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Luxembourg railway station ( lb, Gare Lëtzebuerg, french: Gare de Luxembourg, german: Bahnhof Luxemburg) is the main
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serving
Luxembourg City Luxembourg ( lb, Lëtzebuerg; french: Luxembourg; german: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City ( lb, Stad Lëtzebuerg, link=no or ; french: Ville de Luxembourg, link=no; german: Stadt Luxemburg, link=no or ), is the capital city of the Gr ...
, in southern
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. It is operated by Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, the
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railway company. 80,000 passengers use this station every day. It is the hub of Luxembourg's domestic railway network, serving as a point of call on all of Luxembourg's railway lines. It also functions as the country's international railway hub, with services to all the surrounding countries:
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,
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, and
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. Since June 2007, the LGV Est connects the station to the French
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network. The station is located south of the city centre ( Ville Haute), to the south of the River Pétrusse. The station gives its name to Gare, one of the
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.


History

The original railway station was built entirely from
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, 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
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fortress. The first connection to the city proper came in 1861, with the construction of the
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. 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, at the height of an economic boom, fuelled by iron from the Red Lands. The new station was designed by a trio of
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architects (Rüdell, Jüsgen, and Scheuffel) in the
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style that dominates Luxembourg's major public buildings. The station lies at the end of the Avenue de la Liberté, one of the city's major
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s, and its imposing
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can be seen from a considerable distance.


Modernisation work

In 2006, the Ministry of Transport began a six-year renovation project on Luxembourg station that totaled €95 million. The improvements included new ticketing and sales facilities inside the main hall, expanding platforms, new lifts, a new passenger subway, upgraded overhead electrical wiring, installation of two platform escalators, a new entrance porch, a redesigned forecourt, a glass passenger hall, and a four-storey car park.


Train services

As of December 2017 the station is served by the following services: *High speed services (
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) Luxembourg - Thionville - Metz - Paris *Intercity services Luxembourg - Ettelbruck - Troisvierges - Gouvy - Liège *Intercity services Luxembourg - Wasserbillig - Trier - Koblenz - Köln - Düsseldorf *Intercity services Luxembourg - Arlon (- Namur - Brussels) *Regional services Luxembourg - Ettelbruck - Diekirch *Regional services Luxembourg - Wasserbillig - Trier - Koblenz *Regional services (TER Lorraine) Luxembourg - Bettembourg - Thionville - Metz - Nancy *Regional services Luxembourg - Bettembourg - Esch - Petange - Rodange *Regional services Luxembourg - Rodange - Athus *Regional services Luxembourg - Rodange - Longwy *Regional services Luxembourg - Kleinbettingen - Arlon Luxembourg station has some voltage-switchable tracks for Line 50 to
Arlon Arlon (; lb, Arel ; nl, Aarlen ; german: Arel ; wa, Årlon; la, Orolaunum) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in and capital of the province of Luxembourg in the Ardennes, Belgium. With a population of just over 28,000, it is th ...
, which is electrified with the Belgian voltage of 3 kV DC. These are due to disappear in 2018


See also

*
History of rail transport in Luxembourg :''This article is part of the history of rail transport by country series'' The history of rail transport in Luxembourg began in 1846 and continues to the present day. Origins The first negotiations for the creation of a railway on the territor ...
* Luxembourg railway network


Footnotes


External links


CFL Gare de Luxembourg official webpage
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