Cfl

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Society
Mobility
Luxembourg's rail network faces a year of rolling closures as CFL steps up €4.7bn modernisation
Luxembourg's national railway CFL has laid out its heaviest works calendar in years: nearly 30km of track renewed in 2026, with closures concentrated in every school holiday and replacement buses running on the routes to Thionville, Arlon and Trier. The programme opens a 15-year, €4.7bn infrastructure contract signed in December 2025, cementing Luxembourg's position as Europe's top per-capita rail investor.
By Tom Schmit2 days ago
Society
Heatwave
Findel hits 36.3°C, Luxembourg's hottest June day on record, as heatwave grips Europe
Luxembourg recorded its hottest June day since observations began in 1947, with 36.3°C at Findel on 25 June, as a record-breaking heatwave gripped France, the UK and much of Western Europe and triggered red alerts and emergency measures at home.
By Léa Hoffmann26 June 2026
Society
Greater Region
Heatwave damages CFL track, disrupting cross-border rail in Luxembourg
A red-alert heatwave deformed track near Berchem on 22 June 2026, forcing Luxembourg's CFL to cancel and slow trains on its Esch-sur-Alzette and Thionville–Metz lines, hitting cross-border commuters as rail networks across Europe cut services.
By Tom Schmit24 June 2026
Europe
Rail disruption
Radio failure halts every train in Germany, exposing the Greater Region's rail dependency
On the night of 23 June 2026, a failure of Deutsche Bahn's GSM-R digital train radio forced every train in Germany to a standstill for roughly two and a half hours. Long-distance ICE services and city S-Bahn networks alike were held at platforms before a backup system restored operations after midnight. Because the regular Luxembourg–Trier–Koblenz services run on the same German network, the episode underlined how exposed Greater Region mobility is to a single technical fault.
By Tom Schmit24 June 2026

Luxembourg's rail network faces a year of rolling closures as CFL steps up €4.7bn modernisation

Findel hits 36.3°C, Luxembourg's hottest June day on record, as heatwave grips Europe

Heatwave damages CFL track, disrupting cross-border rail in Luxembourg

Radio failure halts every train in Germany, exposing the Greater Region's rail dependency