The ongoing tram construction has pushed the capital to reorganise bus routes in and around the Gare district. The biggest deviation will affect buses which will no longer pass through the Adolphe Bridge (except for line 19).
Buses will now connect the city centre and the station district via Avenue de la Gare and Viaduc, where a number of lanes have reopened following construction works. The Viaduc will become bidirectional to allow buses to pass through, although the cycle paths are not yet complete.
These changes, as well as the new Roosevelt bus stop on Boulevard Roosevelt, will result in the removal of bus stops situated on Avenue de la Liberté between the Gare and the city centre. Lines 13, 14, 19 and 23 will still stop on Avenue de la Gare.
To counter the reduced bus service in the area, a new City Shuttle bus will run between the station and the Adolphe Bridge every 20 minutes.
The rear of the station has also been subjected to changes, with three new bus platforms added to increase connections to the city centre and Kirchberg, notably the RGTR bus lines 144, 172, 192, 194, 195, 197 and 300.
Reorganisation of bus stops at Luxembourg City Gare Centrale train station:From 3 November 2019, some AVL lines will be affected by the following platform changes:
- Transfer to platform 3: lines AVL 9 (Neudorf-Cents, Waassertuerm), 13 (Belair, Hospital Center) and 14 (Cents, Waassertuerm)
- Transfer to platform 5: lines AVL 10 (Steinsel, Michel Rodange Plaz) and 11 (Walferdange-Steinsel, Michel Rodange Plaz)
- Transfer to platform 6: lines AVL 19 (Limpertsberg, Neumans Park), 23 (Beggen, Henri Dunant), 31 (Strassen, Oricher-Hoehl) and 90 (Ste Sophie)
- Transfer to a new temporary bus stop 9/12, located on former platform 1 of the AVL bus station: lines AVL 1 (Kirchberg, Luxexpo South Entrance), 2/4 (Limpertsberg, Lycée M. Lucius), 7 (Kirchberg, Poutty Stein), 16 (Airport), 18 (Kirchberg, Luxexpo South Entrance), 21 (Rollingergrund-Eich, Cultural Centre), 22 (Strassen, Primeurs), 27 (Bonnevoie, L.T. de Bonnevoie), 70 ( Hamm, rue de Bitbourg) and CN1 (Cents, Waassertuerm).
Stop 102 is temporarily moved to Pier 103 (between Rue Joseph Junck and Rue d'Épernay): lines AVL 1/125 (Hollerich, P + R Bouillon), 2 (Gasperich, Boy Konen), 4 (Cessange- Leudelange, Gemeng), 7 (Bonnevoie, JF Gangler), 18 (Kockelscheuer, Ice rink), 23 (Gasperich-Bonnevoie, LT de Bonnevoie), 27 (Bertrange, Belle Etoile), 70 (Kockelscheuer, Ice rink), CN1 (Hollerich, P+R) et CN3 (Bonnevoie-Hamm-Pulvermühl).
Other changes to the AVL network as of November 3, 2019
Some lines of the AVL network will be adapted from 3 November 2019 to improve the service to certain districts:
- Line 7 (Bonnevoie-Kirchberg): the current terminus Heedekëppchen will be replaced by the new terminus Jean-François Gangler. The new line 7 route will run from Bonnevoie, Jean-François Gangler via rue Pierre Krier, rue de Hesperange and the Thionville road to the Gare and continue via Verlorenkost-Pulvermühl-Cents-Neudorf to Kirchberg. Buses will run every 30 minutes, from Monday to Saturday. Line 7 will improve the connection between the Bonnevoie district and the Gare Centrale.
- Line 12 (Merl-Parc de l'Europe): Line 12 will have its terminus at Merl, Celtes replacing the current terminus at P + R Bouillon, to provide a better link between the Merl and Belair districts. From September 2020, line 12 will run on electric buses.
- Line 15 (P + R Bouillon-Hamm): line 15 will have a new terminus at P + R Bouillon, replacing line 12. The Conservatoire and Athénée will be better served with 2 bus lines (12 and 15). From September 2020, line 15 will run on electric buses.
- Line 24 (Howald-Hospital Centre): line 24 will be extended, to connect the Hospital Centre, the district of Merl-Belair and P + R Bouillon and an extension of the connection from the P + R Bouillon via the Cloche d'Or and the P + R Lux-Sud towards Howald, Peternelchen. From September 2020, line 24 will run on electric buses.
- Line 27 (Bonnevoie-Bertrange): between Merl and the Gare, line 27 will now serve the P + R Bouillon in both directions. It will be extended beyond the Gare and will circulate via the Wallis and Rocade bus stops to the new terminus near the Lycée technique de Bonnevoie. Line 27 will also run daily with one bus every 30 minutes.
- Line 28 (Gare Centrale-Strassen): buses will run more frequently on Saturdays between 8 am and 8 pm (every 15 minutes instead of every 20 minutes).
- Line 29 (Cloche d'Or-Senningerberg): this line will move to Howald in order to reduce delays caused by traffic congestion around the Howald commercial area. The loop by Howald, Op der Stirzel will be removed. In Senningerberg, the service to the Cargo-Centre terminus will be discontinued.
- Line 70 (P + R Kockelscheuer-Hamm): Line 70 will run from Hamm, rue de Bitbourg via Pulvermühl-Verlorenkost to the Gare and continue via Cessange, Kohlenberg, Ban de Gasperich to the P + R in Kockelscheuer, thus reinforcing the connection between Cessange and the Gare and creating a new connection between Cessange, Gasperich and Kockelscheuer. Line 70 will run every 30 minutes from Monday to Friday.
