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 of 22 million customers and comfortably exceeds...Read more
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 and reiterate their joint ambitions regarding rail.Read more
European Commission urged to “show leadership” and develop a night train strategy
The Transport Ministers of Belgium, Austria and Luxembourg, as well as MEPs and numerous associations, call European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to act upon the recent renaissance of night trains and present a...Read more
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 and his Belgian counterpart Georges Gilkinet signed...Read more
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 August 2023 after almost a year-long closure,...Read moreCFL 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 digital twin of the entire rail network.Read more
These ETCS projects are selected to receive European subsidy
The European Commission has selected 135 transport infrastructure projects to receive subsidies from CEF transport, an EU funding instrument with a budget of 5,4 billion euros for this round. Eighteen of the selected projects are...Read more
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 failures with monitoring data from Luxembourg.Read more
New locomotive leasing company Nexrail joins EU market
Nexrail will focus on providing innovative, sustainable locomotives for non-electrified operations, and is currently dedicated to the freight and shunting markets. It has purchased 53 shunting locomotives, and ordered another 50 hybrid locomotives from Vossloh.Read more
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 railway network from the end of 2021....Read more
EU urges Netherlands and Denmark for better rail market access
The European Commission asks Denmark and the Netherlands to correctly transpose EU rules on market opening and infrastructure governance. The Commission started an infringement procedure against the countries with a letter of formal notice. Denmark...Read more