CFL Class 2000 is a class of

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s operated by

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on the Luxembourg railway network. They were built in 1990–1992 by a consortium of

De Dietrich The history of the de Dietrich family has been linked to that of France and of Europe for over three centuries. To this day, the company that bears the family name continues to play a major role in the economic life of Alsace. De Dietrich is a h ...

ANF ANF may refer to: Companies * ANF (real estate), a French property-management company * ANF Les Mureaux, a French aircraft manufacturer 1918–1937 * Ateliers du Nord de la France, a French locomotive manufacturer * Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE symbol ...

and

Alstom Alstom SA () is a French multinational rolling stock manufacturer which operates worldwide in rail transport markets. It is active in the fields of passenger transportation, signaling, and locomotives, producing high-speed, suburban, regional ...

and are similar to

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's Z 11500 class.

History

The Z2 family of multiple units was designed by

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and

Ateliers de construction du Nord de la France Alstom Crespin, formerly Bombardier Transport France and ANF Industrie, is a French rolling stock manufacturer based at Crespin, in Hauts-de-France region, France. The company was acquired by Bombardier Transportation in 1989, then by Alstom i ...

. CFL selected a variant of the Z 11500 class for their network. Since 2024, the 2000 series is being replaced by 34 Coradia Stream railcars from the Coradia family produced by

, which is due to increase the CFL's total seat capacity by 46%. All units are due to be transferred to Romania's CFR by the end of 2025, with the first four having left Luxembourg on 4 April 2025.

Names

Four 2000s have been named after places in Luxembourg. They carry the appropriate crests on the side of the driving cab. * 2001:

Mersch Mersch (, ; ) is a commune and town in central Luxembourg, situated in the canton of the same name. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Alzette, Mamer and Eisch. , the town of Mersch, which lies in the centre of the commune, ha ...

* 2003: Betzdorf * 2004:

Pétange Pétange (; ; ) is a Communes of Luxembourg, commune and town in south-western Luxembourg. It is part of the Esch-sur-Alzette (canton), canton of Esch-sur-Alzette and is the fifth-most populous commune in Luxembourg, as well as the most populous ...

* 2018:

Troisvierges Troisvierges (; ; ) is a commune with town status in northern Luxembourg, in the canton of Clervaux. Troisvierges is both the northernmost and highest commune of Luxembourg, as the two highest hills in the country, the Kneiff (560 m) and Buur ...

Construction

The individual cars are built with steel frames.

Technical

The multiple working system allows three units to be worked as a single train with one driver. The individual vehicles are numbered (in UIC format) as 94 82 00 20xx 1-y and 94 82 00 20xx 2-y, where ''20xx'' is the unit number and ''y'' the check digit.

Operations

Within Luxembourg 2000s are used, alongside 2200 series EMUs, for RB (Regionalbunn) services on Line 1. They are otherwise use on secondary lines: 1b from

Kautenbach Kautenbach () is a village in the commune of Kiischpelt, in northern Luxembourg. In 2024, the village had a population of 152. Kautenbach was a commune in the canton of Wiltz until January 1, 2006, when it was merged with the commune of Wil ...

Wiltz Wiltz ( or (locally) ) is a commune with town status in north-western Luxembourg, situated in the canton of the same name. Wiltz is situated on the banks of the river Wiltz. It was also a battleground in the Battle of the Bulge, near t ...

, 6a from

Bettembourg Bettembourg (; , ; , ) is a commune and town in southern Luxembourg. The country's eighth-most populous commune, it is part of the canton of Esch-sur-Alzette. , the town of Bettembourg, which lies in the east of the commune, has a population of ...

Volmerange-les-Mines Volmerange-les-Mines (; German: ''Wollmeringen'' ; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Wuelmeréngen''/''Wollmeréng'') is a Communes of France, commune in the region of Moselle (department), Moselle Departments of France, department in Grand Est in north ...

via

Dudelange Dudelange (; ; ) is a commune with town status in southern Luxembourg. It is the fourth-most populous commune, with 22,043 inhabitants. Dudelange is situated close to the border with France. The commune also includes the smaller town of Bude ...

, 6b from

Noertzange Noertzange (, ; ) is a small town in the commune of Bettembourg, in southern Luxembourg. In 2024, the town had a population of 1,072. Noertzange is the site of a railway junction, with Line 60 dividing between the main line, which leads to ...

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, and 6c from

Esch-sur-Alzette Esch-sur-Alzette (, ; ; or ''Esch an der Alzig'') is a city in Luxembourg and the country's List of communes of Luxembourg by population, second-most populous commune, with a population of 36,625 inhabitants, . It lies in the south-west of the ...

Audun-le-Tiche Audun-le-Tiche (; ; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Location and rail links Audun-le-Tiche is located adjacent to Esch-sur-Alzette, on the border with Luxembourg, and close to the borders of Germa ...

Interior

File:CFL Class 2000 first class.JPG, First class interior. File:CFL Class 2000 second class.JPG, Second class interior.

References

External links

D'Serie 2000 vun der CFL op rail.lu

D'Serie 2000 vun der CFL op Spoorgroep Luxemburg

Class 2000 at the official CFL website
{{Train types in Luxembourg Alstom multiple units

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

De Dietrich Ferroviaire Train-related introductions in 1990 25 kV AC multiple units