CFL Line 50

CFL Line 50
CFL Line 50
Overview
StatusOperational
LocaleCapellen
Luxembourg
Termini
Stations7
Service
TypeHeavy rail
Services1
Operator(s)CFL
History
Opened15 September 1859
Technical
Number of tracksdouble track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification1956 (3 kV DC)
2018 (25 kV AC)
Route map

Arlon
Kleinbettingen
Capellen
Mamer
Mamer Lycée
Bertrange-Strassen
Luxembourg

Line 50 is a Luxembourgian railway line connecting Luxembourg City to the west of the country, leading to Kleinbettingen and on to Arlon, in south-eastern Belgium. The terminus at the eastern end is Luxembourg railway station. It is designated, and predominantly operated, by Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois.

The line was opened by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est in 1859. In 1956, the line was electrified at 3 kV DC, in order to allow Belgian locomotives to go into Luxembourg station without changing at the border. The line was re-electrified at 25 kV AC on 16 September 2018, and services into Luxembourg are now run by multi-system SNCB/NMBS locomotives.[1]

  1. ^ "Eurocap-Rail: Modernisation ligne Luxembourg - Kleinbettingen phases I + II". CFL (in French). Archived from the original on 10 January 2019.