Luxembourg railway station
railway station
Luxembourg railway station (Luxembourgish: Gare Lëtzebuerg [ˌɡaːʀ ˈlətsəbu̯əɕ], French: Gare de Luxembourg, German: Bahnhof Luxemburg) is the main railway station serving Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is operated by Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, the state-owned railway company. In 2022, the station was used by 52,000 passengers every weekday, making it by far the busiest in the country.
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 the surrounding countries: Belgium, France, and Germany. Since June 2007, the LGV Est has connected the station to the French TGV network.
The station is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of the city centre (Ville Haute), to the south of the River Pétrusse. The station gives its name to Gare, one of the Districts of Luxembourg City.
The railway station serves as the central hub for all modes of transport within Luxembourg, with a tram stop and a bus hub for buses operated by the City of Luxembourg and buses of the RGTR network.
History
In 1846, with a vision to create an international line between the North Sea ports, the Alps and the Mediterranean, the Grande Compagnie du Luxembourg, a Belgian company, obtained a concession from the Luxembourgish government for a railway line between Arlon and Thionville, with Luxembourg City as its central point, and a branch line to Trier.
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