual inspections of railway infrastructure on a regular basis are no longer needed. At RailTech Europe, RailMonitor gives a free workshop about identifying…
First regional trains with ATO in service in Luxembourg by end of 2021
Alstom will equip 34 regional double-decker trains of Luxembourg Railways (CFL) with Automatic Train Operation systems. The trains will be gradually introduced on the Luxembourg, Belgian and French…
Luxembourg to double number of double-decker trains
French technology company Alstom has been awarded a contract for supplying 34 double-deck Coradia trains. The deal valued at 360 million Euros was concluded with Luxembourgish national rail…