Luxembourg railway station

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This article is about the railway station in Luxembourg City. For the RER station in Paris, see Luxembourg (Paris RER). For the station district of Luxembourg, see Gare, Luxembourg. For station in Brussels, see Brussels-Luxembourg Station.

Coordinates: 49°36′00″N 06°08′02″E / 49.60000°N 6.13389°E / 49.60000; 6.13389

The station's main building is built in the traditional Moselle Baroque Revival style.

Luxembourg station is served by trains from all three neighbouring countries. In this view are a French TGV run by the SNCF and, in the background, a Belgian train can be seen.

Luxembourg railway station (Luxembourgish: Gare Lëtzebuerg, French: Gare de Luxembourg, German: Bahnhof Luxemburg) is the main railway station serving Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is operated by Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, the state-owned railway company.

It is the hub of Luxembourg's domestic railway network, serving as a terminus for all but one of Luxembourg's railway lines (the exception being Line 80, which only stops at one station in Luxembourg). It also functions as the country's international railway station, with services into each of the surrounding countries: Belgium, France, and Germany. Since June 2007, the LGV Est has connected the station to the French TGV network.

The station is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of the city centre (Ville Haute), to the south of the River Pétrusse. The station gives its name to Gare, one of the Quarters of Luxembourg City.

The station has some voltage-switchable tracks for Line 50 to Arlon, which is electrified with the Belgian voltage of 3kV DC.

History

The original railway station was built entirely from timber, and was opened in 1859. The position of the new station on the south bank of the Pétrusse, away from the original built-up area of the city, was on account of Luxembourg's role as a German Confederation fortress. The first connection to the city proper came in 1861, with the construction of the Passerelle viaduct.^[1] After the 1867 Treaty of London, the fortifications were demolished, leading to the expansion of the city around the station.

The old wooden station was replaced by the modern building between 1907 and 1913,^[1] at the height of an economic boom, fuelled by iron from the Red Lands. The new station was designed by a trio of German architects (Rüdell, Jüsgen, and Scheuffel) in the Moselle Baroque Revival style that dominates Luxembourg's major public buildings.^[1] The station lies at the end of the Avenue de la Liberté, one of the city's major thoroughfares, and its imposing clock tower can be seen from a considerable distance.^[1]

Modernisation work

Since 2006, under the auspices of the Ministry of Transport, Luxembourg station has been undergoing major renovation work which, by 2009, had already resulted in new ticketing and sales facilities inside the main hall, widening of the platforms, new lifts and a new passenger subway. Future work will include renewal of the overhead electrical wiring, installation of two platform escalators, a new entrance porch and a redesigned forecourt. In 2011, work will start on a glass passenger hall and on a four-storey car park, to be completed in 2012.^[2]

Footnotes

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Architectural tour of the railway station district" (PDF). Luxembourg City Tourism Office. Retrieved 2006-11-19.
↑ L’avenir des transports en commun sur de bons rails. Gouvernement du Grand Duché de Luxembourg. Retrieved 10 March 2009.

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Preceding station	Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois	Following station
Terminus	Line 10	Dommeldange toward Gouvy, Wiltz, or Diekirch
	Line 30	Cents-Hamm toward Schweich
	Line 50	Bertrange-Strassen toward Arlon
	Line 60	Berchem toward Thionville, Volmerange-les-Mines, Rumelange, Audun-le-Tiche, or Pétange
	Line 70	Hollerich toward Athus or Longuyon
Preceding station	SNCF	Following station
Terminus	Intercités night trains	Thionville toward Nice or Portbou
Bettembourg toward Nancy-Ville	TER Lorraine 1	Terminus

v t e Buildings and structures in Luxembourg City

Alcide de Gasperi Building Am Tunnel ARBED building The Bock Cercle Municipal Hôtel de la Chambre Château de Septfontaines City Hall Conservatoire Den Atelier Fort Thüngen Grand Ducal Palace Grand Théâtre Hilton Luxembourg Judiciary City La Porte Towers Municipal Hospital Neumünster Abbey Palais de Justice Philharmonie René Konen Tunnel Théâtre des Capucins University of Luxembourg Utopolis Kirchberg Villa Louvigny

Churches	Notre-Dame Cathedral St Michael's Church St. Peter and Paul Church Trinity Church

Schools	Lycée Aline Mayrisch Athénée European School Lycée de Garçons International School Lycée Michel Rodange Neie Lycée Lycée Robert Schuman St. George's Lycée Vauban

Sports venues	d'Coque Luxembourg-Cents Stade Achille Hammerel Stade Josy Barthel Stade rue Henri Dunant

Railway stations	Cents-Hamm station Dommeldange station Hollerich station Luxembourg station

Bridges	Adolphe Bridge Clausen Viaduct Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge Passerelle

Monuments	American Cemetery Gëlle Fra Monument of the Millennium National Monument of Solidarity

Museums	Mudam Museum of Natural History City History Museum Museum of History and Art Villa Vauban

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