Line 70 is a
railway line
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connecting
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 ...
to the south-west of
Luxembourg
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, and on to
Belgium
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and
France
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. The terminus at the north-eastern end is
Luxembourg railway station
Luxembourg railway station ( lb, Gare Lëtzebuerg, 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-owne ...
, whilst the terminals at the south are the French town of
Longuyon
Longuyon () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France. The inhabitants are called ''Longuyonnais''.
Geography
Longuyon is located at the confluence of the Chiers and Crusnes rivers and so ...
and the Belgian town of
Athus
Athus (german: Athem, lb, Attem, wa, Atu) is a part of Aubange city Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Aubange, located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium.
It is located in the far south of the country, just near the borders ...
. It is designated, and predominantly operated, by
Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois
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During the 2010 decade, the former
line 80 have been merged with this line in order to give the newly created line between
Thionville
Thionville (; ; german: Diedenhofen ) is a city in the northeastern French department of Moselle. The city is located on the left bank of the river Moselle, opposite its suburb Yutz.
History
Thionville was settled as early as the time of th ...
and
Longwy
Longwy (; older german: Langich, ; lb, label=Luxemburgish, Lonkech) is a commune in the French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, administrative region of Grand Est, northeastern France.
The inhabitants are known as ''Longoviciens''.
...
via
Esch-sur-Alzette
Esch-sur-Alzette (; lb, Esch-Uelzecht ; german: Esch an der Alzette or ''Esch an der Alzig'') is the second city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the country's second-most populous commune, with a population of 35,040 inhabitants, . It lies ...
.
Stations
*
Luxembourg
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*
Hollerich
Hollerich ( lb, Hollerech) is a quarter in south-western Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg.
, the quarter has a population of 7,132 inhabitants.
Hollerich railway station is located on Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois Line 70, which conne ...
*
Leudelange
Leudelange ( lb, Leideleng, german: Leudelingen) is a commune and town in south-western Luxembourg. It is situated in the canton of Esch-sur-Alzette.
, the town of Leudelange, which lies in the centre of the commune, had a population of 2,100.
Le ...
*
Dippach-Reckange
*
Schouweiler
*
Bascharage-Sanem
*
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 ...
*
Lamadelaine
Lamadelaine (; ) is a town in the commune of Pétange, Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Lux ...
*
Rodange
Rodange (german: Rodingen) is a town in the commune of Pétange, in south-western Luxembourg. It lies next to the border with Belgium, across which is the town of Athus. The town is to the south-west of the town of Pétange and to the west of ...
** Athus (Belgium)
*** Messancy (Belgium)
*** Arlon (Belgium)
** Aubange (Belgium)
** Halanzy (Belgium)
** Virton (Belgium)
** Bertrix (Belgium)
** Libramont (Belgium)
* Longwy (France)
* Longuyon (France)
Former line 80
This former line, now part of the line 70, is designated
Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois
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, but predominantly operated by
NMBS/SNCB
french: Société nationale des chemins de fer belgesgerman: Nationale Gesellschaft der Belgischen Eisenbahnen
, type = Statutory corporation
, industry = Rail Transport
, foundation = 1926
, founder = Government o ...
. On the Belgian side of the border the routes are numbered in the NMBS/SNCB series.
* Line 165 Libramont - Virton - Y Aubange - Athus
* Line 165/1 Y Aubange - Frontière RFNL (Rodange)
* Line 167 (Arlon) - Y. Autelbas - Athus - Frontière RFNL (Rodange)
The routes are all
electrified
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The broad meaning of the term, such as in the history of technology, economic history ...
at 25 kV using
OHL OHL or Ohl may refer to:
Initialisms
*Latvian Hockey Higher League, known in Latvian as the ''Optibet hokeja līga''
*Oberste Heeresleitung, the Supreme Army Command of Germany in World War I
*Obrascón Huarte Lain, a Spanish construction company
* ...
cf NMBS/SNCB's normal 3 kV DC OHL. This requires NMBS/SNCB to use
Class 41xx DMUs.
References
Railway lines in Luxembourg
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