Troisvierges railway station ( lb, Gare Ëlwen, french: Gare de Troisvierges, german: Bahnhof Ulflingen) is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

serving

Troisvierges Troisvierges (; lb, Ëlwen ; german: Ulflingen) is a commune and town in northern Luxembourg, in the canton of Clervaux. The two highest hills in Luxembourg, the Kneiff (560 m) and Buurgplaatz (559 m), are located in the commune. , the town of T ...

, in northern

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

. It is operated by Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, the

state-owned State ownership, also called government ownership and public ownership, is the ownership of an industry, asset, or enterprise by the state or a public body representing a community, as opposed to an individual or private party. Public ownersh ...

railway company. The station is situated on Line 10, which connects Luxembourg City to the centre and north of the country. It is the last station on the line in Luxembourg, before it passes into

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on its way to

Gouvy Gouvy (; wa, Gouvi) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers 165.11 km2, had 4,780 inhabitants, giving a population density of 29 inhabitants per km2. T ...

. From 1889 it was also connected with Belgium via the

Vennbahn The (, "Fen Railway") is a former railway line that was built partly across what was then German territory by the Prussian state railways. It is now entirely in Belgium, because the trackbed of the line, as well as the stations and other install ...

, and through Belgium to Germany.Vennbahn, 20
/ref> Troisvierges station was the disembarkment point of

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soldiers on 1 August 1914, at the outset of the

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. This action was the first encroachment upon Luxembourg's sovereignty during the conflict, during which Germany occupied Luxembourg for over four years.

Gallery

File:Gare Elwen.jpg, Troisvierges railway station File:Cfl.png, Map of current railways in Luxembourg: Troisvierges near northern frontier with Belgium File:Vennbahn.png, Line of Venn railway connecting Troisvierges with Belgium and Germany, now dismantled File:Gare Elwen Panorama.jpg, Troisvierges railway station panorama

References

External links

Official CFL page on Troisvierges station

Railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

Railway stations in Luxembourg Railway stations on CFL Line 10 {{Luxembourg-railstation-stub