Summer off trackNo trains between Bettembourg and Luxembourg City for two months this upcoming summer

Whether you live in the south of Luxembourg or you’re a cross-border commuter from France, prepare for a cumbersome summer. A huge construction site in Bettembourg and railway works on a new train line will see the suspension of all trains headed towards Luxembourg City.

From Saturday, July 13 until Monday September 16, not a single train will run between Bettembourg and Luxembourg.

The Bettembourg train station will not be able to accommodate any trains during the first month of the blockade. This is due to plans to reconstruct he Hammerel bridge above the tracks in Bettembourg. In parallel, CFL will carry out preparatory connection works for its new Bettembourg-Luxembourg line.

Two suspension periods have been decided:

• From Saturday July 13 until Sunday August 11, the Bettembourg train station will be closed. There will be no trains from Thionville (line 90) or Esch/Rodange (line 60) towards Bettembourg. However, CFL will arrange replacement buses that will head to Luxembourg City.
• then, from Monday August 12 until Sunday September 15, the Bettembourg train station reopens but both lines will terminate at the station. Passengers will then have to board a replacement bus to reach Luxembourg City.

According to CFL’s latest estimations, the doubling of tracks between Luxembourg and Bettembourg will allow an increase in the number of operational trains from 2028 onwards. Trains on line 60 (Esch/Rodange) will run on the existing tracks, while those on line 90 (Thionville) will use the new route, with up to eight trains per hour.

“The number of people that use our trains has hit record highs with 28.7 million passengers in 2023. We had no choice but to pursue our efforts to modernise our railroads with the ambition to be commuters’ first choice in transport,” shares Marc Wengler, Director of CFL.

A long summer awaits commuters.