Bascharage-Sanem railway station ( lb, Gare Nidderkäerjéng-Suessem, italic=no, french: Gare de Bascharage-Sanem, italic=no, german: Bahnhof Niederkerschen-Sassenheim, italic=no) is a railway station serving the towns of Bascharage and Sanem, in the south-west of

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. It is operated by

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, the state-owned railway company. The station is situated on

Line 70 Line 70 is a railway line connecting Luxembourg City to the south-west of Luxembourg, and on to Belgium and France. The terminus at the north-eastern end is Luxembourg railway station, whilst the terminals at the south are the French town of Longu ...

, which connects the south-west of the country to

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 Lu ...

Situation

At 338 yards altitude, the Bascharage - Sanem railway station is located at

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17,000 of line 7 from

Pétange Pétange (; lb, Péiteng, ; german: Petingen) 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. Pétange lies on the borders with both Belgium and F ...

between the stations of

Schouweiler Schouweiler ( lb, Schuller) is a small town in the commune of Dippach, in south-western Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french ...

and

History

The Bascharage station was opened on 8 September 1900 by the

Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine The Kaiserliche Generaldirektion der Eisenbahnen in Elsaß-Lothringen or EL (English: General Directorate of the Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine) were the first railways owned by the German Empire. They emerged in 1871, after France had ced ...

. The old building for travelers was destroyed after 1981. The station was entirely rebuilt and a second track added in 2010.

Passenger services

The station has no direct reception; however, it has several shelters and a parking lot. CFL trains on line 70 (Regional-Express RE and Regionalbahn RB) between Luxembourg and Pétange or Rodange or Longwy stop at the station.

External links

Official CFL page on Bascharage-Sanem station

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